f4686 cc627	Sussex v Somerset
	County Championship 1897
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 10th, 11th June 1897 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Sussex won by 1 wicket
Points	Sussex 1; Somerset -1
Umpires	W Hearn, JJ Tuck
Close of play day 1	Somerset (2) 0/1 (Fowler 0*, Gill 0*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LCH Palairet	b Bland	6
WC Hedley	c Butt b Tate	0
RCN Palairet	b Killick	20
FA Phillips	b Bland	0
E Robson	b Bland	4
*SMJ Woods	b Bland	29
G Fowler	b Bland	9
VT Hill	b Killick	0
+AE Newton	b Killick	0
EJ Tyler	c Parris b Bland	1
GC Gill	not out	4
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(all out, 44 overs)	75
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-7, 3-7, 4-15, 5-55, 6-67, 7-67, 8-67, 9-?, 10-75 (44 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tate	13	2	32	1	-	-
Bland	22	10	31	6	-	-
Killick	9	5	10	3	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EH Killick	b Hedley	0
FW Marlow	b Woods	33
KS Ranjitsinhji	c Robson b Woods	49
*WL Murdoch	c Woods b Tyler	25
G Brann	c Newton b Woods	32
W Newham	c Fowler b Tyler	12
G Bean	b Hedley	13
F Parris	c Phillips b Hedley	9
+HR Butt	c Newton b Hedley	0
CHG Bland	b Robson	11
FW Tate	not out	1
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 86.4 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-65, 3-84, 4-113, 5-129, 6-156, 7-166, 8-176, 9-178, 10-188 (86.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hedley	21	6	41	4	-	-
Robson	33.4	17	51	1	-	-
Gill	5	0	25	0	-	-
Woods	11	3	33	3	-	-
Tyler	16	3	35	2	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Fowler	c Tate b Killick	4
EJ Tyler	c Parris b Bland	0
GC Gill	c Butt b Bland	7
LCH Palairet	c Butt b Parris	29
RCN Palairet	c Butt b Parris	50
FA Phillips	c Ranjitsinhji b Tate	7
*SMJ Woods	c Marlow b Parris	59
E Robson	c Brann b Parris	9
VT Hill	b Killick	29
WC Hedley	c Brann b Parris	9
+AE Newton	not out	5
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(all out, 103 overs)	213
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-5, 3-15, 4-82, 5-95, 6-99, 7-118, 8-165, 9-172, 10-213 (103 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tate	18	4	37	1	-	-
Bland	25	13	50	2	-	-
Killick	33	15	72	2	-	-
Parris	27	10	49	5	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FW Marlow	c Newton b Gill	3
G Brann	b Tyler	6
KS Ranjitsinhji	c Hedley b Gill	3
*WL Murdoch	b Robson	35
W Newham	c Hill b Hedley	2
EH Killick	run out	8
G Bean	c Fowler b Woods	15
F Parris	not out	20
+HR Butt	c Newton b Robson	1
CHG Bland	c Phillips b Robson	0
FW Tate	not out	5
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	5
Total	(9 wickets, 67.4 overs)	103
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-47, 6-?, 7-81, 8-?, 9-86

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hedley	21	10	29	1	-	-
Robson	11.4	5	20	3	1	1
Gill	11	6	20	2	-	-
Woods	3	1	7	1	-	-
Tyler	21	11	22	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> FA Phillips made his debut in County Championship matches
--> F Parris (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 19
--> FA Phillips made his debut for Somerset in First-Class matches
--> CHG Bland achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 6-101)
--> F Parris reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> E Robson bowled 10 consecutive maidens for Somerset

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