MCC Vs Ireland
2-Innings Match Played At Lord's, 15-Aug-1979, Two-Day
Match Drawn
Round 303
Toss won by MCC
Umpires GE Loveland (Eng - HE Robinson (Eng)
Scorers E Solomon - Gerry NJ Byrne
Home Side (neutral)
Comment 303/65
15 & 16 August
Close: Day 1 Ireland 158-6 (IJ Anderson 56*, SC Corlett 0*)
Bad light stopped play with a minimum of 15 overs to bowl.
Match Report here
MCC 1st Innings 203/6 Declared (Overs 73.3)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
JA Jameson c EA Bushe b SC Corlett 12 44 44 1 0
CA Fry c SC Corlett b JD Monteith 46 110 122 5 0
KS McEwan   b SC Corlett 0 7 1 0 0
RJ Lanchbury c EA Bushe b SC Corlett 5 9 5 0 0
MG Griffith* not out   92 159 151 14 2
KG Brooks c JD Monteith b SC Corlett 33 75 83 5 0
GR Cass+ c JWG Elder b RI Johnston 10 35 36 1 0
CB Hamblin dnb            
HC Latchman dnb            
NJW Stewart dnb            
DL Acfield dnb            
extras   (b0 lb4 w0 nb1) 5        
TOTAL   6 wickets for 203        
FOW
1-17(JA Jameson) 2-18(KS McEwan) 3-28(RJ Lanchbury) 4-71(CA Fry) 5-152(KG Brooks)
6-203(GR Cass)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
SC Corlett 25 5 71 4 - 1
JWG Elder 17 7 29 0 - -
M Halliday 15 6 48 0 - -
JD Monteith 15 6 42 1 - -
RI Johnston 1.3 0 8 1 - -
Ireland 1st Innings 200/7 Declared (Overs 56)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
JF Short   b NJW Stewart 50 62 62 7 0
MS Reith   b HC Latchman 21 57 35 2 0
BA O'Brien   b NJW Stewart 0 7 2 0 0
IJ Anderson lbw b HC Latchman 65 108 111 8 0
RI Johnston   b HC Latchman 21 58 50 1 0
DW Harrison   c&b HC Latchman 0 1 1 0 0
JD Monteith* c GR Cass b HC Latchman 7 28 27 1 0
SC Corlett not out   18 37 32 2 0
M Halliday not out   9 22 17 1 0
JWG Elder dnb            
EA Bushe+ dnb            
extras   (b2 lb6 w0 nb1) 9        
TOTAL   7 wickets for 200        
FOW
1-74(MS Reith) 2-74(JF Short) 3-75(BA O'Brien) 4-130(RI Johnston)
5-130(DW Harrison) 6-158(JD Monteith) 7-173(IJ Anderson)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
NJW Stewart 21 2 69 2 - 1
CB Hamblin 5 0 29 0 - -
HC Latchman 23 2 73 5 - -
DL Acfield 7 1 20 0 - -
MCC 2nd Innings 212/4 Declared (Overs 46.1)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
JA Jameson c SC Corlett b JD Monteith 55 65 62 10 0
CA Fry c EA Bushe b JD Monteith 35 72 59 4 0
KS McEwan st EA Bushe b JD Monteith 87 83 68 10 3
RJ Lanchbury   b SC Corlett 8 35 46 1 0
MG Griffith* not out   22 39 43 2 0
KG Brooks dnb            
GR Cass+ dnb            
CB Hamblin dnb            
HC Latchman dnb            
NJW Stewart dnb            
DL Acfield dnb            
extras   (b4 lb0 w0 nb1) 5        
TOTAL   4 wickets for 212        
FOW
1-89(JA Jameson) 2-93(CA Fry) 3-136(RJ Lanchbury) 4-212(KS McEwan)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
SC Corlett 15 2 72 1 - 1
JWG Elder 13 1 40 0 - -
JD Monteith 18.1 3 95 3 - -
Ireland 2nd Innings 107/5 Closed (Overs 43)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
JF Short   b NJW Stewart 22 28 26 2 1
MS Reith   b HC Latchman 10 43 24 1 0
BA O'Brien lbw b NJW Stewart 0 1 1 0 0
IJ Anderson c KG Brooks b HC Latchman 32 89 93 2 0
RI Johnston   b HC Latchman 7 19 13 1 0
DW Harrison not out   21 80 72 2 0
JD Monteith* not out   3 23 31 0 0
SC Corlett dnb            
M Halliday dnb            
JWG Elder dnb            
EA Bushe+ dnb            
extras   (b4 lb4 w2 nb2) 12        
TOTAL   5 wickets for 107        
FOW
1-32(JF Short) 2-32(BA O'Brien) 3-38(MS Reith) 4-56(RI Johnston) 5-97(IJ Anderson)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
NJW Stewart 10 2 28 2 - -
CB Hamblin 4 0 14 0 2 1
HC Latchman 17 5 32 3 - 1
DL Acfield 8 3 13 0 - -
JA Jameson 4 1 8 0 - -
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