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The following is from John Mayhall's 'Annals of Yorkshire' vol 2:-August 11, 12 and 13 1862. "A cricket match between the All England Eleven v Leeds and district, resulted as follows--All England first innings 91, second do. 47. Leeds first innings 57, second do. 94".A victory therefore for Leeds & District! In view of the low scores I wonder if the match did go to 3 days?

Here's the scorecard:http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Score ... 94488.html You will see that the match was played as an 'odds' match, as most of the All England Eleven games were. That is to say the opposition had extra players to even things up, an important factor for betting. If the Eleven were playing a strong team, such as Sussex or Surrey or Sheffield for instance the opposition would have 14 or 15 players. A slightly weaker team might have 18 or 20, and the weakest teams would have 22 - the highest odds that were played. You will see Leeds had 22 players, and just won by 10 runs, so the odds setters got things just about right.. Unfortunately the scorecard does not reveal how long the match lasted - I would guess there were enough overs for about a day and a halfs play, but there may have been rain interruptions of course. The game was played at the Royal Park Ground, in Woodhouse, which has featured on SL before. Cris Tinsley, of Nottinghamshire, took 30 wickets for the All England Eleven - and still finished on the losing side.    

Thanks for that drapesy.

I'll never understand the rules of cricket even if I live to be 100     

Caron wrote: I'll never understand the rules of cricket even if I live to be 100      I still struggle with offside in football and just how many steps a goalkeeper can legally now take with the ball (it seems there is no longer a limit when I saw some TV games last season).