On Friday and Monday, July the 24th & 27th 1840 the annual match was played between the Lamprobaticks & the T.B.s who had not played in the Grand Match, in which the Town Boys were victorious by 4 Runs. This triumph was the greater as we had not beaten them in the Lamprobatic match for several years, and they considered it quite a matter of course to be victorious. The following were the players:
T.B.s
*Colquhoun
*Deacon
Glyn
Goodenough
*Hallett
Karslake
Merewether
Marshall Sen
Marshall Jun
*Preston
Smart
K.S.
Cooper
Glyn
Goolden
Haggard
King
Milkshake
Ogle
Roberts
Simpson
Smith
Smythe
This marked with an asterisk are Home Boarders
For particulars of the score &c vide Cricket Ledger