f4584	South v North
	Other First-Class matches in England 1896
Venue	Central Recreation Ground, Hastings on 7th, 8th September 1896 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	North won the toss and decided to bat
Result	South won by 5 wickets
Umpires	RP Carpenter, RA Thoms
Close of play day 1	South (1) 101/7 (Townsend 1*, Hearne 8*)

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North first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC MacLaren	c Abel b Lohmann	6
A Ward	b Hearne	1
JT Brown	b Hearne	12
J Tunnicliffe	c Abel b Hearne	15
CE de Trafford	b Hearne	1
GR Baker	lbw b Lohmann	1
+AFA Lilley	run out	4
GH Hirst	b Hearne	1
E Wainwright	c Richardson b Hearne	20
W Attewell	b Lohmann	8
AW Mold	not out	7
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 47.2 overs)	77
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-14, 3-26, 4-34, 5-35, 6-41, 7-41, 8-42, 9-69, 10-77 (47.2 ov)

South bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lohmann	24	9	47	3	-	-
Hearne	23.2	10	29	6	-	-

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South first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AE Stoddart	b Hirst	43
R Abel	c and b Attewell	9
TW Hayward	c Hirst b Attewell	2
W Brockwell	b Hirst	32
EH Killick	b Hirst	0
CL Townsend	not out	19
GA Lohmann	st Lilley b Attewell	4
GW Ayres	b Hirst	1
JT Hearne	c Tunnicliffe b Hirst	19
+HR Butt	lbw b Hirst	0
T Richardson	c de Trafford b Attewell	0
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(all out, 64.4 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-26, 3-86, 4-86, 5-87, 6-92, 7-93, 8-121, 9-131, 10-132 (64.4 ov)

North bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Attewell	32.4	11	66	4	-	-
Wainwright	11	3	40	0	-	-
Mold	8	3	9	0	-	-
Hirst	13	9	14	6	-	-

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North second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC MacLaren	b Hearne	7
A Ward	c Townsend b Hearne	17
JT Brown	b Hearne	0
J Tunnicliffe	c Townsend b Hearne	5
CE de Trafford	b Hearne	6
GR Baker	c Killick b Richardson	0
+AFA Lilley	c Lohmann b Hearne	20
GH Hirst	c Hearne b Lohmann	11
E Wainwright	c Lohmann b Hearne	5
W Attewell	not out	5
AW Mold	b Hearne	1
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(all out, 37.4 overs)	82
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-7, 3-17, 4-17, 5-39, 6-60, 7-62, 8-71, 9-76, 10-82 (37.4 ov)

South bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Richardson	14	5	33	1	-	-
Hearne	18.4	5	35	8	-	-
Lohmann	5	0	9	1	-	-

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South second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
T Richardson	c Tunnicliffe b Ward	0
EH Killick	c Hirst b Ward	11
GW Ayres	c MacLaren b Brown	1
JT Hearne	c Mold b Brown	1
+HR Butt	c Brown b Ward	12
GA Lohmann	not out	4
CL Townsend	not out	2
*AE Stoddart	did not bat
R Abel	did not bat
TW Hayward	did not bat
W Brockwell	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(5 wickets, 7.1 overs)	31
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-2, 3-7, 4-18, 5-25

North bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ward	4	1	16	3	-	-
Brown	3.1	0	15	2	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> GA Lohmann reached 1800 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the North first innings
--> GH Hirst reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the South first innings
--> JT Hearne reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the North second innings
--> A Ward achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the South second innings (previous best was 0-1)
--> JT Brown reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the South second innings

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