hc181	Merion v Belmont
	Halifax Cup 1890
Venue	Cricket Avenue, Ardmore on 14th June 1890 (1-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Belmont won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Merion won on first innings)
Points	Merion 1; Belmont 0

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Belmont first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DP Stoever	b Brooke	9
*AM Wood	b Sharp	26
F Yarnall	b Lowry	16
+EL Evans	c SG Thayer b AG Thomson	31
HC Coates	b Farnum	23
AE Smith	b Farnum	10
RK McCall	c Bates b Farnum	0
R MacDonald	b Brooke	32
FL Altemus	b Farnum	0
TR Reaney	c AG Thomson b Lowry	13
JP Blivins	not out	3
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	10
Total	(all out, 31.7 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-14, 3-58, 4-99, 5-118, 6-118, 7-123, 8-123, 9-170, 10-173 (31.7 ov)

Merion bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AG Thomson	10	1	39	1	-	-
Brooke	4	0	23	2	-	-
Lowry	6.7	0	43	2	-	-
Sharp	3	0	14	1	-	-
Farnum	8	2	44	4	-	-

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Merion first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CS Farnum	c Smith b Coates	19
AG Thomson	c and b Reaney	3
N Etting	b Smith	108
SG Thayer	c Coates b Reaney	1
WB Henry	hit wkt b Wood	9
+HC Thayer	b Stoever	0
WE Bates	c Reaney b Smith	5
GG Brooke	c Yarnall b Stoever	0
JW Sharp	c and b Smith	13
WS Thomson	b Smith	1
WC Lowry	not out	8
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb, 3 w)	15
Total	(all out, 36.7 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-80, 3-87, 4-127, 5-134, 6-156, 7-157, 8-161, 9-166, 10-182 (36.7 ov)

Belmont bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	10.7	1	28	4	-	-
Reaney	9	0	53	2	-	-
Blivins	3	0	25	0	-	-
Coates	5	2	22	1	-	-
Wood	3	0	12	1	-	-
Stoever	6	0	27	2	-	-

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Belmont second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DP Stoever	not out	22
*AM Wood	b AG Thomson	11
JP Blivins	b Farnum	10
F Yarnall	did not bat
+EL Evans	did not bat
HC Coates	did not bat
AE Smith	did not bat
RK McCall	did not bat
R MacDonald	did not bat
FL Altemus	did not bat
TR Reaney	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 6 overs)	44
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-44 (6 ov)

Merion bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AG Thomson	1	0	16	1	-	-
Brooke	2	0	14	0	-	-
Farnum	3	1	13	1	-	-

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Merion second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CS Farnum	c Smith b Coates	3
N Etting	c MacDonald b Smith	11
SG Thayer	not out	4
WC Lowry	b Smith	0
AG Thomson	did not bat
WB Henry	did not bat
+HC Thayer	did not bat
WE Bates	did not bat
GG Brooke	did not bat
JW Sharp	did not bat
WS Thomson	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(3 wickets, 5.3 overs)	18
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-11, 3-18 (5.3 ov)

Belmont bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	3	1	8	2	-	-
Coates	2.3	0	10	1	-	-

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