Scorecards, silk scorecards and matchbills

Reference

SCO2

Date:

1762 - 2001

Level of description

file

Extent

1 box of 6 folders

Scope and Content

Box of scorecards, silk scorecards and matchbills acquired by MCC. The box includes scorecards from matches at Lord's and other international venues. The box includes scorebook entries of matches between England and Australia between 1894-1948, newspaper cutting advertising a match between Marylebone Club and Ground and Norfolk with Fuller Pilch at Swaffham in September 1846, newspaper cutting of a report on the Cambridge University vs. A J Webbe's Eleven match on 11-13 May 1899, autographs of the Australian team in 1909, programme for the England vs. Tasmania match at Launceston in 1929. Not all scorecards are complete.

The file contains scorecards from the following matches:

1762
Dartford vs. All England (Laleham Borough, Surrey: team lists only)

1777
Hampshire vs. All England (Sevenoaks Vine)

1781
Sir H Mann's XI vs. Duke of Dorset's XI (Bishopsbourne)

1783
East Kent vs. West Kent (Sevenoaks Vine)

1797
33 of Norfolk vs. 11 of England (Swaffham Race Ground)

1802
Gentlemen of Radcliffe vs. Gentlemen of Bingham

1814
MCC vs. Hertfordshire (Lord's: reproduced to mark the Centenary of Lord's in 1914)

1828
Sheffield vs. 10 of the County of Leicester with 1 of All England (Leicester)

1848
MCC vs. Rugby (Lord's)

1854
Eton vs. Winchester (Lord's)

1855
Second Royal Surrey Militia vs. Shillinglee (Shillinglee Park, Sussex: Second Royal Surrey Militia scored 0 in their first innings)

1856
16 Gentlemen of Cambridge University vs. United All England Eleven (Lord's)

1862
Surrey vs. Kent (The Oval)

1865
Rugby vs. Charterhouse (Lord's)

1871
Gentlemen of England vs. Players of England (John Lillywhite's Farewell Benefit, Brighton)

1872
Eton vs. Harrow (Lord's)

1874
Eton vs. Harrow (Lord's)

1877
All-Australia XI vs. English XI (Melbourne), Oxford vs. Cambridge (Lord's)

1878
MCC and Ground vs. Australians (Lord's)

1880
England vs. Australia (The Oval), Australian Eleven vs. 18 of Dublin University (College Park, Dublin), The University [Cambridge] vs. MCC and Ground (Cambridge University Cricket Ground), The University [Cambridge] vs. MCC and Ground (Cambridge University Cricket Ground), The University [Cambridge] vs. Gentlemen of England (Cambridge University Cricket Ground)

1881
The University [Cambridge] vs. MCC and Ground (Cambridge University Cricket Ground), Thornbury vs. James Thorne (Alveston), Eton vs. Winchester (Eton College), The University [Cambridge] vs. Gentlemen of England (Cambridge University Cricket Ground)

1882
Shaw's XI vs. Australia (The Oval), Middlesex vs. Australians (Lord's), Eton vs. Harrow (Lord's), Nondescripts vs. Gentlemen of Sussex

1884
MCC and Ground vs. Australians (Lord's), Caius College vs. Corpus College (Cambridge University), England vs. Australians (Lord's), Middlesex vs. Australians (Lord's)

1886
Surrey vs. Australians (The Oval), England vs. Australians (Lord's)

1887
Gentlemen of England vs. Eighteen Veterans over Forty (Lord's), Eton vs. Harrow (Lord's)

1888
MCC and Ground vs. Middlesex Colts (Lord's), The Gentlemen of Sussex vs. The Gentlemen of Surrey (Petworth Park)

1890
Marlborough vs. MCC and Ground (Marlborough), Marlborough vs. Cheltenham (Cheltenham), Marlborough vs. Rugby (Lord's), England vs. Australians (Lord's), Norfolk vs. Hertfordshire (Norwich), Norfolk vs. MCC (Norwich)

1891
Cambridge University vs. Mr C I Thornton's England XI (Walter Watts' Benefit, Cambridge University), MCC and Ground vs. Devonshire (Lord's)

