MCC Vs Ireland
2-Innings Match Played At Lord's, 12-Aug-1981, Two-Day
Match Drawn
Round 316
Toss won by MCC
Umpires AED Smith ( Eng) - FS Tillson (Eng
Home Side MCC
Comment 316/67
12 & 13 August
Debut: EA McDermott
Match Report here
MCC 1st Innings 227/4 Declared (Overs 74.3)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
RV Lewis c IJ Anderson b M Halliday 63 0 0 0 0
RAB Ezekowitz c IJ Anderson b SC Corlett 70 0 0 0 0
MH Denness*   b SC Corlett 45 0 0 0 0
JH Hampshire not out   22 0 0 0 0
RN Berry c PB Jackson b SC Corlett 18 0 0 0 0
SLG Doggart dnb            
PL Thorn dnb            
TJ Zoehrer+ dnb            
MD Mence dnb            
J Spencer dnb            
H Rhodes dnb            
extras   (b0 lb2 w1 nb6) 9        
TOTAL   4 wickets for 227        
FOW
1-104(RV Lewis) 2-180(RAB Ezekowitz) 3-199(MH Denness) 4-227(RN Berry)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
SC Corlett 18.3 3 58 3 - -
R Torrens 15 4 46 0 - -
JA Prior 4 1 13 0 - -
IJ Anderson 13 3 39 0 - -
M Halliday 24 6 62 1 - -
Ireland 1st Innings 212/4 Declared (Overs 65)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
JF Short c RV Lewis b SLG Doggart 45 0 0 0 0
EA McDermott c JH Hampshire b SLG Doggart 45 0 0 0 0
RT Wills c TJ Zoehrer b PL Thorn 64 0 0 0 0
IJ Anderson   b PL Thorn 25 0 0 0 0
CCJ Harte not out   7 0 0 0 0
JA Prior not out   14 0 0 0 0
T Harpur dnb            
SC Corlett dnb            
PB Jackson+ dnb            
M Halliday* dnb            
R Torrens dnb            
extras   (b7 lb4 w0 nb1) 12        
TOTAL   4 wickets for 212        
FOW
1-87(JF Short) 2-98(EA McDermott) 3-182(IJ Anderson) 4-191(RT Wills)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
J Spencer 22 9 55 0 - -
H Rhodes 8 3 14 0 - -
SLG Doggart 14 2 42 2 - -
MD Mence 6 0 36 0 - -
PL Thorn 15 3 53 2 - -
MCC 2nd Innings 187/9 Declared (Overs 49.3)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
RV Lewis c PB Jackson b SC Corlett 4 0 0 0 0
RAB Ezekowitz c RT Wills b SC Corlett 16 0 0 0 0
RN Berry c JA Prior b R Torrens 62 0 0 0 0
SLG Doggart   b SC Corlett 6 0 0 0 0
PL Thorn c PB Jackson b SC Corlett 8 0 0 0 0
TJ Zoehrer+ lbw b M Halliday 1 0 0 0 0
MH Denness* not out   50 0 0 0 0
JH Hampshire c RT Wills b M Halliday 11 0 0 0 0
MD Mence st PB Jackson b M Halliday 2 0 0 0 0
J Spencer   b M Halliday 23 0 0 0 0
H Rhodes dnb            
extras   (b0 lb4 w0 nb0) 4        
TOTAL   9 wickets for 187        
FOW
1-12(RV Lewis) 2-47(RAB Ezekowitz) 3-57(SLG Doggart) 4-75(PL Thorn)
5-92(TJ Zoehrer) 6-120(RN Berry) 7-137(JH Hampshire) 8-149(MD Mence)
9-187(J Spencer)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
SC Corlett 16 4 82 4 - -
R Torrens 14 1 50 1 - -
M Halliday 19.3 5 51 4 - -
Ireland 2nd Innings 125/6 Closed (Overs 41)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
JF Short   b J Spencer 21 0 0 0 0
EA McDermott   b MD Mence 8 0 0 0 0
RT Wills c J Spencer b PL Thorn 26 0 0 0 0
IJ Anderson   c&b SLG Doggart 7 0 0 0 0
CCJ Harte c J Spencer b PL Thorn 12 0 0 0 0
JA Prior   b PL Thorn 26 0 0 0 0
T Harpur not out   21 0 0 0 0
SC Corlett not out   4 0 0 0 0
PB Jackson+ dnb            
M Halliday* dnb            
R Torrens dnb            
extras   (b0 lb0 w0 nb0) 0        
TOTAL   6 wickets for 125        
FOW
1-15(EA McDermott) 2-41(JF Short) 3-54(IJ Anderson) 4-78(RT Wills) 5-83(CCJ Harte)
6-108(JA Prior)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
J Spencer 13 3 23 1 - -
SLG Doggart 13 1 43 1 - -
MD Mence 4 0 22 1 - -
PL Thorn 11 1 37 3 - -
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