The Third 

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72 sporting and Rural Records of the Cheveley Estate. 



Eton won by 70 runs. 



On Saturday, June 29, the score in the third match was 

 All England. Eton. 



First Innings 

 Second Innings. 



log 

 133 



242 



First Innings 

 Second Innings. 



46 



147 



All England won by 95 " notches." 



As may be perceived from the above the two contemporary 



accounts of the scores in this match do not tally. The first is 



taken from the " Cambridge Journal," July, 1751, and apparently 



refers to the second match. The latter from " Pond's Sporting 



Kalendar" of that year. We cannot find any details of the first 



and third match. Although some of the gentlemen who played in 



it cannot now be identified, there is no doubt of the individuality 



of the following, viz. : — 



James James Douglas, Earl of March, fourth (and last) Duke of 



Earl of March Queensberry, was born in 1725. Soon after attaining his majority 

 and Duke of , , „ , . . . , . ^ , 



Oueensberrv ^ became a well-known personage m sportmg circles m London 



and Newmarket. His figure was at that time, and indeed for 



years afterwards, thin, agile, and admirably adapted for riding. 



From the time of his first appearance on the Turf, as breeder, 



owner, trainer, and jockey, during the Newmarket Spring Meeting 



of 1748, he was acknowledged to be the best amateur jockey of 



his day ; and with invariable success rode his own horses in most 



of his principal matches, many of which were for heavy stakes, and 



associated with heavier betting. In the year preceding this 



