f4794 cc714	Essex v Hampshire
	County Championship 1897
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 23rd, 24th, 25th August 1897 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Hampshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	W Hearn, VA Titchmarsh
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 190/3 (Perrin 69*, Bull 8*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 239/4 (Perrin 83*, Turner 3*)

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Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*+C Robson	b Mead	1
VA Barton	b Bull	3
AS Webb	c Russell b Mead	0
W Andrew	b Mead	11
AJH Luard	c Carpenter b Bull	12
CG Ward	b Mead	3
C Heseltine	st Russell b Bull	21
DA Steele	lbw b Bull	14
EC Lee	b Kortright	14
H Baldwin	not out	31
FG Kitchener	b Kortright	1
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 51.2 overs)	115
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-3, 3-5, 4-25, 5-33, 6-40, 7-66, 8-69, 9-111, 10-115 (51.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bull	25	6	61	4	-	-
Mead	24	9	44	4	-	-
Kortright	2.2	0	6	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Fane	c Robson b Heseltine	21
HA Carpenter	b Andrew	13
PA Perrin	c Andrew b Baldwin	101
CP McGahey	c Andrew b Heseltine	61
FG Bull	b Kitchener	36
AJ Turner	not out	28
CJ Kortright	not out	32
+TM Russell	did not bat
*HGP Owen	did not bat
W Mead	did not bat
HW de Zoete	did not bat
Extras	(20 b, 3 lb)	23
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 118 overs)	315
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-64, 3-172, 4-234, 5-259

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Heseltine	31	9	70	2	-	-
Baldwin	28	5	77	1	-	-
Andrew	33	8	61	1	-	-
Kitchener	19	9	32	1	-	-
Steele	2	0	15	0	-	-
Lee	3	1	21	0	-	-
Webb	2	0	16	0	-	-

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Hampshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*+C Robson	b Mead	6
VA Barton	not out	50
AS Webb	b de Zoete	10
W Andrew	c Carpenter b de Zoete	30
C Heseltine	c Kortright b Bull	13
H Baldwin	not out	11
AJH Luard	did not bat
CG Ward	did not bat
DA Steele	did not bat
EC Lee	did not bat
FG Kitchener	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 2 w)	5
Total	(4 wickets, 41 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-38, 3-80, 4-104

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bull	11	4	21	1	-	-
Mead	11	1	36	1	-	-
Kortright	3	1	8	0	-	-
de Zoete	14	3	44	2	-	-
Turner	2	0	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> HW de Zoete made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> CP McGahey (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 11
--> CP McGahey (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> CJ Kortright (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 25
--> AS Webb (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 1

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