misc234506	Accrington v East Lancashire
	Lancashire Amateur Cricket Challenge Cup 1888 (Final)
Venue	Dill Hall Lane, Enfield on 18th, 20th August 1888 (1-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	East Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Accrington won by 7 wickets
Umpires	G Baron (Darwen), G Chamberlain (Whalley)
Close of play day 1	East Lancashire (2) 41/5

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East Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*+R Dixon	b Bank	21
F Duckworth	c Braithwaite b Bank	4
JJ Whalley	c Heys b Hindle	1
J Smith	c Hacking b Hindle	1
Ingham	c Hindle b Bank	7
JE Yates	c Heys b Bank	0
W Hamer	c and b Bank	0
J Hindle	c Hacking b Heys	11
R Bell	c Hacking b Heys	2
J Southworth	b Heys	1
JS Bland	not out	1
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 34 overs)	49
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-21, 3-23, 4-30, 5-30, 6-30, 7-43, 8-46, 9-47, 10-49 (34 ov)

Accrington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hindle	12	5	9	2	-	-
Heys	7	2	23	3	-	-
Bank	15	5	17	5	-	-

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Accrington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RG Calvert	st Dixon b Hindle	4
R Horne	c Bland b Hindle	0
E Hacking	b Bell	1
W Braithwaite	c Duckworth b Bell	6
*C Hargreaves	c Dixon b Bell	26
JJ Bank	b Bell	6
J Hindle	b Yates	0
+W Eastham	b Bell	2
CF Critchley	b Bell	3
JL Heys	not out	1
T Parker	c and b Bell	0
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 30.4 overs)	49
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-5, 3-5, 4-21, 5-42, 6-43, 7-43, 8-46, 9-49, 10-49 (30.4 ov)

East Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bell	15.4	6	22	7	-	-
Hindle	12	4	20	2	-	-
Yates	3	0	7	1	-	-

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East Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*+R Dixon	c Eastham b Heys	9
F Duckworth	b Heys	6
JJ Whalley	c Eastham b Heys	0
J Smith	c Hargreaves b Bank	0
Ingham	run out	0
JE Yates	b Heys	24
W Hamer	b Heys	32
J Hindle	c Hacking b Heys	0
R Bell	c Critchley b Heys	2
J Southworth	not out	4
JS Bland	b Heys	3
Extras		5
Total	(all out, 42.3 overs)	85
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-12, 3-12, 4-15, 5-18, 6-70, 7-70, 8-77, 9-77, 10-85 (42.3 ov)

Accrington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hindle	4	1	7	0	-	-
Bank	10	1	13	1	-	-
Heys	15.3	6	24	8	-	-
Parker	2	0	17	0	-	-
Hargreaves	11	2	19	0	-	-

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Accrington second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RG Calvert	not out	39
R Horne	c Dixon b Smith	12
CF Critchley	b Bell	12
*C Hargreaves	c Duckworth b Hamer	14
E Hacking	not out	5
W Braithwaite	did not bat
JJ Bank	did not bat
J Hindle	did not bat
+W Eastham	did not bat
JL Heys	did not bat
T Parker	did not bat
Extras		5
Total	(3 wickets, 41.1 overs)	87
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-39, 3-70

East Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bell	14	2	34	1	-	-
Hindle	12	4	20	0	-	-
Smith	4	1	4	1	-	-
Yates	7	1	16	0	-	-
Hamer	4.1	2	8	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.

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East Lancashire lodged a protest alleging that Accrington had played 3 professionals. The protest was upheld and the match was ordered to be replayed. Accrington refused so East Lancashire were awarded the trophy.