1892
Surrey vs. Hertfordshire (The Oval)

1893
Australia vs. Oxford and Cambridge Past and Present (Portsmouth), Rugby vs. Marlborough (Lord's), Players vs. Australians (Lord's), MCC and Ground vs. Australians (Lord's), Government vs. Opposition (Lord's), An England XI vs. Australians (A Shrewsbury's Benefit, Trent Bridge), England vs. Australia (Lord's)

1894
Surrey vs. Nottinghamshire (The Oval), England vs. Australia (Sydney)

1895
Gentlemen vs. Players (The Oval), Surrey Second XI vs. Hertfordshire (The Oval), I Zingari vs. Gentlemen of England (Lord's), England vs. Australia (Melbourne)

1896
MCC and Ground vs. Australians (Lord's), Lord Sheffield's XI vs. Australians (Sheffield Park), England vs. Australia (Lord's), Rugby vs. Marlborough (Lord's)

1897
Gentlemen vs. Players (Lord's), Rugby vs. Marlborough (Lord's)

1898
Melbourne University vs. Essendon (Melbourne University: Melbourne University scored 1,094), Gentlemen vs. Players (Lord's)

1899
Prince Ranjitsinhji's team vs. Philadelphia Colts (Belmont, Philadelphia), [Cambridge] University vs. Mr A J Webbe's Eleven (Cambridge University Cricket Ground), Mr T L Taylor's side vs. Mr H H B Hawkins's side (Freshmen Match: Cambridge University Cricket Ground), Oxford vs. Cambridge (Lord's), Oxford vs. Cambridge (Lord's), Surrey vs. Essex (The Oval)

1900
Oxford vs. Cambridge (Lord's), Eton vs. Harrow (Lord's)

1901
Oxford vs. Cambridge (Lord's)

1902
London County vs. Cambridge University (London County Cricket Club), England vs. Australia (The Oval)

1903
Middlesex vs. Rest of England (The Oval)

1904
Eton vs. Winchester (Winchester College)

1905
England vs. Australia (Trent Bridge)

1907
MCC vs. South Africans (Lord's), Nottinghamshire vs. England (Champion County match, The Oval)

1909
MCC vs. Australians (Lord's), Eton vs. Harrow (Lord's)

1910
MCC vs. Hertfordshire (Lord's), Eton vs. Harrow (Lord's)

1911
Gentlemen vs. Players (Lord's), Middlesex vs. Surrey (Lord's), Warwickshire vs. England (The Oval)

1913
Aldro School Juniors: J-T vs. A-H (Eastbourne)

1914
MCC South African Team vs. The Rest (Lord's Cricket Ground Centenary), Eton vs. Winchester (Eton), I Zingari vs. Green Jackets

1917
MCC vs. Tonbridge School (Tonbridge), Navy and Army vs. Australian and South African Forces (Lord's)

1918
England vs. The Dominions (The Oval)

1919
Eton vs. Winchester (Eton College), Middlesex vs. Yorkshire (Lord's)

1920
Mr C I Thornton's Eleven vs. the MCC Australia Touring Team (Scarborough)

1921
Eton vs. Winchester (Eton College), England vs. Australia (Headingley), England vs. Australia (The Oval)

1924
England vs. South Africa (Edgbaston)

1925
Somerset vs. Surrey (Taunton: signed by J B Hobbs)

1926
Eton vs. Harrow (Lord's), England vs. Australia (The Oval), Eton vs. Winchester (Winchester), England vs. Australia (Lord's), England vs. Australia (Trent Bridge)

1927
Surrey vs. Hampshire (The Oval), Middlesex vs. New Zealand (Lord's), Oxford vs. Cambridge (Lord's)

1928
Mr. J. Cahn's XI vs. West Indies (West Bridgford), England vs. West Indies (Lord's), Royal Navy and Royal Marines vs. MCC (Portsmouth), H D G Leveson-Gower's XI vs. West Indies (Scarborough), Eton College vs. Eton Ramblers (Eton College), Gentlemen of England vs. Players of England (Scarborough)

