misc210809	Merion v Longwood
	Other matches in United States of America 1881
Venue	Cricket Avenue, Ardmore on 25th May 1881 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Longwood won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Merion won by an innings and 31 runs

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Longwood first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JP Phillips	c Morris b Braithwaite	10
JW Dutton	b Braithwaite	0
G Wright	b Braithwaite	30
F Peabody	b Braithwaite	1
SF Jones	b Braithwaite	0
CL Bixby	b Braithwaite	5
L Curtis	b FL Baily	18
JG Hubbard	b FL Baily	12
HF Fay	b FL Baily	0
SG Train	b Braithwaite	4
HG Pickering	not out	4
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 30.2 overs)	92
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-16, 3-20, 4-20, 5-42, 6-53, 7-81, 8-81, 9-82, 10-92 (30.2 ov)

Merion bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Braithwaite	15.2	3	48	7	-	-
JB Thayer	13	4	28	0	-	-
FL Baily	2	0	8	3	-	-

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Merion first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Morris	b Wright	14
+GC Thayer	c Hubbard b Wright	68
HH Sayres	run out	9
FL Baily	c Peabody b Dutton	3
CT Braithwaite	b Wright	24
RW Clay	c and b Bixby	40
JB Thayer	b Wright	16
W Stroud	c Hubbard b Dutton	17
CE Haines	not out	20
AL Baily	b Dutton	2
GS Ashbridge	c Wright b Dutton	10
Extras	(9 b, 7 lb, 1 nb, 5 w)	22
Total	(all out, 93 overs)	245
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-39, 3-47, 4-94, 5-154, 6-186, 7-208, 8-225, 9-227, 10-245 (93 ov)

Longwood bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	45	17	74	4	-	-
Dutton	20	2	78	4	-	-
Phillips	17	4	40	0	4	1
Bixby	9	0	25	1	-	-
Fay	2	0	6	0	1	-

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Longwood second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JP Phillips	c Haines b JB Thayer	12
JW Dutton	run out	26
G Wright	not out	45
F Peabody	c and b JB Thayer	0
SF Jones	c and b JB Thayer	0
CL Bixby	c Haines b JB Thayer	7
L Curtis	b JB Thayer	0
JG Hubbard	c Haines b Braithwaite	20
HF Fay	b JB Thayer	0
SG Train	b JB Thayer	3
HG Pickering	b Braithwaite	1
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 52 overs)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-20, 4-37, 5-39, 6-45, 7-45, 8-117, 9-118, 10-122 (52 ov)

Merion bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Braithwaite	22	7	33	2	-	-
JB Thayer	19	3	40	7	-	-
Morris	4	0	12	0	1	-
FL Baily	7	0	29	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for two days but completed in one.

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