misc57696	Royal Engineers v School of Gunnery
	Other matches in England 1879
Venue	Royal Engineers Sports Ground, Gillingham on 25th, 26th July 1879 (2-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Royal Engineers won by 9 wickets
Umpires	Rowley, W Watson
Close of play day 1

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Royal Engineers first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FG Bowles	c Wright b Bradley	5
HEM Lindsay	b Faber	10
HW Renny-Tailyour	st Faber b Hardy	147			5	1
HN Dumbleton	b Cooke	42
SR Rice	b Hardy	4
JA Tanner	b Hardy	0
E Druitt	b Cooke	8
CD Learoyd	b Shute	2
BB Russell	b Shute	0
+CAR Browne	b Shute	0
G Williams	not out	8
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 3 w)	7
Total	(all out)	233
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-233

School of Gunnery bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bradley	?	?	?	1	-	-
Faber	?	?	?	1	-	-
Cooke	?	?	?	2	-	-
Hardy	?	?	?	3	-	-
Shute	?	?	?	3	-	-

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School of Gunnery first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Browne	run out	1
G Cooke	c Lindsay b Druitt	15
GJ Burgmann	run out	6
WE Hardy	b Browne	2
J Bradley	c Renny-Tailyour b Dumbleton	22
B Wynyard	b Dumbleton	20
+WV Faber	c Druitt b Rice	1
C Ryan	b Rice	1
AB Shute	not out	21
FM Bland	b Druitt	26
S Wright	b Renny-Tailyour	2
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-122

Royal Engineers bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Druitt	?	?	?	2	-	-
Browne	?	?	?	1	-	-
Dumbleton	?	?	?	2	-	-
Rice	?	?	?	2	-	-
Renny-Tailyour	?	?	?	1	-	-

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School of Gunnery second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Browne	b Renny-Tailyour	0
G Cooke	c Bowles b Druitt	25
GJ Burgmann	b Renny-Tailyour	4
WE Hardy	not out	70
J Bradley	c Bowles b Druitt	3
B Wynyard	b Druitt	4
+WV Faber	c Bowles b Druitt	12
C Ryan	st +Bowles b Dumbleton	1
AB Shute	c Learoyd b Dumbleton	14
FM Bland	c Lindsay b Browne	20
S Wright	c Druitt b Dumbleton	10
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-171

Royal Engineers bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Renny-Tailyour	?	?	?	2	-	-
Druitt	?	?	?	4	-	-
Dumbleton	?	?	?	3	-	-
Browne	?	?	?	1	-	-

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Royal Engineers second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Druitt	not out	31
G Williams	run out	13
HN Dumbleton	not out	15
FG Bowles	did not bat
HEM Lindsay	did not bat
HW Renny-Tailyour	did not bat
SR Rice	did not bat
JA Tanner	did not bat
CD Learoyd	did not bat
BB Russell	did not bat
+CAR Browne	did not bat
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(1 wicket)	61
Fall of wickets:
1-? (Williams)

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Notes
--> HW Renny-Tailyour scored 1 five in the Royal Engineers first innings

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Our thanks to Arthur Haygarth for collecting the information and to Roger Heavens for providing this scorecard which was first published in Arthur Haygarth's Cricket Scores and Biographies Volume 16. Copies of the book can be obtained from http://booksoncricket.net . Additions or corrections to this scorecard would be gratefully received.
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