RECORDS AND CURIOSITIES.
477
CURIOSITIES.
| The first match in which hit-wicket appears was Hambledon v. England | 1773 |
| A match was played at Bourne Park between the Duke of Dorset and Sir Horace Mann's Kent Eleven and Lord Tankerville's Surrey Eleven for /2,ooo, which Lord Tankerville's Eleven won | 1773 |
| The first match played with three stumps is supposed to have been Hambledon v. England | 1777 |
| The first Colts' match was Surrey v. Hants, in | 1788 |
| The first recorded match of the M.C.C. was v. White Conduit Club, 27th June | 1788 |
| The first match registered in the books of the M.C.C. was Middlesex v. Essex, at Lord's, 16th May | 1791 |
| A match was played between an Eleven of the Garrison of Dublin and an Eleven of All-Ireland for 1,000 guineas, which the Garrison won by an innings and 105 runs, 8th August | 1792 |
| A match between two Elevens on Horseback was played | 1800 |
| The first match on the present Lord's Ground was Kent v. M.C.C. and Ground, 22nd June | 1814 |
| Little Dench, of Brighton, when long-stopping to George Brown, the fast bowler, protected himself by using a sack of straw fastened on to his chest | 1825 |
| The first match in which wides appear was Kent v. Sussex, at Brighton, 17th September | 1827 |
| Mr. Tramfer and his sheep-dog played two gentlemen of Middlesex, and won. The dog stood at the side of his master until the ball was hit, and was so quick at fielding that their opponents had great difficulty in scoring a single run | 1827 |
| The first match in which no-balls were scored was M.C.C. v. Middlesex, at Lord's, 17th May | 1830 |
| The first match between North and South was played at Lord's, 11th July | 1836 |
| The first match in which cards were printed vas Gentlemen v. Players, at Old Lilly white's Cricket Ground, Brighton, in | 1838 |
| The first match in which cards were printed at Lord's was Sussex v. M.C.C. and Ground, 26th June | 1848 |
