f4906 cc762	Hampshire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1898
Venue	County Ground, Southampton on 16th, 17th, 18th June 1898 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Hampshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Hampshire won by 145 runs
Points	Hampshire 1; Leicestershire -1
Umpires	J Lillywhite, RA Thoms
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 88/6 (Brown 17*, Whitehead 12*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 5/0 (de Trafford 1*, Whiteside 0*)

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Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*+EG Wynyard	c Coe b Geeson	44
VA Barton	c Wood b Woodcock	110
DA Steele	c Whiteside b Coe	8
AS Webb	c Brown b Woodcock	4
AJL Hill	c and b Wood	38
B Lamb	b Wood	1
C Robson	c Woodcock b Geeson	6
C Heseltine	b Woodcock	13
H Baldwin	run out	22
E Tate	not out	8
EE Light	c Geeson b Woodcock	2
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 96.1 overs)	261
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-82, 3-91, 4-178, 5-180, 6-193, 7-219, 8-250, 9-255, 10-261 (96.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Woodcock	29.1	7	89	4	-	-
Coe	40	13	98	1	-	-
Geeson	20	3	50	2	-	-
Wood	7	1	19	2	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Knight	c Wynyard b Heseltine	0
CJB Wood	c Steele b Baldwin	8
W Tomlin	b Heseltine	4
R Joyce	c Wynyard b Hill	22
*CE de Trafford	c Wynyard b Baldwin	9
L Brown	c Hill b Heseltine	38
S Coe	c Light b Tate	16
H Whitehead	lbw b Tate	37
F Geeson	not out	24
A Woodcock	b Hill	1
+JP Whiteside	c Barton b Hill	1
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 83.1 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-4, 3-12, 4-30, 5-49, 6-74, 7-123, 8-154, 9-155, 10-167 (83.1 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Heseltine	24	4	60	3	-	-
Baldwin	16	7	22	2	-	-
Hill	16.1	5	37	3	-	-
Tate	13	3	19	2	-	-
Steele	12	5	18	0	-	-
Light	2	1	4	0	-	-

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Hampshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*+EG Wynyard	c de Trafford b Geeson	140
VA Barton	c Whiteside b Coe	8
DA Steele	b Geeson	8
AS Webb	c Whiteside b Wood	6
AJL Hill	b Woodcock	1
B Lamb	b Woodcock	8
C Robson	b Woodcock	37
C Heseltine	not out	44
H Baldwin	b Geeson	14
E Tate	b Woodcock	0
EE Light	st Whiteside b Geeson	7
Extras	(7 b, 8 lb, 3 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 85.2 overs)	291
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-69, 3-108, 4-124, 5-146, 6-189, 7-229, 8-255, 9-273, 10-291 (85.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Woodcock	20	7	58	4	-	-
Coe	16	4	57	1	-	-
Geeson	28.2	7	93	4	-	-
Wood	19	8	53	1	-	-
Joyce	2	0	12	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CE de Trafford	run out	12
+JP Whiteside	c Tate b Heseltine	0
CJB Wood	c Webb b Tate	17
AE Knight	c Light b Wynyard	65
R Joyce	c Heseltine b Tate	16
L Brown	c Hill b Heseltine	23
S Coe	run out	23
W Tomlin	c Wynyard b Heseltine	15
H Whitehead	c Light b Tate	4
F Geeson	b Wynyard	25
A Woodcock	not out	30
Extras	(8 b, 2 w)	10
Total	(all out, 73.3 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-30, 3-49, 4-74, 5-119, 6-154, 7-170, 8-183, 9-195, 10-240 (73.3 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Heseltine	14	2	49	3	-	-
Baldwin	4	2	10	0	-	-
Hill	9	2	38	0	-	-
Tate	27	2	67	3	-	-
Steele	1	1	0	0	-	-
Light	7	2	22	0	-	-
Wynyard	11.3	2	44	2	-	-

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Notes
--> B Lamb made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> L Brown (1) equalled his previous highest score of 38 in First-Class matches
--> L Brown (1) equalled his previous highest score of 38 in County Championship matches
--> EG Wynyard (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 114
--> F Geeson reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Hampshire first innings

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