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| Venue | The Worswick Memorial Ground, Rawtenstall on 7th August 1897 (1-day single innings match) |
| Balls per over | 5 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Rawtenstall won by 93 runs |
| Points | Rawtenstall 2; Rishton 0 |
| Rawtenstall innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| W Towler | c Slater b Ridgway | 40 | |||||
| F Pickup | c Sinfield b Barnes | 54 | |||||
| J Sunderland | b Barnes | 0 | |||||
| G Hardy | c and b Sinfield | 32 | |||||
| TW Foster (Pro) | b Sinfield | 16 | |||||
| H Greenwood | c Blackey b Barnes | 18 | |||||
| TH Heyworth | b Barnes | 12 | |||||
| +F Parr | c and b Barnes | 5 | |||||
| J Tomlinson | not out | 4 | |||||
| RG Hardstaff (Pro) | did not bat | ||||||
| [unknown] | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 1 | ||||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 66 overs) | 182 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-75, 2-76, 3-104, 4-138, 5-149, 6-156, 7-171, 8-182 (66 ov) | |||||||
| Rishton bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Barnes | 27 | 3 | 65 | 5 | - | - | |
| D Whittaker | 11 | 1 | 47 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ridgway | 13 | 1 | 47 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sinfield | 15 | 5 | 22 | 2 | - | - | |
| Rishton innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| W Duckworth | b Foster | 14 | |||||
| *TE Noble | b Hardstaff | 3 | |||||
| J Ingram | c Pickup b Hardstaff | 10 | |||||
| +T Loud | b Foster | 20 | |||||
| S Sinfield | c Pickup b Foster | 0 | |||||
| D Whittaker (Pro) | c Foster b Hardstaff | 9 | |||||
| H Ridgway | c Greenwood b Foster | 9 | |||||
| SF Barnes (Pro) | not out | 17 | |||||
| J Blackey | b Hardstaff | 5 | |||||
| G Slater | c and b Hardstaff | 1 | |||||
| A Whittaker | c Parr b Hardstaff | 1 | |||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 45.2 overs) | 89 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15, 2-19, 3-43, 4-44, 5-55, 6-57, 7-65, 8-81, 9-87, 10-89 (45.2 ov) | |||||||
| Rawtenstall bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hardstaff | 23.2 | 9 | 39 | 6 | - | - | |
| Foster | 22 | 8 | 50 | 4 | - | - | |