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| Venue | War Memorial Ground, Amblecote on 19th, 20th July 1897 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 5 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Worcestershire won by an innings and 29 runs |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Worcestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HK Foster | c E Shaw b Brown | 19 | |||||
| EP Jobson | b J Shaw | 20 | |||||
| EG Arnold | c and b Ineson | 21 | |||||
| GE Bromley-Martin | c Earnshaw b Mitchell | 114 | |||||
| RE Foster | b Waller | 46 | |||||
| GF Wheldon | run out | 7 | |||||
| A Millward | b Brown | 1 | |||||
| RD Burrows | c Mitchell b J Shaw | 8 | |||||
| A Bird | c Ineson b J Shaw | 26 | |||||
| T Straw | b J Shaw | 0 | |||||
| GA Wilson | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 8 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 69.3 overs) | 270 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-270 (69.3 ov) | |||||||
| Yorkshire Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Brown | 21 | 4 | 75 | 2 | - | - | |
| J Shaw | 25 | 8 | 84 | 4 | - | - | |
| Ineson | 11 | 0 | 50 | 1 | - | - | |
| E Shaw | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Waller | 7 | 0 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Mitchell | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| Yorkshire Second XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RW Collinson | c Bromley-Martin b Millward | 99 | |||||
| F Mitchell | c RE Foster b Bird | 3 | |||||
| S Kilburn | b Wilson | 7 | |||||
| G Swithenbank | c Bird b Wilson | 0 | |||||
| G Waller | b Wilson | 15 | |||||
| P Ineson | b Wilson | 4 | |||||
| J Greenwood | c Straw b Arnold | 10 | |||||
| E Shaw | c Wilson b Arnold | 10 | |||||
| J Shaw | c Straw b Millward | 0 | |||||
| W Earnshaw | not out | 6 | |||||
| A Brown | c and b Arnold | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 10 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 58.2 overs) | 164 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-164 (58.2 ov) | |||||||
| Worcestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Arnold | 15.2 | 6 | 24 | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Bird | 7 | 0 | 36 | 1 | - | - | |
| Burrows | 9 | 3 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wilson | 14 | 4 | 39 | 4 | - | - | |
| Millward | 13 | 4 | 29 | 2 | - | - | |
| Yorkshire Second XI second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RW Collinson | c HK Foster b Arnold | 1 | |||||
| F Mitchell | c HK Foster b Arnold | 0 | |||||
| S Kilburn | b Arnold | 25 | |||||
| G Swithenbank | c Straw b Arnold | 2 | |||||
| G Waller | c Wheldon b Arnold | 0 | |||||
| P Ineson | run out | 12 | |||||
| E Shaw | b Wilson | 9 | |||||
| J Shaw | c RE Foster b Wilson | 0 | |||||
| W Earnshaw | not out | 15 | |||||
| A Brown | c RE Foster b Arnold | 10 | |||||
| J Greenwood | absent ill | ||||||
| Extras | 3 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 28.1 overs) | 77 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-? | |||||||
| Worcestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Arnold | 14.1 | 5 | 27 | 6 | - | - | |
| Bird | 7 | 1 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wilson | 7 | 1 | 35 | 2 | - | - | |