1929
Sir Julien Cahn's XI vs. Lancashire (West Bridgford), Toronto vs. McGill (John Ross Robertson Cup, Montreal), Middlesex vs. Kent (Lord's), Middlesex vs. Essex (Lord's), England vs. South Africa (The Oval: signed by the South African team)

1930
Sir Julien Cahn's XI vs. South Africans (West Bridgford), Sir Julien Cahn's XI vs. Essex (West Bridgford), Sussex vs. Middlesex (Hove), England vs. Australia (Lord's: signed by D G Bradman), England vs. Australia (The Oval), Eton vs. Winchester (Eton)

1931
Sir Julien Cahn's XI vs. New Zealand (West Bridgford), Surrey vs. Yorkshire (The Oval), Oxford vs. Cambridge (Lord's), Eton vs. Harrow (Lord's), Eton vs. Winchester (Eton College), England vs. New Zealand (The Oval),

1932
Sir Julien Cahn's XI vs. All India (West Bridgford), Charterhouse vs. Winchester (Charterhouse), The Army vs. Public Schools (Lord's), Middlesex vs. Kent (Lord's), Middlesex vs. Derbyshire (Lord's), Eton vs. Winchester (Winchester)

1933
Middlesex vs. Surrey (Lord's), MCC vs. Gentlemen of Ireland (Lord's), England vs. West Indies (The Oval), MCC vs. Surrey (Lord's)

1935
Oxford vs. Cambridge (Lord's)

1936
Oxford vs. Cambridge (Lord's)

1939
Royal Navy vs. The Army (Lord's)

1942
The Army vs. Sir Pelham Warner's XI (Lord's)

1943
Oxford vs. Cambridge (Lord's), Navy vs. Army (Lord's), Royal Australian Air Force vs. Sir Pelham Warner's XI (Lord's), England vs. Dominions (Lord's)

1944
England vs. Dominions (Lord's), England vs. Australia (Lord's)

1945
Royal Air Force vs. The Festival XI (Birmingham Cricket Festival, Edgbaston), An Australian Air Force XI vs. Festival XI (Birmingham Cricket Festival, Edgbaston), Sussex vs. C Leatherbarrow's Empire XI (Birmingham Cricket Festival, Edgbaston), Winchmore Hill Cricket Club vs. British Empire XI (Winchmore Hill), New Zealand vs. R I Scorer's XI (Birmingham Cricket Festival, Edgbaston), Buccaneers vs. West of England (Lord's), England vs. Australia (Lord's)

1947
England vs. South Africa (Lord's: signed by members of the Royal Family including King George VI, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret)

1952
England vs. India (Headingley)

1956
England vs. Australia (Old Trafford)

1960
Eton vs. Harrow (Lord's)

1961
Eton vs. Harrow (Lord's)

1963
Sussex vs. Worcestershire (Gillette Cup Final, Lord's), Oxford University vs. Leicestershire (The Parks, Oxford), Oxford University vs. Free Foresters (The Parks, Oxford), Oxford University vs. Northamptonshire (The Parks, Oxford), Oxford University vs. Warwickshire (The Parks, Oxford), Oxford University vs. Pakistan Eaglets (The Parks, Oxford), Oxford University vs. Nottinghamshire (The Parks, Oxford), Oxford University vs. West Indies (The Parks, Oxford), Oxford University vs. Lancashire (The Parks, Oxford), Oxford University vs. Worcestershire (The Parks, Oxford), Oxford University vs. Middlesex (The Parks, Oxford), Oxford University vs. Gloucestershire (The Parks, Oxford), England vs. West Indies (Lord's)

1964
Eton vs. Harrow (Lord's), Carling Cricket Trophy (Lord's: single wicket match)

1966
Charrington Cricket Trophy (Lord's: single wicket match), Oxford University vs. Free Foresters (The Parks, Oxford), Oxford University vs. West Indies (The Parks, Oxford), Oxford University vs. Hampshire (The Parks, Oxford), Oxford University vs. Leicestershire (The Parks, Oxford), Oxford University vs. Lancashire (The Parks, Oxford), Oxford University vs. Middlesex (The Parks, Oxford), Oxford University vs. Essex (The Parks, Oxford),

