MONTHLY ROUND-UP: JULY 1865
Despite beginning the month of July with two successive defeats, the Old Westminsters end the month in first place in the Metropolitan League standings, aided by a dramatic victory over The Regent’s Park in a game which took seventeen innings to find a winner. Indeed, that was the second time in the month that the Regents had suffered defeat in a very long game, having already fallen to Angel in nineteen innings.
Despite those two defeats, the Regents sit just a fraction behind in second place having ended the month with two victories. Clapham’s challenge suffered a setback as they ended the month with successive defeats, the second in a hugely important game against the Westminsters. Angel’s hopes as despite beating the Regents to begin the month they went on to lose their other four games in July.
The City of London Club enjoyed a much better month despite ending with defeat to the Regents, as by that point they had already won their previous four games. That was enough to move the City Club out of last place in the standings, as they now sit one game ahead of a Kensington team who they defeated comprehensively, by a score of 9-2, when they met one another.
