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England Domestic Season, 1872The South v The North
 Kennington Oval, London
 25,26 July 1872 (3-day match)
 
Result: The South won by 8 wickets 
Toss: The NorthUmpires: T Humphrey and HH Stephenson
 Balls per over: 4
 
Close of Play:
Day 1: The North 181, The South 165/1 (WG Grace 107*, Humphrey 15*) 
The North 1st innings                                           R
E Lockwood            c Strachan         b WG Grace            39
W Oscroft                            c & b WG Grace            15
F Wild                                   b WG Grace             0
T Hayward                                b WG Grace             9
R Carpenter           c WG Grace         b Lillywhite           0
John Smith            st Pooley          b WG Grace            27
A Shaw                                   b WG Grace            11
+G Pinder                                b WG Grace            28
E Barratt             c Charlwood        b Lillywhite           3
RO Clayton            st Pooley          b Southerton          34
JC Shaw               not out                                   4
Extras                (b 7, lb 4)                              11
Total                 (all out, 91.2 overs)                   181
FoW: 1-43, 2-43, 3-70, 4-70, 5-86,
     6-110, 7-113, 8-126, 9-161, 10-181.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Willsher                    14      8     21      0
Southerton                  24.2    8     27      1
WG Grace                    32     12     74      7
Lillywhite                  21      6     48      2
The South 1st innings                                           R
Mr WG Grace                              b JC Shaw            114
H Jupp                c Carpenter        b JC Shaw             40
R Humphrey                           c & b A Shaw              23
HRJ Charlwood         c Pinder           b JC Shaw              0
Mr GF Grace           not out                                  39
Mr G Strachan         lbw                b A Shaw               0
Mr GM Kelson                             b A Shaw               0
+E Pooley                                b A Shaw               7
Jas Lillywhite jnr    c Barratt          b Oscroft             26
E Willsher            c Pinder           b JC Shaw              6
J Southerton          absent injured                            -
Extras                (b 3, lb 1)                               4
Total                 (all out, 128.1 overs)                  259
FoW: 1-121, 2-180, 3-180, 4-180, 5-186,
     6-186, 7-202, 8-251, 9-259.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
JC Shaw                     55.1   21    108      4
A Shaw                      51     24     81      4
Clayton                      6      2     14      0
Lockwood                     6      0     26      0
Oscroft                      5      3      6      1
Barratt                      5      0     20      0
The North 2nd innings                                           R
E Lockwood            run out                                  51
W Oscroft                            c & b WG Grace            47
F Wild                                   b WG Grace             0
T Hayward             c Pooley           b Lillywhite           3
R Carpenter           c Strachan         b Lillywhite           0
John Smith            run out                                   4
+G Pinder                                b Lillywhite           0
E Barratt             c Jupp             b WG Grace             4
A Shaw                                   b Lillywhite           5
RO Clayton            not out                                  13
JC Shaw               c Jupp             b WG Grace             0
Extras                (b 3, lb 5)                               8
Total                 (all out, 70.2 overs)                   135
FoW: 1-96, 2-96, 3-103, 4-106, 5-110,
     6-111, 7-116, 8-120, 9-135, 10-135.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Willsher                    15      6     27      0
WG Grace                    23.2    6     48      4
Lillywhite                  20     10     25      4
Strachan                    12      1     27      0
The South 2nd innings (target: 58 runs)                         R
Mr GM Kelson          run out                                   6
Mr G Strachan         not out                                   9
HRJ Charlwood         c Carpenter        b JC Shaw             29
R Humphrey            not out                                   6
Extras                (b 5, lb 2, nb 1)                         8
Total                 (2 wickets, 28.3 overs)                  58
DNB: Mr WG Grace, H Jupp, Mr GF Grace, +E Pooley,
     Jas Lillywhite jnr, E Willsher, J Southerton.
FoW: 1-18, 2-46.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
JC Shaw                     14.3    5     29      1 (nb 1)
A Shaw                      14      6     21      0
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