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RECORDS AND CURIOSITIES.
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1837 Lord's... Players won by an innings and 10 runs. Size of Players' wickets, 36 ins. by 12 ins.; Gentlemen's, 27 ins. by 8 ins. The Barn Door Match.
1837 Lord's... Players won by an innings and 38 runs. Gentlemen played 16 men.
1838 Lord's... Players won by 40 runs. Pilch, Cobbett, and Wenman played for the Gentlemen.
1839 Lord's... Drawn.
1840 Lord's... Players won by 9 wickets.
1841 Lord's... Players won by 3 wickets.
1842 Lord's... Gentlemen won by 95 runs.
1843 Lord's... Gentlemen won by an innings and 20 runs.
1844 Lord's... Players won by 38 runs.
1845 Lord's... Players won by 67 runs.
1846 Lord's... Gentlemen won by 1 wicket.
1847 Lord's... Players won by 147 runs.
1848 Lord's... Gentlemen won by 27 runs.
1849 Lord's... Gentlemen won by an innings and 40 runs.
1850 Lord's... Players won by an innings and 48 runs.
1851 Lord's... Players won by an innings and 14 runs.
1852 Lord's... Players won by 5 wickets.
1853 Lord's... Gentlemen won by 60 runs.
1854 Lord's... Players won by 9 wickets.
1855 Lord's... Players won by 7 wickets.
1856 Lord's... Players won by 2 wickets.
1857 Oval ... Players won by 10 wickets. First match at the Oval .
1857 Lord's... Players won by 13 runs.
1858 Oval ... Players won by 3 wickets.
1858 Lord's... Players won by 285 runs.
1859 Oval ... Players won by an innings and 25 runs.
1859 Lord's... Players won by 169 runs.
1860 Oval ... Players won by 8 wickets.
1860 Lord's... Players won by an innings and 181 runs.
1861 Lord's... Players won by an innings and 60 runs.
1861 Oval ... Players won by an innings and 68 runs.
1862 Oval ... Drawn.
1862 Lord's... Players won by an innings and 157 runs. This match was Gentlemen under thirty years of age v. Players under thirty.
1863 Lord's... Players won by 8 wickets.
1863 Oval ... Players won by 9 wickets.
1864 Oval ... Players won by 205 runs.
1864 Lord's... Players won by an innings and 68 runs.