f4802 cc722	Somerset v Surrey
	County Championship 1897
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 26th, 27th, 28th August 1897 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 66 runs
Points	Somerset 1; Surrey -1
Umpires	J Lillywhite, A Young
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 142/5 (Roe 6*, Hedley 11*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*SMJ Woods	c Lees b Hayward	0
LCH Palairet	c Wood b Richardson	0
VT Hill	c Brockwell b Hayward	3
CE Dunlop	b Lees	11
WN Roe	c Braund b Hayward	5
GB Nichols	b Richardson	0
E Robson	b Richardson	48
G Fowler	c Jephson b Lees	12
+AE Newton	c Braund b Brockwell	11
EJ Tyler	b Brockwell	15
WC Hedley	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 39.2 overs)	110
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-5, 4-16, 5-19, 6-21, 7-45, 8-92, 9-110, 10-110 (39.2 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Richardson	19.2	5	41	3	-	-
Hayward	5	0	11	3	-	-
Lees	8	2	20	2	-	-
Jephson	2	0	11	0	-	-
Brockwell	5	0	22	2	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Abel	b Tyler	1
W Brockwell	c Fowler b Tyler	4
NF Druce	c Palairet b Hedley	3
C Baldwin	b Robson	15
DLA Jephson	c Fowler b Hedley	0
LC Braund	lbw b Hedley	0
*KJ Key	c Newton b Tyler	10
WS Lees	c Hill b Tyler	41
+H Wood	not out	18
T Richardson	c Dunlop b Tyler	1
TW Hayward	absent hurt
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 36.1 overs)	93
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-8, 3-8, 4-8, 5-8, 6-19, 7-54, 8-88, 9-93 (36.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hedley	16	5	29	3	-	-
Tyler	15.1	2	44	5	-	-
Robson	4	1	13	1	-	-
Woods	1	0	7	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*SMJ Woods	c Braund b Lees	14
LCH Palairet	b Richardson	18
VT Hill	c Brockwell b Richardson	61
CE Dunlop	c and b Richardson	13
WN Roe	not out	31
EJ Tyler	c Lees b Jephson	14
WC Hedley	b Lees	17
E Robson	c Braund b Lees	4
GB Nichols	b Lees	0
G Fowler	c Wood b Richardson	16
+AE Newton	lbw b Richardson	0
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 67.3 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-42, 3-108, 4-112, 5-129, 6-149, 7-162, 8-162, 9-189, 10-193 (67.3 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Richardson	29.3	11	68	5	-	-
Lees	21	8	60	4	-	-
Jephson	6	0	23	1	-	-
Brockwell	4	2	13	0	-	-
Braund	4	2	9	0	-	-
Abel	3	0	15	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Abel	b Tyler	30
W Brockwell	run out	1
NF Druce	c Newton b Tyler	32
C Baldwin	lbw b Robson	1
DLA Jephson	c Hill b Robson	7
LC Braund	lbw b Tyler	1
*KJ Key	c Fowler b Tyler	11
WS Lees	c and b Woods	20
+H Wood	not out	32
T Richardson	b Robson	5
TW Hayward	absent hurt
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 69.1 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-62, 3-63, 4-71, 5-71, 6-73, 7-101, 8-130, 9-144 (69.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hedley	12	2	24	0	-	-
Tyler	29	10	67	4	-	-
Robson	17.1	10	20	3	-	-
Woods	11	1	29	1	-	-

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Notes
--> NF Druce made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> E Robson (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 11
--> DLA Jephson (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> W Brockwell reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> T Richardson reached 900 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> EJ Tyler reached 650 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Surrey second innings
--> SMJ Woods reached 900 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey second innings

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