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| Venue | The County Ground, Swindon on 31st July, 1st August 1896 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 5 |
| Toss | Wiltshire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Wiltshire won by 10 wickets |
| Umpires | FH Farrands, W Haggard |
| Close of play day 1 | Marylebone Cricket Club (1) 106/4 (Stanley 53*, Handford 21*) |
| Wiltshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +FW Stancomb | b Handford | 5 | |||||
| R Reynolds | b Handford | 4 | |||||
| AE James | b Handford | 73 | |||||
| JE Stevens | b Handford | 23 | |||||
| OG Radcliffe | c P Russel b Morgan | 40 | |||||
| F Marks | lbw b Martin | 16 | |||||
| *AM Miller | b Handford | 6 | |||||
| FH Humphrys | c and b Martin | 2 | |||||
| T Smart | run out | 21 | |||||
| W Overton | not out | 40 | |||||
| AG Eldridge | b Richardson | 15 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 3 lb, 1 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 86 overs) | 254 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-26, 3-56, 4-133, 5-160, 6-168, 7-174, 8-176, 9-219, 10-254 (86 ov) | |||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Martin | 29 | 8 | 64 | 2 | - | - | |
| Handford | 31 | 6 | 94 | 5 | - | 1 | |
| Richardson | 18 | 2 | 61 | 1 | - | - | |
| Morgan | 8 | 2 | 25 | 1 | - | - | |
| Marylebone Cricket Club first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *JS Russel | b Eldridge | 9 | |||||
| PF Hadow | c Eldridge b Miller | 3 | |||||
| HT Stanley | b Eldridge | 54 | |||||
| +J Carlin | c Humphrys b Eldridge | 7 | |||||
| W Morgan | b Humphrys | 13 | |||||
| A Handford | retired hurt | 31 | |||||
| AH Young | b Miller | 8 | |||||
| HH Harris | c Marks b Miller | 0 | |||||
| F Martin | b Miller | 3 | |||||
| H Richardson | b Miller | 6 | |||||
| P Russel | not out | 7 | |||||
| Extras | (3 lb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 68.1 overs) | 144 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12, 2-12, 3-41, 4-59, 5-113, 6-122, 7-125, 8-128, 9-144 (68.1 ov) | |||||||
| Wiltshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Miller | 28.1 | 12 | 41 | 5 | - | - | |
| Eldridge | 30 | 5 | 71 | 3 | - | - | |
| Humphrys | 6 | 1 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| Overton | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marylebone Cricket Club second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| W Morgan | b Miller | 9 | |||||
| PF Hadow | st Stancomb b Smart | 28 | |||||
| HT Stanley | c and b Miller | 30 | |||||
| +J Carlin | b Eldridge | 20 | |||||
| *JS Russel | b Miller | 0 | |||||
| AH Young | c Stevens b Eldridge | 5 | |||||
| P Russel | b Miller | 11 | |||||
| H Richardson | not out | 31 | |||||
| F Martin | b Eldridge | 9 | |||||
| HH Harris | b Miller | 5 | |||||
| A Handford | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 2 lb, 2 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 50 overs) | 157 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18, 2-54, 3-89, 4-91, 5-106, 6-106, 7-113, 8-137, 9-157 (50 ov) | |||||||
| Wiltshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Eldridge | 21 | 5 | 40 | 3 | - | ||
| Miller | 19 | 1 | 69 | 5 | - | ||
| Humphrys | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | - | ||
| Smart | 4 | 1 | 15 | 1 | - | ||
| Radcliffe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| Wiltshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +FW Stancomb | not out | 24 | |||||
| R Reynolds | not out | 17 | |||||
| AE James | did not bat | ||||||
| JE Stevens | did not bat | ||||||
| OG Radcliffe | did not bat | ||||||
| F Marks | did not bat | ||||||
| *AM Miller | did not bat | ||||||
| FH Humphrys | did not bat | ||||||
| T Smart | did not bat | ||||||
| W Overton | did not bat | ||||||
| AG Eldridge | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket) | 49 | |||||