f4755 cc677	Lancashire v Hampshire
	County Championship 1897
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 29th, 30th July 1897 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Hampshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 10 wickets
Points	Lancashire 1; Hampshire -1
Umpires	JH Holmes, AF Smith
Close of play day 1	Hampshire (2) 75/7 (Lee 1*)

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Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VA Barton	c and b Briggs	1
+RA Bennett	b Briggs	7
*EG Wynyard	c Smith b Briggs	22
FWD Quinton	c Tyldesley b Briggs	0
AS Webb	b Cuttell	2
T Soar	st Smith b Briggs	0
EC Lee	c Ward b Briggs	0
C Heseltine	hit wkt b Cuttell	7
H Baldwin	c Cuttell b Briggs	4
DA Steele	not out	7
WF Light	lbw b Briggs	4
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 38 overs)	55
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-27, 3-29, 4-31, 5-31, 6-31, 7-37, 8-40, 9-48, 10-55 (38 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cuttell	19	12	15	2	-	-
Briggs	19	3	39	8	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC MacLaren	c Wynyard b Heseltine	18
A Ward	b Baldwin	15
FH Sugg	c Barton b Baldwin	16
GR Baker	c Barton b Heseltine	6
JT Tyldesley	c Light b Baldwin	0
+C Smith	b Baldwin	0
J Briggs	not out	31
WR Cuttell	c Baldwin b Heseltine	9
AW Hallam	b Baldwin	4
*AN Hornby	c Webb b Soar	7
AW Mold	c Light b Baldwin	8
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 53 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-44, 3-53, 4-55, 5-55, 6-55, 7-70, 8-87, 9-102, 10-116 (53 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Baldwin	27	9	54	6	-	-
Heseltine	24	7	56	3	-	-
Soar	2	1	4	1	-	-

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Hampshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FWD Quinton	b Cuttell	5
+RA Bennett	c Cuttell b Briggs	1
*EG Wynyard	b Cuttell	4
VA Barton	b Mold	19
DA Steele	st Smith b Briggs	6
AS Webb	c Ward b Mold	29
EC Lee	c Smith b Mold	8
T Soar	c Hallam b Briggs	0
H Baldwin	not out	6
C Heseltine	c Sugg b Briggs	10
WF Light	b Mold	0
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 40.2 overs)	88
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-10, 3-11, 4-24, 5-63, 6-74, 7-75, 8-76, 9-88, 10-88 (40.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cuttell	14	6	19	2	-	-
Briggs	15	3	41	4	-	-
Hallam	5	1	14	0	-	-
Mold	6.2	1	14	4	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC MacLaren	not out	17
A Ward	not out	11
FH Sugg	did not bat
GR Baker	did not bat
JT Tyldesley	did not bat
+C Smith	did not bat
J Briggs	did not bat
WR Cuttell	did not bat
AW Hallam	did not bat
*AN Hornby	did not bat
AW Mold	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 9.4 overs)	28

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Baldwin	4	2	9	0	-	-
Heseltine	1	1	0	0	-	-
Soar	4	1	10	0	-	-
Steele	0.4	0	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> AW Mold reached 950 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Hampshire second innings

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