misc69860	Birmingham v United South of England Eleven
	United South of England Eleven matches 1878
Venue	Aston Lower Grounds, Birmingham on 22nd, 23rd, 24th July 1878 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Players	Birmingham: 22; United South of England Eleven: 11
Toss	Birmingham won the toss and decided to bat
Result	United South of England Eleven won by 5 wickets
Close of play day 1	United South of England Eleven (1) 54/5 (Riley 14, Cranston 1)
Close of play day 2	Birmingham (2) 119 all out

Birmingham first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Slack	c Pullin b Gilbert	7
C Allen	c EM Grace b Gilbert	4
GH Cartland	b WG Grace	22
McIntyre	c and b WG Grace	0
AT Stokes	b WG Grace	0
E Drewry	b WG Grace	0
TH Price	c Midwinter b WG Grace	0
E Handscombe	c EM Grace b Gilbert	10
A Drewry	c WG Grace b Gilbert	23
A Smith	c Midwinter b Gilbert	28
E Oakes	c and b WG Grace	24
JA Brookes	c FL Butler b Gilbert	4
*CH Quilter	c Riley b Gilbert	0
OH Vaughton	c EM Grace b WG Grace	0
T Thompson	b WG Grace	4
SH Stokes	b WG Grace	0
Bourne	b Gilbert	0
SB Morley	not out	0
WJ Bowen	c and b WG Grace	0
W Hayfield	c and b WG Grace	0
JR Riddell	absent
G Whitehouse	absent
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(all out, 68 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-35, 3-35, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-36, 8-?, 9-72, 10-104, 11-?, 12-?, 13-113, 14-?, 15-?, 16-?, 17-128, 18-128, 19-128 (68 ov)

United South of England Eleven bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gilbert	34	8	64	8	-	-
WG Grace	34	11	62	11	-	-

United South of England Eleven first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WG Grace	c and b McIntyre	7
WR Gilbert	c Smith b Brookes	3
WE Midwinter	c Cartland b McIntyre	14
EM Grace	c Price b McIntyre	10
GF Grace	c sub (F Bill) b Brookes	3
M Riley	c Bowen b Brookes	44
J Cranston	c Vaughton b McIntyre	6
EH Butler	c Morley b McIntyre	0
FL Butler	b Brookes	7
CK Pullin	b Brookes	7
W Southerton	not out	1
Extras	(2 b, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out)	105
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-?, 3-30, 4-?, 5-50, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-105

Birmingham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McIntyre	41	20	56	5	-	-
Brookes	?	16	46	5	-	-

Birmingham second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SB Morley	run out	7
H Slack	c Midwinter b WG Grace	5
C Allen	b Pullin	1
GH Cartland	c Gilbert b WG Grace	1
A Smith	b Pullin	23
McIntyre	c EM Grace b WG Grace	10
AT Stokes	c Cranston b Pullin	7
E Drewry	c Gilbert b WG Grace	19
TH Price	c and b EM Grace	6
E Handscombe	b EM Grace	5
A Drewry	c Midwinter b WG Grace	0
E Oakes	b EM Grace	11
JA Brookes	c and b EM Grace	0
*CH Quilter	b WG Grace	0
OH Vaughton	c WG Grace b EM Grace	5
T Thompson	b EM Grace	0
SH Stokes	c EH Butler b WG Grace	0
Bourne	b EM Grace	0
WJ Bowen	st Gilbert b WG Grace	3
W Hayfield	not out	7
JR Riddell	st Gilbert b WG Grace	0
G Whitehouse	c and b EM Grace	0
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 74.3 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-37, 4-37, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-?, 12-?, 13-?, 14-?, 15-?, 16-?, 17-?, 18-?, 19-?, 20-?, 21-119 (74.3 ov)

United South of England Eleven bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
WG Grace	37.3	13	60	9	-	-
EM Grace	16	8	20	8	-	-
Pullin	13	6	16	3	-	-
Midwinter	8	3	14	0	-	-

United South of England Eleven second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WG Grace	c Hayfield b McIntyre	59
WR Gilbert	b Brookes	3
WE Midwinter	c sub b McIntyre	4
EM Grace	not out	52
GF Grace	c Quilter b Slack	0
M Riley	c Bowen b Slack	1
J Cranston	not out	10
EH Butler	did not bat
FL Butler	did not bat
W Southerton	did not bat
CK Pullin	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb, 5 w)	15
Total	(5 wickets, 74 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-17, 3-122, 4-?, 5-?

Birmingham bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McIntyre	22	6	52	2	-	-
Brookes	20	3	29	1	-	-
Morley	14	3	17	0	-	-
Quilter	10	5	9	0	-	-
Slack	8	1	22	2	-	-

Notes
--> WG Grace completed a hat-trick in the Birmingham first innings (Oakes, Bowen, Hayfield)

Amendments and additions from the Birmingham Daily Post of 23, 24 and 25 July 1878 added May 2021
The figure of overs bowled by Brookes in United South (1) is consistently given as 22.2 in the B'ham Daily Post, but this is not realistic.