| misc69692 | |
| Venue | Craigmount Park, Edinburgh on 23rd, 24th, 25th May 1872 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Players | Carlton and Edinburgh Clubs: 22; United South of England Eleven: 11 |
| Toss | Carlton and Edinburgh Clubs won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Carlton and Edinburgh Clubs won by 64 runs |
| Umpires | H Killick, D Willoughby |
| Close of play day 1 | United South of England Eleven (1) 22/2 (Jupp 10*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Carlton and Edinburgh Clubs (2) 99/7 (Cotterill 83*, Buchanan 5*) |
| Carlton and Edinburgh Clubs first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| J Sanderson | b Southerton | 0 | |||||
| WW Smith | st Pooley b Southerton | 3 | |||||
| RS Stewart | c Pooley b Lillywhite | 4 | |||||
| WJ Laidlay | c GF Grace b Southerton | 0 | |||||
| S Wright | c Pooley b Lillywhite | 0 | |||||
| J Speid | st Pooley b Southerton | 3 | |||||
| G Campbell | c GF Grace b Southerton | 0 | |||||
| AR Duncan | b Southerton | 0 | |||||
| JM Cotterill | c and b Southerton | 14 | |||||
| JB Richardson | c R Humphrey b Southerton | 8 | |||||
| W St Clair Grant | c Jupp b Lillywhite | 1 | |||||
| GF Rayner | c GF Grace b Southerton | 3 | |||||
| JLH McFarlane | c Southerton b Lillywhite | 2 | |||||
| J Craig | c T Humphrey b Southerton | 2 | |||||
| +W Cunningham | c Southerton b Lillywhite | 20 | |||||
| A Buchanan | b Southerton | 4 | |||||
| ADR Thomson | c Charlwood b Lillywhite | 0 | |||||
| C Hayman | b Lillywhite | 0 | |||||
| *D MacDonald | not out | 7 | |||||
| WE Anderson | c Pooley b Southerton | 3 | |||||
| R Evans | b Southerton | 0 | |||||
| D Crole | c WG Grace b Southerton | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 76.1 overs) | 77 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 5-12, 6-12, 7-12, 8-12, 9-27, 10-28, 11-34, 12-40, 13-?, 14-56, 15-63, 16-67, 17-67, 18-67, 19-75, 20-77, 21-77 (76.1 ov) | |||||||
| United South of England Eleven bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Southerton | 38.1 | 15 | 48 | 14 | - | - | |
| Lillywhite | 38 | 23 | 26 | 7 | - | - | |
| United South of England Eleven first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WG Grace | c Richardson b Campbell | 8 | |||||
| H Jupp | run out (Crole) | 14 | |||||
| R Humphrey | b St Clair Grant | 1 | |||||
| GF Grace | c Stewart b Campbell | 4 | |||||
| HRJ Charlwood | b Campbell | 19 | |||||
| +EW Pooley | run out | 1 | |||||
| T Humphrey | c Stewart b Campbell | 1 | |||||
| J Lillywhite | c Buchanan b St Clair Grant | 2 | |||||
| J Phillips | c Sanderson b St Clair Grant | 2 | |||||
| G Griffith | c Stewart b St Clair Grant | 3 | |||||
| J Southerton | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb, 3 w) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 76.1 overs) | 60 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15, 2-22, 3-27, 4-32, 5-40, 6-41, 7-?, 8-57, 9-58, 10-60 (76.1 ov) | |||||||
| Carlton and Edinburgh Clubs bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| St Clair Grant | 38.1 | 25 | 16 | 4 | - | - | |
| Campbell | 38 | 16 | 39 | 4 | - | - | |
| Carlton and Edinburgh Clubs second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *D MacDonald | st Pooley b Southerton | 1 | |||||
| WW Smith | b Lillywhite | 8 | |||||
| RS Stewart | b Southerton | 0 | |||||
| J Speid | b Southerton | 0 | |||||
| JM Cotterill | c GF Grace b Southerton | 95 | |||||
| J Sanderson | st Pooley b Southerton | 0 | |||||
| S Wright | b Southerton | 2 | |||||
| WJ Laidlay | b Southerton | 0 | |||||
| A Buchanan | b Southerton | 5 | |||||
| JLH McFarlane | b Southerton | 8 | |||||
| GF Rayner | b Southerton | 0 | |||||
| W St Clair Grant | b WG Grace | 9 | |||||
| AR Duncan | c GF Grace b WG Grace | 1 | |||||
| G Campbell | c WG Grace b Southerton | 9 | |||||
| ADR Thomson | c and b WG Grace | 3 | |||||
| JB Richardson | b Southerton | 1 | |||||
| C Hayman | b Southerton | 0 | |||||
| J Craig | b WG Grace | 1 | |||||
| +W Cunningham | b Southerton | 1 | |||||
| D Crole | hit wkt b Southerton | 1 | |||||
| WE Anderson | c R Humphrey b WG Grace | 6 | |||||
| [unknown] | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 128.2 overs) | 154 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-61, 8-103, 9-118, 10-119, 11-124, 12-129, 13-131, 14-137, 15-?, 16-143, 17-?, 18-?, 19-147, 20-151, 21-154 (128.2 ov) | |||||||
| United South of England Eleven bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Southerton | 64.2 | 30 | 67 | 15 | - | - | |
| Lillywhite | 19 | 10 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| WG Grace | 30 | 14 | 30 | 5 | - | - | |
| GF Grace | 10 | 4 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Griffith | 5 | 1 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| United South of England Eleven second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WG Grace | c Richardson b Laidlay | 17 | |||||
| H Jupp | c Laidlay b St Clair Grant | 0 | |||||
| R Humphrey | b St Clair Grant | 0 | |||||
| GF Grace | b Laidlay | 2 | |||||
| HRJ Charlwood | run out | 35 | |||||
| +EW Pooley | c and b St Clair Grant | 25 | |||||
| T Humphrey | b Cotterill | 6 | |||||
| J Lillywhite | b Laidlay | 11 | |||||
| J Phillips | run out (Craig) | 5 | |||||
| G Griffith | not out | 2 | |||||
| J Southerton | c Stewart b Laidlay | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 95.1 overs) | 107 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3, 2-15, 3-?, 4-19, 5-67, 6-75, 7-86, 8-100, 9-?, 10-107 (95.1 ov) | |||||||
| Carlton and Edinburgh Clubs bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| St Clair Grant | 38 | 16 | 40 | 3 | - | - | |
| Laidlay | 26.1 | 10 | 51 | 4 | - | - | |
| Campbell | 12 | 7 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cotterill | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | - | - | |
| Buchanan | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |