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| Venue | The Cricket Ground, Rugby on 26th, 27th June 1856 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Rugby won by an innings and 14 runs |
| Close of play day 1 | Manchester (2) 24 all out |
| Manchester first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Slater | c Ridding b Campbell | 9 | - | - | |||
| T Potter | c and b Norris | 3 | - | - | |||
| T Garnett | b Buchanan | 9 | 1 | - | |||
| AB Rowley | lbw b Buchanan | 9 | - | - | |||
| TT Bellhouse | lbw b Buchanan | 1 | - | - | |||
| TG Blain | run out | 2 | - | - | |||
| EC Milne | b Buchanan | 4 | - | - | |||
| J Rowley | b Buchanan | 0 | - | - | |||
| J Greaves | b Campbell | 0 | - | - | |||
| J Pennington | c Benn b Buchanan | 0 | - | - | |||
| B Shelmerdine | not out | 2 | - | - | |||
| Extras | (1 lb, 2 w) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 28 overs) | 42 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-42 (28 ov) | |||||||
| Rugby bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Buchanan | 14 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 2 | - | |
| Norris | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | - | - | |
| Campbell | 11 | 3 | 19 | 2 | - | - | |
| Rugby first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| E Elmhirst | c J Rowley b AB Rowley | 16 | - | - | |||
| W Benn | c Bellhouse b AB Rowley | 12 | - | - | |||
| WA Norris | c Greaves b AB Rowley | 10 | - | - | |||
| D Buchanan | b J Rowley | 4 | - | - | |||
| W Ridding | b AB Rowley | 0 | - | - | |||
| RB Smythies | not out | 17 | - | - | |||
| CM Caldecourt | b J Rowley | 1 | - | - | |||
| F Frazier | c Potter b AB Rowley | 5 | - | - | |||
| D Campbell | b AB Rowley | 0 | - | - | |||
| WK Fenton | lbw b J Rowley | 4 | - | - | |||
| A Caldecott | b AB Rowley | 0 | - | - | |||
| Extras | (2 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 5 w) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 63 overs) | 80 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-80 (63 ov) | |||||||
| Manchester bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| AB Rowley | 33 | 16 | 33 | 7 | |||
| Garnett | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Slater | 10 | 3 | 14 | 0 | |||
| J Rowley | 17 | 12 | 13 | 3 | |||
| Manchester second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| T Garnett | b Caldecourt | 1 | - | - | |||
| TT Bellhouse | b Caldecourt | 1 | - | - | |||
| EC Milne | c Campbell b Buchanan | 4 | - | - | |||
| G Slater | c Benn b Caldecourt | 2 | - | - | |||
| AB Rowley | b Buchanan | 1 | - | - | |||
| TG Blain | b Caldecourt | 0 | - | - | |||
| B Shelmerdine | b Buchanan | 1 | - | - | |||
| T Potter | lbw b Buchanan | 1 | - | - | |||
| J Rowley | st Ridding b Caldecourt | 7 | - | - | |||
| J Greaves | not out | 4 | - | - | |||
| J Pennington | b Caldecourt | 0 | - | - | |||
| Extras | (2 b) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 25 overs) | 24 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-24 (25 ov) | |||||||
| Rugby bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Buchanan | 13 | 9 | 6 | 4 | - | - | |
| Caldecourt | 12 | 2 | 16 | 6 | - | - | |