f4770 cc691	Somerset v Sussex
	County Championship 1897
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 5th, 6th, 7th August 1897 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Sussex won by 9 wickets
Points	Somerset -1; Sussex 1
Umpires	RG Barlow, A Young
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 150/5 (Murdoch 53*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (1) 207 all out

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LCH Palairet	c Butt b Bland	27
WC Hedley	c Bland b Hartley	9
GB Nichols	c Butt b Hartley	14
WN Roe	c Butt b Bland	49
E Robson	b Fry	39
FA Phillips	c Butt b Bland	1
CE Dunlop	b Fry	2
G Fowler	st Butt b Fry	9
*+AE Newton	c Hartley b Fry	1
RB Porch	c Tate b Bland	5
EJ Tyler	not out	2
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb, 4 w)	7
Total	(all out, 64.4 overs)	165
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-53, 3-53, 4-105, 5-106, 6-109, 7-134, 8-148, 9-162, 10-165 (64.4 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bland	28.4	9	63	4	1	1
Hartley	20	5	50	2	2	-
Tate	4	0	14	0	-	-
Fry	12	1	31	4	1	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FW Marlow	c Newton b Robson	34
G Brann	b Fowler	14
KS Ranjitsinhji	c Newton b Tyler	3
*WL Murdoch	c and b Hedley	53
CB Fry	c Porch b Robson	15
W Newham	lbw b Tyler	16
G Bean	b Fowler	33
JC Hartley	b Hedley	1
+HR Butt	c Phillips b Fowler	9
FW Tate	run out	0
CHG Bland	not out	9
Extras	(12 b, 7 lb, 1 w)	20
Total	(all out, 71.3 overs)	207
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-24, 3-84, 4-103, 5-150, 6-150, 7-170, 8-188, 9-197, 10-207 (71.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fowler	16	7	40	3	1	-
Tyler	26	6	67	2	-	-
Hedley	16.3	6	45	2	-	-
Robson	10	1	29	2	-	-
Nichols	3	1	6	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LCH Palairet	c Murdoch b Bland	42
WC Hedley	b Bland	0
GB Nichols	b Bland	0
WN Roe	b Tate	4
E Robson	b Tate	11
FA Phillips	b Bland	0
CE Dunlop	b Tate	9
G Fowler	c and b Bland	2
EJ Tyler	b Tate	4
*+AE Newton	not out	3
RB Porch	b Bland	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 35 overs)	77
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-1, 3-22, 4-48, 5-49, 6-64, 7-67, 8-73, 9-77, 10-77 (35 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bland	18	4	43	6	-	-
Tate	17	4	32	4	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FW Marlow	st Newton b Robson	1
CB Fry	not out	19
KS Ranjitsinhji	not out	16
G Brann	did not bat
*WL Murdoch	did not bat
W Newham	did not bat
G Bean	did not bat
JC Hartley	did not bat
+HR Butt	did not bat
FW Tate	did not bat
CHG Bland	did not bat
Extras	(1 w)	1
Total	(1 wicket, 15 overs)	37
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Marlow)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyler	4	2	10	0	-	-
Hedley	8	3	18	0	-	-
Robson	3	2	8	1	1	-

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Notes
--> WL Murdoch (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 12
--> JC Hartley reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> WC Hedley reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex first innings

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