FIRST MATCH REPORT

There was certainly cricket being played in Neyland before 1889 because the "Western Telegraph" of the 24th August 1887 carried a report of a match between the men of the town and their counterparts from Milford Haven. The game took place on the 13th August and Neyland beat their visitors by 4 wickets in a two innings game. It is worth recording the scores in that particular match since it is the first occasion that any record has been found of scores featuring a cricket team from Neyland.

MILFORD HAVEN
First Innings					Second Innings
G.Cole		b Anstee	8		G.Cole		b Anstee	28
F.D.Williams	ct Delmage	b Hall	0		F.D.Williams		b Hall	1
P.Bamkin	run	out	0		P.Bamkin		b Anstee	1
P.Thomas		b Hall	7		P.Thomas	ct Jones	b Hall	3
A.R.Foster	ct Gwilliam	b Anstee	6		A.R.Foster		b Anstee	1
F.Lloyd		b Hall	1		F.Lloyd		b Anstee	3
W.Cole	ct Delmage	b Hall	1		W.Cole	run	out	7
W.Warlow	not	out	0		W.Warlow		b Hall	0
R.Davies	ct Jones	b Hall	1		R.Davies	ct Gwilliam	b Hall	0
D.Bamkin		b Hall	0		D.Bamkin	not	out	0
-					-
Extras			4		Extras			6
Total			28		Total			50
NEYLAND
First Innings					Second Innings
J.Incledon	ct Williams	b Cole	3		J.Incledon	run	out	7
J.Delmege	c&b	Cole	2		J.Delmege		b Bamkin	0
A.Anstee		b Cole	0		A.Anstee	not	out	7
W.Gwilliam	c&b	Cole	8		W.Gwilliam		b Bamkin	1
J.Jones	run	out	6		J.Jones	lbw	b Bamkin	2
R.Hall	ct Lloyd	b Bamkin	0		R.Hall	run	out	0
R.Smithson		b Cole	3		R.Smithson	not	out	8
A.Gwilliam	lbw	b Cole	5		A.Gwilliam		b Bamkin	10
E.Anstee		b Thomas	2		E.Anstee	not	out	0
G.Thomas	not	out	0		G.Thomas
-					-
Extras			10		Extras			9
Total			39		Total			44

The match was played with ten men a-side because Milford Haven were unable to field a full team and so Neyland sportingly agreed to play with ten men as well. It is also interesting to note that no fewer than eleven different batsmen failed to score in one or both innings!