A notebook compiled by
G. B. Buckley held in the library at
Lord's Cricket Ground contains the score of a match sourced from The Star, published on 7 August 1794. The match took place at the
Dorset Square ground on Tuesday 5 August 1794 between teams of the City of London and the City of Westminster. A comparison with the Charterhouse and Westminster school registers shows that this was a match between pupils of Charterhouse and Westminster. The match preceded by two years the first fixture between Westminster and
Eton on which occasion Dr. George Heath flogged the whole Eton XI on their return.[1] The first recorded
Eton-Harrow match did not take place until 1805.
According to
H. T. Waghorn the match was played for 500 guineas,[2] although this has been questioned.[1]
Scorecard
London
Name
First innings
score
Second innings
score
Lloyd, sen.
b Stevens
0
c Cummins
9
Stert
b Atterbury
5
b Atterbury
0
Ashurst
c Burrell
16
b Atterbury
4
Kemp
b Stevens
4
not out
0
Lloyd, jun.
b Stevens
2
c Atterbury
1
Palmer, sen.
b Atterbury
3
run out
1
Stone
run out
6
b Atterbury
4
Palmer, jun.
not out
3
b Coffield
0
Blake
b Wynn
0
run out
0
Surtes
b Wynn
0
c Coffield
1
Austin
b Wynn
0
run out
1
Byes
3
Byes
3
42
24
Westminster
Name
First innings
score
Atterbury
b Stert
29
Stevens
b Kemp
26
Cummins
b Kemp
37
Coffield
b Stert
20
Burrell
b Kemp
7
Horsley
b Kemp
10
Graham
c Stert
7
Curtis
b Kemp
7
French
b Kemp
0
Wynn
not out
16
Ridley
c Palmer, sen.
2
Byes
3
171
The scorecard does not reflect the Westminster total which actually adds up to 165.
Players
All the Westminsters were still at school, but several of the Carthusians had already left
Charterhouse School (City of London)
Ashurst: William Henry Ashurst (1778–1846)
Austin: Either John Austen (1777–1851) or Henry Austen (1779–1850), second cousins of
Jane Austen
Blake: Arthur Garland Blake (1779–1812) In service of the East India Company[3]
Kemp: Rev. Edward Kempe (1778–1858) Curate of Bitton. After his death his executors found nearly a ton of sermons in his house, many of which he never preached.[4]
Lloyd sen. and Lloyd jun: Probably Edward Lloyd (1776–1805) and William Lloyd (1778–1831), sons of the preacher of Charterhouse, but Lloyd jun. might be Charles Lloyd (1779–1809)