The source says "the former brought 99 and the latter 101", so the result was probably a win for Chertsey by 2 runs but it is by no means certain. Evidently the stakes amounted to "several hundred pounds".[6]
This was played for 100 guineas but was undecided. The report says: "...but was not decided, a dispute arising about one of the players being catched (sic) out when Surrey was 50 ahead the first innings. From words they came to blows, which occasioned several broken heads, as likewise a challenge between two persons of distinction. The confusion was so great that the bets were withdrawn".[6]
When announcing the return match, the Daily Advertiser on Saturday, 4 September refers to the above by saying that Middlesex won "with great difficulty", but later reports that Middlesex "had five to go in when they beat them".[6][note 2]
Played for £50. Chertsey was a very strong club at the time (see report of the next two matches) and a game against the rest of Surrey would be a significant fixture. The Daily Advertiser carried the curious sentence: "Ordinary at Mr Fowler's at the White Horse", an Ordinary being an "ordinary dinner".[7]
A report in the Daily Advertiser of Friday, 17 September says that the teams are: "the County of Middlesex and London against the famous (sic) Parish of Chertsey with 3 of the best men from Dartford in Kent". This underlines the afore-mentioned quality of the Chertsey team. The report also confirms the dates and venues of the two games as above, and says: "Each match to begin at 11, and to be played out".[7]
Notes
↑Some eleven-a-side matches played from 1772 to 1863 have been rated "first-class" by certain sources.[1] However, the term only came into common use around 1864, when overarm bowling was legalised. It was formally defined as a standard by a meeting at Lord's, in May 1894, of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the county clubs which were then competing in the County Championship. The ruling was effective from the beginning of the 1895 season, but pre-1895 matches of the same standard have no official definition of status because the ruling is not retrospective.[2] Matches of a similar standard since the beginning of the 1864 season are generally considered to have an unofficial first-class status.[3] Pre-1864 matches which are included in the ACS' "Important Match Guide" may generally be regarded as top-class or, at least, historically significant.[4] For further information, see First-class cricket.
↑Contemporary reports tended to number the men who have "not yet gone in", and it must be remembered that there are two men who have gone in and who are still not out, so when there are "five to go in" it means that four wickets have fallen, as the fifth wicket partnership is intact.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.