| misc26633 | |
| Venue | Cricketfield Road, Torquay on 6th, 7th August 1879 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Toss | Devon won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Devon won by an innings and 80 runs |
| Close of play day 1 | Somerset (1) 25 all out |
| Devon first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RT Thornton | c Sainsbury b Reed | 24 | |||||
| AJ Thornton | c Reed b Lushington | 6 | |||||
| EF Wright | b Reed | 37 | |||||
| RHB Taylor | b Caird | 1 | |||||
| WA Thornton | c sub b Reed | 42 | |||||
| FJ Hall | c Lushington b Newton | 7 | |||||
| R Allsopp | b Reed | 10 | |||||
| EJ Sanders | b Reed | 0 | |||||
| JH Copleston | b Newton | 6 | |||||
| GHF Fagan | b Lushington | 18 | |||||
| JJ Cross | not out | 17 | |||||
| Extras | 8 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 89.2 overs) | 176 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-176 (89.2 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Reed | 41 | ? | 61 | 5 | - | - | |
| Lushington | 13.2 | ? | 53 | 2 | - | - | |
| Caird | 13 | ? | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| Newton | 9 | ? | 19 | 2 | - | - | |
| Thring | 9 | ? | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sainsbury | 4 | ? | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| E Sainsbury | c RT Thornton b Sanders | 3 | |||||
| SC Newton | run out | 15 | |||||
| H Ross | c Wright b Sanders | 1 | |||||
| HF Fox | not out | 1 | |||||
| E Bourdillon | c RT Thornton b Sanders | 2 | |||||
| FG Lushington | b Wright | 1 | |||||
| P Desages | c WA Thornton b Wright | 0 | |||||
| GW Rawlins | c Cross b Wright | 0 | |||||
| F Reed | c Copleston b Sanders | 0 | |||||
| JG Thring | b Sanders | 0 | |||||
| L Caird | c RT Thornton b Wright | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 34.2 overs) | 25 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-25 (34.2 ov) | |||||||
| Devon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wright | 17.2 | ? | 5 | 4 | - | - | |
| Sanders | 17 | ? | 19 | 5 | - | - | |
| Somerset second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| E Sainsbury | b Wright | 4 | |||||
| SC Newton | run out | 1 | |||||
| H Ross | b Sanders | 8 | |||||
| HF Fox | b Wright | 14 | |||||
| E Bourdillon | c RT Thornton b Wright | 15 | |||||
| FG Lushington | c Fagan b AJ Thornton | 8 | |||||
| P Desages | b AJ Thornton | 8 | |||||
| GW Rawlins | b AJ Thornton | 0 | |||||
| F Reed | not out | 1 | |||||
| JG Thring | b WA Thornton | 0 | |||||
| L Caird | c Sanders b AJ Thornton | 1 | |||||
| Extras | 11 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 65.2 overs) | 71 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-71 (65.2 ov) | |||||||
| Devon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wright | 31 | ? | 31 | 3 | - | - | |
| Sanders | 25 | ? | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| AJ Thornton | 7.2 | ? | 3 | 4 | - | - | |
| WA Thornton | 2 | ? | 3 | 1 | - | - | |