f4660 cc610	Leicestershire v Lancashire
	County Championship 1897
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 27th, 28th May 1897 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by an innings and 101 runs
Points	Leicestershire -1; Lancashire 1
Umpires	J Lillywhite, AF Smith
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 51/3 (Wood 22*, Brown 6*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AG Paul	b Smith	36
A Ward	hit wkt b Smith	62
FH Sugg	b Woodcock	18
GR Baker	run out	1
JT Tyldesley	c Brown b Coe	45
J Briggs	b Woodcock	10
+C Smith	c Coe b Woodcock	4
AW Hallam	c Brown b Woodcock	0
*AN Hornby	c Tomlin b Smith	32
WR Cuttell	c Tomlin b Wright	5
AW Mold	not out	11
Extras	(14 b, 10 lb)	24
Total	(all out, 101.3 overs)	248
Fall of wickets:
1-90, 2-117, 3-118, 4-122, 5-146, 6-166, 7-170, 8-197, 9-218, 10-248 (101.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Woodcock	36	17	56	4	-	-
Coe	10	0	25	1	-	-
Geeson	11	3	38	0	-	-
Wood	9	1	25	0	-	-
Wright	14	4	40	1	-	-
Smith	21.3	9	40	3	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CE de Trafford	c and b Briggs	1
AE Knight	b Mold	17
W Tomlin	c Paul b Briggs	0
CJB Wood	lbw b Briggs	22
L Brown	c Ward b Briggs	20
A Smith	hit wkt b Briggs	0
S Coe	not out	14
F Wright	b Cuttell	6
F Geeson	c Mold b Briggs	0
A Woodcock	c Hallam b Briggs	6
+JP Whiteside	run out	2
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(all out, 59.3 overs)	93
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-5, 3-27, 4-51, 5-51, 6-68, 7-77, 8-78, 9-84, 10-93 (59.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mold	24	10	41	1	-	-
Briggs	28.3	12	39	7	-	-
Cuttell	7	4	8	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CE de Trafford	c Baker b Briggs	0
AE Knight	c Baker b Briggs	0
W Tomlin	st +Paul b Briggs	5
CJB Wood	c Paul b Mold	16
L Brown	b Hallam	4
S Coe	c Baker b Mold	6
A Smith	b Briggs	3
F Wright	c Ward b Mold	12
F Geeson	c Cuttell b Mold	2
A Woodcock	c Hornby b Briggs	4
+JP Whiteside	not out	0
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(all out, 34.2 overs)	54
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-1, 3-8, 4-13, 5-25, 6-36, 7-42, 8-49, 9-54, 10-54 (34.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mold	13	6	17	4	-	-
Briggs	17.2	4	31	5	-	-
Hallam	4	3	4	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> F Wright made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> F Wright made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> A Ward (1) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30
--> JT Tyldesley (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 28
--> A Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Lancashire first innings (previous best was 0-40)
--> A Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Lancashire first innings (previous best was 0-40)
--> J Briggs reached 1800 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> AW Hallam reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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