f2908	North v South
	Other First-Class matches in England 1885
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 9th, 10th, 11th July 1885 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	North won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	FH Farrands, CK Pullin
Close of play day 1	South (1) 78/0 (Grace 46*, JM Read 32*)
Close of play day 2	North (2) 175/2 (Shrewsbury 76*, Barnes 48*)

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North first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Shrewsbury	c WW Read b Beaumont	41
RG Barlow	st Welman b Grace	18
W Gunn	b Roller	2
W Barnes	lbw b Horner	26
G Ulyett	c Tester b Horner	1
J Briggs	not out	52
W Bates	c Tester b Woof	11
W Flowers	b Beaumont	3
*AN Hornby	c Grace b Woof	12
E Peate	c Beaumont b Grace	18
+R Pilling	c Tester b Woof	0
Extras	(3 b, 5 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 134.2 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-51, 3-87, 4-94, 5-97, 6-133, 7-136, 8-157, 9-192, 10-192 (134.2 ov)

South bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Woof	21.2	6	44	3	-	-
Beaumont	48	22	87	2	-	-
Roller	22	16	17	1	-	-
Grace	19	14	10	2	-	-
Horner	24	14	26	2	-	-

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South first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	c Pilling b Peate	69
JM Read	b Barnes	49
TC O'Brien	c Ulyett b Barnes	3
WW Read	run out	12
WE Roller	c Ulyett b Barlow	3
GG Hearne	c Shrewsbury b Peate	0
WA Tester	b Barlow	1
+FT Welman	not out	13
J Beaumont	run out	2
WA Woof	b Peate	0
CE Horner	c Barnes b Flowers	30
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 140.2 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-99, 2-107, 3-129, 4-136, 5-136, 6-136, 7-137, 8-144, 9-145, 10-183 (140.2 ov)

North bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Peate	63	31	58	3	-	-
Barnes	48	25	79	2	-	-
Barlow	22	11	36	2	-	-
Flowers	7.2	3	9	1	-	-

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North second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Shrewsbury	c Roller b Beaumont	101
RG Barlow	b Beaumont	7
W Gunn	c Welman b Roller	34
W Barnes	c WW Read b Woof	70
G Ulyett	b Beaumont	0
J Briggs	c Grace b Roller	52
W Bates	c WW Read b Hearne	48
W Flowers	b Horner	13
*AN Hornby	c Welman b Hearne	0
E Peate	c Roller b Grace	22
+R Pilling	not out	5
Extras	(11 b, 1 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 167 overs)	364
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-65, 3-217, 4-217, 5-237, 6-304, 7-330, 8-330, 9-352, 10-364 (167 ov)

South bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Woof	32	11	55	1	-	-
Beaumont	43	16	112	3	-	-
Roller	35	21	42	2	-	-
Grace	17	5	46	1	-	-
Horner	8	2	33	1	-	-
Hearne	23	13	33	2	-	-
Tester	3	0	11	0	-	-
WW Read	6	1	20	0	-	-

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South second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	b Bates	2
WA Tester	c Pilling b Bates	4
TC O'Brien	lbw b Flowers	31
WW Read	c Briggs b Flowers	36
WE Roller	c Pilling b Peate	17
GG Hearne	b Peate	12
+FT Welman	b Flowers	5
J Beaumont	not out	2
WA Woof	c and b Peate	0
CE Horner	not out	4
JM Read	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(8 wickets, 88 overs)	114
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-11, 3-65, 4-84, 5-101, 6-108, 7-109, 8-110

North bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Peate	31	12	53	3	-	-
Barnes	12	6	16	0	-	-
Flowers	30	20	19	3	-	-
Bates	15	6	25	2	-	-

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Notes
--> A Shrewsbury (2) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 33
--> W Gunn (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 6
--> W Bates (2) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> E Peate (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> TC O'Brien (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> W Flowers reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the South first innings

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