f216	Hampshire v Marylebone Cricket Club
	First-Class matches in England 1797
Venue	Stoke Down, Alresford on 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th August 1797 (4-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Marylebone Cricket Club won by 113 runs
Close of play day 1
Close of play day 2
Close of play day 3

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Marylebone Cricket Club first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Leycester	c Freemantle b [unknown]	0
C Lennox	run out	0
J Tufton	c Hale b [unknown]	22
Lord F Beauclerk	not out	75
E Bligh	b Clair	4
H Tufton	b Clair	14
G Louch	b Bennett	1
Earl of Winchilsea	c May b [unknown]	11
T Mellish	c Freemantle b [unknown]	6
C Cumberland	b Taylor	0
Scott	c May b [unknown]	7
Extras	(7 b)	7
Total	(all out)	147
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-147

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clair	?	?	?	2	-	-
Bennett	?	?	?	1	-	-
Taylor	?	?	?	1	-	-

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Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Small sen	c H Tufton b [unknown]	4
John Bennett	b Beauclerk	1
R Purchase	b Cumberland	4
J Small jun	c Leycester b [unknown]	12
T Taylor	st H Tufton b [unknown]	16
May	run out	12
J Stewart	b Cumberland	3
A Freemantle	b Beauclerk	17
E Hale	c J Tufton b [unknown]	2
Clair	run out	5
Mundy	not out	0
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(all out)	78
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-78

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cumberland	?	?	?	2	-	-
Beauclerk	?	?	?	2	-	-

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Marylebone Cricket Club second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Leycester	lbw b [unknown]	24
C Lennox	b Purchase	4
J Tufton	b Purchase	61
Lord F Beauclerk	run out	43
E Bligh	b Purchase	21
H Tufton	b Purchase	19
G Louch	b Purchase	3
Earl of Winchilsea	c Freemantle b [unknown]	0
T Mellish	c Hale b [unknown]	9
C Cumberland	c Bennett b [unknown]	0
Scott	not out	2
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(all out)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-192

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Purchase	?	?	?	5	-	-

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Hampshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Small sen	b Beauclerk	2
John Bennett	c Winchilsea b [unknown]	26
R Purchase	not out	26
J Small jun	c H Tufton b [unknown]	53
T Taylor	st H Tufton b [unknown]	0
May	c H Tufton b [unknown]	36
J Stewart	b Cumberland	4
A Freemantle	b Beauclerk	0
E Hale	b Beauclerk	0
Clair	b Cumberland	0
Mundy	st H Tufton b [unknown]	1
Extras		0
Total	(all out)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-148

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cumberland	?	?	?	2	-	-
Beauclerk	?	?	?	3	-	-

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Notes
--> John Bennett made his debut in First-Class matches
--> May made his debut in First-Class matches
--> Clair made his debut in First-Class matches
--> Scott made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> J Stewart made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> E Hale made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> Mundy made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> Earl of Winchilsea (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> A Freemantle (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> J Tufton (2) passed his previous highest score of 59 in First-Class matches
--> Lord F Beauclerk reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Hampshire first innings
--> R Purchase achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Marylebone Cricket Club second innings (previous best was 4-?)
--> R Purchase achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Marylebone Cricket Club second innings

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Bennett appearing above is taken to be John Bennett. It is believed that his cousin James did not appear until 1798.
The Portsmouth Gazette gives Hampshire (1) byes 0, total 76; Hampshire (2) Bennett 16, total 138; margin 125 runs but the version is Britcher is preferred.