f4499 cc530	Hampshire v Somerset
	County Championship 1896
Venue	County Ground, Southampton on 9th, 10th, 11th July 1896 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 8 wickets
Points	Hampshire -1; Somerset 1
Umpires	A Chester, J Lillywhite
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 417/7 (LCH Palairet 251*, Robson 28*)
Close of play day 2	Hampshire (2) 20/1 (Ward 8*, Wootton 5*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LCH Palairet	b Ward	292
HT Stanley	c Robson b Barton	5
DJ Smith	b Wootton	19
GB Nichols	b Steele	22
RCN Palairet	b Steele	3
*SMJ Woods	c Steele b Ward	30
VT Hill	c Wynyard b Ward	22
RB Porch	run out	11
E Robson	run out	54
+AE Newton	not out	4
EJ Tyler	b Barton	28
Extras	(18 b, 9 lb, 2 nb)	29
Total	(all out, 176.2 overs)	519
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-72, 3-154, 4-166, 5-217, 6-261, 7-341, 8-472, 9-484, 10-519 (176.2 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ward	19	4	38	3	-	-
Baldwin	37	8	116	0	-	-
Soar	24	5	89	0	-	-
Barton	30.2	6	69	2	-	2
Wootton	32	11	78	1	-	-
Steele	22	2	65	2	-	-
Wynyard	6	3	20	0	-	-
Quinton	6	1	15	0	-	-

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Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HF Ward	c Woods b Tyler	6
+C Robson	c Robson b Tyler	1
VA Barton	b Woods	14
AS Webb	c Tyler b Woods	73
*EG Wynyard	c RCN Palairet b Tyler	14
FWD Quinton	lbw b Hill	76
FH Bacon	c Smith b Woods	0
DA Steele	st Newton b Tyler	48
T Soar	c RCN Palairet b Tyler	4
J Wootton	run out	14
H Baldwin	not out	6
Extras	(5 b, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 113.1 overs)	262
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-13, 3-47, 4-72, 5-144, 6-144, 7-234, 8-239, 9-243, 10-262 (113.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyler	47	12	111	5	-	-
Woods	32.1	10	77	3	-	-
Nichols	10	3	14	0	-	-
LCH Palairet	12	4	27	0	-	-
Robson	6	2	11	0	-	-
Hill	6	2	16	1	1	-

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Hampshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HF Ward	c Newton b Nichols	32
+C Robson	c RCN Palairet b Woods	7
J Wootton	c RCN Palairet b Tyler	53
VA Barton	b Nichols	8
FWD Quinton	b Woods	52
AS Webb	c Newton b Tyler	6
*EG Wynyard	c Hill b Tyler	2
DA Steele	b Tyler	25
FH Bacon	c Tyler b Nichols	47
T Soar	not out	12
H Baldwin	c Porch b Woods	2
Extras	(14 b, 8 lb, 2 w)	24
Total	(all out, 118.3 overs)	270
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-92, 3-118, 4-118, 5-133, 6-145, 7-192, 8-224, 9-267, 10-270 (118.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyler	40	15	89	4	-	-
Woods	28.3	12	57	3	-	-
Nichols	23	16	17	3	-	-
LCH Palairet	21	4	60	0	-	-
Robson	5	2	15	0	-	-
Hill	1	0	8	0	2	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VT Hill	c Barton b Ward	5
RCN Palairet	not out	4
E Robson	b Ward	0
HT Stanley	not out	4
LCH Palairet	did not bat
DJ Smith	did not bat
GB Nichols	did not bat
*SMJ Woods	did not bat
RB Porch	did not bat
+AE Newton	did not bat
EJ Tyler	did not bat
Extras	(1 w)	1
Total	(2 wickets, 4 overs)	14
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-9

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ward	2	0	7	2	-	-
Baldwin	2	0	6	0	1	-

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Notes
--> LCH Palairet (1) passed his previous highest score of 165 in County Championship matches
--> LCH Palairet (1) passed his previous highest score of 181 in First-Class matches
--> E Robson (1) passed his previous highest score of 43 in First-Class matches
--> E Robson (1) passed his previous highest score of 43 in County Championship matches
--> AS Webb (1) passed his previous highest score of 45 in First-Class matches
--> AS Webb (1) passed his previous highest score of 45 in County Championship matches
--> DA Steele (1) passed his previous highest score of 34 in First-Class matches
--> DA Steele (1) passed his previous highest score of 34 in County Championship matches
--> J Wootton (2) passed his previous highest score of 37 in County Championship matches
--> J Wootton (2) passed his previous highest score of 40 in First-Class matches
--> J Wootton (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> HF Ward achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 1-9)
--> HF Ward achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 1-9)
--> EJ Tyler reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Hampshire first innings
--> EJ Tyler reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Hampshire first innings

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