f4989 cc837	Middlesex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1898
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 11th, 12th, 13th August 1898 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by an innings and 119 runs
Points	Middlesex 1; Leicestershire -1
Umpires	A Shaw, J Street
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 479 all out
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 129/6 (Coe 3*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PF Warner	c Geeson b Agar	70
J Douglas	lbw b Geeson	18
FGJ Ford	b Woodcock	115
RN Douglas	b Wood	54
AT Coode	b Wood	4
CM Wells	c Agar b Geeson	59
AE Trott	b Stocks	76
FHE Cunliffe	c L Brown b Geeson	31
*AJ Webbe	not out	12
+EH Bray	b Wood	1
JT Hearne	c Stocks b Geeson	11
Extras	(17 b, 11 lb)	28
Total	(all out, 113.1 overs)	479
Fall of wickets:
1-68, 2-125, 3-252, 4-271, 5-282, 6-378, 7-434, 8-460, 9-464, 10-479 (113.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Woodcock	23	4	101	1	-	-
Stocks	21	4	79	1	-	-
Geeson	26.1	8	71	4	-	-
Coe	6	0	36	0	-	-
Agar	9	2	39	1	-	-
JH Brown	7	0	44	0	-	-
Marriott	3	0	18	0	-	-
Wood	18	1	63	3	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJB Wood	b Trott	28
AE Knight	b Hearne	16
L Brown	c Ford b Trott	12
HH Marriott	b Trott	17
JH Brown	b Trott	4
S Coe	c Coode b Trott	43
H German	c Hearne b Cunliffe	6
FW Stocks	b Cunliffe	0
F Geeson	not out	16
C Agar	c Ford b Trott	0
A Woodcock	c Bray b Hearne	3
Extras	(12 b, 3 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 72.3 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-44, 3-60, 4-64, 5-98, 6-131, 7-131, 8-154, 9-154, 10-160 (72.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hearne	29.3	12	51	2	-	-
Trott	33	12	70	6	-	-
Cunliffe	10	3	24	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJB Wood	c Warner b Trott	67
AE Knight	c Warner b Ford	39
L Brown	c Bray b Trott	5
HH Marriott	c Trott b Hearne	8
JH Brown	b Trott	4
S Coe	not out	37
H German	b Hearne	8
FW Stocks	c sub b Trott	0
F Geeson	b Trott	10
C Agar	c RN Douglas b Hearne	0
A Woodcock	b Hearne	3
Extras	(17 b, 2 w)	19
Total	(all out, 98.3 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-103, 2-120, 3-137, 4-137, 5-137, 6-149, 7-188, 8-192, 9-192, 10-200 (98.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hearne	35.3	18	41	4	-	-
Trott	38	18	83	5	-	-
Cunliffe	8	5	16	0	-	-
Wells	10	1	23	0	-	-
Ford	7	3	18	1	-	-

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Notes
--> AT Coode made his debut in County Championship matches
--> AT Coode made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> H German made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> H German made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> J Douglas (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> AE Trott (1) passed his previous highest score of 45 in County Championship matches
--> S Coe (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> AT Coode made his debut for Middlesex in First-Class matches
--> CJB Wood achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 2-19)
--> F Geeson reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> CJB Wood achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 2-19)
--> AE Trott achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 6-72)

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