f1270	North v South
	Other First-Class matches in England 1864
Venue	London Road, Sleaford on 27th, 28th, 29th June 1864 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	South won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	T Sewell, GH Wright
Close of play day 1	North (1) 22/3 (Thewlis 9*)
Close of play day 2	South (2) ?/3 (Griffith 34*, Jupp 3*)

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South first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Jupp	b Grundy	5
G Bennett	b Grundy	16
G Griffith	c and b Grundy	9
T Hearne	c and b Wootton	0
+CH Ellis	b Grundy	14
HH Stephenson	c Hodgson b Grundy	5
J Caesar	b Grundy	4
John Lillywhite	b Shaw	13
T Sewell	b Shaw	23
W Goodhew	not out	4
James Lillywhite jun	b Wootton	5
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 76 overs)	99
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Jupp), 2-27 (Griffith), 3-30 (Bennett), 4-30 (Hearne), 5-48 (Stephenson), 6-50 (Ellis), 7-57 (Caesar), 8-89 (John Lillywhite), 9-90 (Sewell), 10-99 (James Lillywhite jun, 76 ov)

North bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grundy	33	19	42	6	-	-
Wootton	38	22	44	2	-	-
Shaw	5	1	12	2	-	-

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North first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CF Daft	b Griffith	3
W Oscroft	b James Lillywhite jun	4
J Thewlis	b Bennett	77
L Greenwood	c and b Griffith	6
R Iddison	b James Lillywhite jun	15
T Bignall	lbw b James Lillywhite jun	6
J Grundy	st Ellis b Bennett	7
+S Biddulph	c Griffith b Bennett	12
A Shaw	c Hearne b Bennett	5
G Wootton	not out	1
I Hodgson	st Ellis b Bennett	0
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 71 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Oscroft), 2-9 (Daft), 3-22 (Greenwood), 4-60 (Iddison), 5-76 (Bignall), 6-93 (Grundy), 7-126 (Biddulph), 8-134 (Shaw), 9-135 (Thewlis), 10-137 (Hodgson, 71 ov)

South bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Griffith	19	6	41	2	-	-
James Lillywhite jun	35	12	57	3	-	-
Sewell	8	2	14	0	-	-
Bennett	9	1	24	5	-	-

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South second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Bennett	c Iddison b Greenwood	23
W Goodhew	c Daft b Shaw	7
James Lillywhite jun	b Shaw	0
G Griffith	b Shaw	61
H Jupp	c Bignall b Shaw	21
+CH Ellis	run out	4
HH Stephenson	c Oscroft b Greenwood	31
T Hearne	c Biddulph b Grundy	4
J Caesar	b Greenwood	18
T Sewell	c Greenwood b Iddison	8
John Lillywhite	not out	9
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 114.3 overs)	191
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (Goodhew), 2-14 (James Lillywhite jun), 3-54 (Bennett), 4-113 (Jupp), 5-117 (Ellis), 6-118 (Griffith), 7-127 (Hearne), 8-159 (Caesar), 9-178 (Sewell), 10-191 (Stephenson, 114.3 ov)

North bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hodgson	17	11	13	0	-	-
Shaw	37	19	52	4	-	-
Greenwood	26.3	8	59	3	-	-
Wootton	12	6	21	0	-	-
Grundy	18	10	25	1	-	-
Iddison	4	2	6	1	-	-

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North second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
T Bignall	b James Lillywhite jun	17
G Wootton	b James Lillywhite jun	14
W Oscroft	c Hearne b Bennett	1
J Thewlis	c Griffith b Bennett	21
CF Daft	not out	26
R Iddison	c Hearne b Bennett	4
L Greenwood	not out	1
+S Biddulph	did not bat
A Shaw	did not bat
J Grundy	did not bat
I Hodgson	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(5 wickets, 49 overs)	85
Fall of wickets:
1-28 (Bignall), 2-29 (Oscroft), 3-33 (Wootton), 4-76 (Thewlis), 5-84 (Iddison)

South bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
James Lillywhite jun	25	12	36	2	-	-
Hearne	7	3	12	0	-	-
Bennett	17	4	36	3	-	-

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Notes
--> Bowling in the South second innings adds 10 runs under
--> J Thewlis (1) passed his previous highest score of 46 in First-Class matches
--> G Bennett (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> G Griffith (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 57
--> HH Stephenson (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> G Wootton reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed J Lillywhite, his 2nd wicket in the South first innings

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