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| Venue | County Ground, Taunton on 6th, 7th, 8th August 1896 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 5 |
| Toss | Sussex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | RG Barlow, WF Collishaw |
| Close of play day 1 | Sussex (1) 395/5 (Killick 116*, Bean 41*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Somerset (1) 181/1 (LCH Palairet 109*, RCN Palairet 69*) |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FW Marlow | c Hill b Tyler | 4 | |||||
| CB Fry | b LCH Palairet | 46 | |||||
| KS Ranjitsinhji | b Hedley | 54 | |||||
| *WL Murdoch | c Wickham b Nichols | 21 | |||||
| W Newham | lbw b Hill | 92 | |||||
| EH Killick | c Wickham b Woods | 191 | |||||
| G Bean | b Hedley | 42 | |||||
| A Collins | c RCN Palairet b Woods | 6 | |||||
| JC Hartley | b Hedley | 38 | |||||
| FW Tate | b Robson | 38 | |||||
| +RW Fox | not out | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (10 b, 10 lb, 3 w) | 23 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 195.3 overs) | 559 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8, 2-96, 3-126, 4-144, 5-315, 6-406, 7-423, 8-488, 9-555, 10-559 (195.3 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Tyler | 28 | 6 | 73 | 1 | - | - | |
| Nichols | 14 | 7 | 31 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Woods | 33.3 | 7 | 74 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Hedley | 54 | 11 | 146 | 3 | 1 | - | |
| LCH Palairet | 22 | 8 | 109 | 1 | - | - | |
| Robson | 31 | 16 | 64 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hill | 13 | 4 | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| LCH Palairet | c Bean b Killick | 154 | |||||
| JB Challen | b Tate | 1 | |||||
| RCN Palairet | c Collins b Hartley | 156 | |||||
| WN Roe | not out | 85 | |||||
| E Robson | c Killick b Hartley | 39 | |||||
| *SMJ Woods | c Collins b Hartley | 3 | |||||
| VT Hill | c Fox b Fry | 1 | |||||
| WC Hedley | not out | 27 | |||||
| GB Nichols | did not bat | ||||||
| EJ Tyler | did not bat | ||||||
| +AP Wickham | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 2 lb, 3 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 146 overs) | 476 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7, 2-256, 3-348, 4-418, 5-432, 6-438 | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Fry | 39 | 9 | 153 | 1 | - | 3 | |
| Tate | 31 | 6 | 101 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hartley | 43 | 6 | 121 | 3 | - | - | |
| Collins | 21 | 9 | 50 | 0 | - | - | |
| Killick | 8 | 1 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bean | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |