MCC Vs Ireland
2-Innings Match Played At Lord's, 04-Jun-1868, Two-Day
Ireland Win Outright by 75 runs
Round 021
Toss won by Ireland
Home Side MCC
Comment 21/4
4 & 5 June
Debut: Hon EAB Acheson, HP Hewitt, WS Hunt, Viscount Massereene, AG Meldon, JH Ponsonby & AH Smith-Barry
Match Report here
Ireland 1st Innings 100/9 Closed (Overs 82)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
JH Ponsonby+   b G Mumford 9 0 0 0 0
HH Montgomery not out   37 0 0 0 0
TJS Casey   b JT Smyth 16 0 0 0 0
W Hone (Snr)   b W Marten 0 0 0 0 0
AJ McNeile   b W Marten 9 0 0 0 0
AH Smith-Barry   b TH Nixon 4 0 0 0 0
Hon EAB Acheson   b TH Nixon 2 0 0 0 0
AG Meldon lbw b W Marten 1 0 0 0 0
WS Hunt   b TH Nixon 3 0 0 0 0
HP Hewitt lbw b TH Nixon 0 0 0 0 0
Visc'nt Massereene Absent Hurt            
extras   (b13 lb2 w4 nb0) 19        
TOTAL   9 wickets for 100        
FOW
1-0 2-0 3-0 4-0 5-0 6-0 7-0 8-0 9-0
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
TH Nixon 32 18 25 4 - -
G Mumford 17 4 30 1 - -
JT Smyth 9 2 14 1 - -
W Marten 24 15 12 3 - -
MCC 1st Innings 79/10 All Out (Overs 47)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
RS Forster c AH Smith-Barry b JH Ponsonby 3 0 0 0 0
G Mumford c HH Montgomery b JH Ponsonby 11 0 0 0 0
WF Higgins c JH Ponsonby b WS Hunt 5 0 0 0 0
E Tredcroft   b WS Hunt 23 0 0 0 0
W Marten   b WS Hunt 1 0 0 0 0
HW Fellowes   b WS Hunt 20 0 0 0 0
JP Barlow   b WS Hunt 0 0 0 0 0
Hon V Montague   b WS Hunt 1 0 0 0 0
JT Smyth st JH Ponsonby b HH Montgomery 4 0 0 0 0
Capt CV Eccles c TJS Casey b WS Hunt 0 0 0 0 0
TH Nixon not out   10 0 0 0 0
extras   (b0 lb0 w1 nb0) 1        
TOTAL   10 wickets for 79        
FOW
1-0 2-0 3-0 4-0 5-0 6-0 7-0 8-0 9-0 10-0
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
WS Hunt 23 15 17 7 - -
JH Ponsonby 9 2 26 2 - -
W Hone (Snr) 5 2 9 0 - -
AJ McNeile 6 1 15 0 - -
HH Montgomery 4 0 11 1 - -
Ireland 2nd Innings 108/9 Closed (Overs 63)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
JH Ponsonby+   b W Marten 1 0 0 0 0
HH Montgomery   b W Marten 0 0 0 0 0
TJS Casey run out   6 0 0 0 0
W Hone (Snr)   b G Mumford 26 0 0 0 0
AJ McNeile   b JT Smyth 15 0 0 0 0
AH Smith-Barry   b G Mumford 12 0 0 0 0
Hon EAB Acheson   c&b TH Nixon 9 0 0 0 0
AG Meldon run out   0 0 0 0 0
WS Hunt   b W Marten 22 0 0 0 0
HP Hewitt not out   5 0 0 0 0
Visc'nt Massereene Absent Hurt            
extras   (b8 lb2 w2 nb0) 12        
TOTAL   9 wickets for 108        
FOW
1-0 2-0 3-0 4-0 5-0 6-0 7-0 8-0 9-0
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
TH Nixon 23 0 48 1 - -
G Mumford 14 0 22 2 - -
JT Smyth 8 0 14 1 - -
W Marten 18 0 12 3 - -
MCC 2nd Innings 54/9 Closed (Overs 37)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
RS Forster   b W Hone (Snr) 0 0 0 0 0
G Mumford lbw b W Hone (Snr) 0 0 0 0 0
WF Higgins   b W Hone (Snr) 11 0 0 0 0
E Tredcroft   b W Hone (Snr) 8 0 0 0 0
W Marten run out   4 0 0 0 0
HW Fellowes   b WS Hunt 0 0 0 0 0
JP Barlow not out   7 0 0 0 0
Hon V Montague   b AJ McNeile 10 0 0 0 0
JT Smyth   b AJ McNeile 4 0 0 0 0
Capt CV Eccles Absent Hurt            
TH Nixon st JH Ponsonby b AJ McNeile 9 0 0 0 0
extras   (b0 lb0 w1 nb0) 1        
TOTAL   9 wickets for 54        
FOW
1-0 2-0 3-0 4-0 5-0 6-0 7-0 8-0 9-0
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
WS Hunt 19 12 22 1 - -
W Hone (Snr) 14 6 20 4 - -
AJ McNeile 4 0 11 3 - -
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