1967
Radley Rangers vs. Repton Pilgrims (The Cricketer Cup Final: Burton Court, Chelsea), Oxford University vs. Royal Navy (The Parks, Oxford), Oxford University vs. Glamorgan (The Parks, Oxford), Oxford University vs. Oxfordshire (The Parks, Oxford), Oxford University vs. Middlesex (The Parks, Oxford), Oxford University vs. Worcestershire (The Parks, Oxford), Oxford University vs. India (The Parks, Oxford), Oxford University vs. Somerset (The Parks, Oxford), Oxford University vs. Gloucestershire (The Parks, Oxford), Oxford University vs. Northamptonshire (The Parks, Oxford), Oxford University vs. Surrey (The Parks, Oxford), Oxford University vs. Warwickshire (The Parks, Oxford), Sussex vs. Oxford University (Hove), The Army vs. Oxford University (Aldershot: team sheets only), Charrington Cricket Trophy (Lord's: single wicket match)

1968
Oxford University vs. MCC (The Parks, Oxford), Oxford University vs. Sussex (The Parks, Oxford), Oxford University vs. Free Foresters (The Parks, Oxford), Oxford and Cambridge [Combined Universities] vs. Australia (Cambridge University), Oxford University vs. Leicestershire (The Parks, Oxford), Oxford University vs. Nottinghamshire (The Parks, Oxford), Oxford University vs. Surrey (The Parks, Oxford), Oxford University vs. Worcestershire (The Parks, Oxford), Oxford University vs. Warwickshire (The Parks, Oxford), Oxford University vs. Gloucestershire (The Parks, Oxford)

1970
Cheltenham vs. Stockport (National Club Knock-Out Final, Lord's)

1975
Lancashire vs. Middlesex (Gillette Cup Final, Lord's), Sri Lanka vs. West Indies (Prudential World Cup, Old Trafford), India vs. New Zealand (Prudential World Cup, Old Trafford)

1987
MCC vs. Rest of the World (MCC Bicentenary Match, Lord's: signed by the Rest of the World team)

1988
Australia vs. England (Bicentennial Test, Sydney)

1989
Middlesex vs. Warwickshire (NatWest Trophy Final, Lord's), Green Howards vs. MCC (Hovingham Hall)

1990
Blackpool vs. Cheam (Cockspur Rum Cup Final, Lord's)

1991
Hampshire vs. Surrey (NatWest Trophy Final, Lord's)

1995
Northamptonshire vs. Warwickshire (NatWest Trophy Final, Lord's), Zimbabwe vs. Pakistan (Harare: includes team autographs), England vs. West Indies (Lord's: signed by both teams)

2001
MCC Women's Invitation XI vs. Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars (Walker Ground, Southgate)

Unknown dates:
Duke of Norfolk's XI vs. Sussex County XI (Arundel Castle), England vs. Wales (Cricket Federation for People with Disability match)

The box contains matchbills from the following matches:

1816
Two Select Elevns of All England (Lord's)

1833
Eton vs. Harrow (Lord's)

1841
Under vs. Over (Lord's)

1843
Gentlemen of Billericay vs. Brentwood Club (Brentwood)

1854
Gentlemen of England vs. Gentlemen of Kent (Lord's)

1880
Australians vs. Players of England (Crystal Palace)

Associations

John Lillywhite

Subject

Australia in England 1878, Australia in England 1880, Australia in England 1886, Australia in England 1882, Australia in England 1893, Australia in England 1896, Lord's Centenary 1914, Australia in England 1902, South Africa in England 1907, Australia in England 1909, South Africa in England 1924, Australia in England 1926, New Zealand in England 1927, West Indies in England 1928, South Africa in England 1929, Australia in England 1930, West Indies in England 1933, India in England 1952, Prudential World Cup, Rest of the World in England 1987, scorecards

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

1 box of 6 folders

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