The contest was scheduled for two days, although rain meant that it ran into three. Five thousand people attended the St George's Club for the first day's play, and over the course of the match, an estimated 100,000 (approximately 4.2m in today's money) was gambled on the outcome. The Canadians, somewhat exhausted and bedraggled by a journey that had brought them up the St Lawrence River and across Lake Ontario by boat before catching trains to New York, batted first and made 82 against an US attack that consisted solely of two men born in Yorkshire: Sam Wright and Harry Groom. Canada's star was David Winckworth, who made 12 with the bat before sending down a few round-arm thunderbolts of his own, taking four wickets as the Americans were dismissed for 64. Winckworth again top-scored with 14 as Canada stacked up another 63, setting the USA 82 to win.