Married v Single was a first-class

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fixture played sporadically between 1829 and 1892. The teams were, as the name of the fixture suggests, made up of players who were married and those who were

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. The first match was held in June 1829 at

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with the Married winning by 27 runs. There were seven occurrences of the fixture until the last in May 1892.

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* {{cite book , last=ACS , author-link=Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians , title=A Guide to First-Class Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles , year=1982 , publisher=ACS , location=Nottingham First-class cricket matches English domestic cricket competitions English cricket in the 19th century *