f3661 cc107	Middlesex v Sussex
	County Championship 1891
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 13th, 14th August 1891 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 8 wickets
Points	Middlesex 1; Sussex -1
Umpires	A Hill, J Rowbotham
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 204/8 (Henery 25*, Phillips 6*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Bean	c West b Nepean	1
FW Marlow	b Hearne	5
*W Newham	c Phillips b Nepean	56
G Brann	b Nepean	0
GL Wilson	b Hearne	0
JB Hide	b Phillips	30
CA Smith	b Rawlin	0
WH Andrews	b Nepean	8
WA Humphreys	not out	16
+HR Butt	b Nepean	5
FW Tate	b Hearne	0
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 60.4 overs)	130
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-10, 3-12, 4-17, 5-81, 6-81, 7-100, 8-107, 9-129, 10-130 (60.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hearne	25.4	9	46	3	-	-
Nepean	23	1	47	5	-	-
Rawlin	7	2	19	1	-	-
Phillips	5	2	9	1	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Stoddart	b Tate	90
*TC O'Brien	b Humphreys	44
SW Scott	b Bean	8
EA Nepean	c Bean b Humphreys	11
EM Hadow	c and b Bean	7
JT Rawlin	b Humphreys	2
JT Hearne	b Humphreys	1
AK Watson	c and b Humphreys	0
PJT Henery	c and b Humphreys	26
J Phillips	not out	15
+JE West	absent hurt
Extras	(11 b, 1 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 82.3 overs)	216
Fall of wickets:
1-118, 2-153, 3-155, 4-161, 5-166, 6-166, 7-167, 8-173, 9-216 (82.3 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tate	13	2	42	1	-	-
Smith	10	4	13	0	-	-
Humphreys	26.3	3	78	6	-	-
Hide	8	1	21	0	-	-
Wilson	7	1	23	0	-	-
Bean	18	8	27	2	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Bean	b Hearne	67
FW Marlow	b Nepean	7
*W Newham	b Phillips	21
G Brann	c O'Brien b Hearne	9
GL Wilson	b Phillips	7
JB Hide	c Rawlin b Phillips	0
CA Smith	st +O'Brien b Nepean	20
WH Andrews	b Phillips	0
WA Humphreys	b Hearne	20
+HR Butt	c O'Brien b Nepean	3
FW Tate	not out	0
Extras	(8 b)	8
Total	(all out, 64.3 overs)	162
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-71, 3-108, 4-117, 5-117, 6-120, 7-120, 8-152, 9-162, 10-162 (64.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hearne	22.3	5	46	3	-	-
Nepean	22	6	48	3	-	-
Rawlin	4	2	7	0	-	-
Phillips	13	0	44	4	-	-
Hadow	3	0	9	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Stoddart	c Tate b Humphreys	17
*TC O'Brien	not out	25
SW Scott	c Butt b Smith	18
EM Hadow	not out	16
EA Nepean	did not bat
JT Rawlin	did not bat
JT Hearne	did not bat
AK Watson	did not bat
PJT Henery	did not bat
J Phillips	did not bat
+JE West	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(2 wickets, 28.2 overs)	78
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-51

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tate	11.2	2	23	0	-	-
Smith	5	2	8	1	-	-
Humphreys	9	1	37	1	-	-
Bean	3	0	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> AE Stoddart (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 90
--> G Bean (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> TC O'Brien (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 18
--> WA Humphreys achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 5-70)
--> JT Hearne reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Sussex second innings

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