livp640	Birkenhead Park v Rock Ferry
	Liverpool and District Cricket Competition 1899
Venue	Park Drive, Birkenhead on 7th August 1899 (1-day single innings match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Rock Ferry won by 42 runs
Points	Birkenhead Park 0; Rock Ferry 2

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Rock Ferry innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Ravenscroft	c Holden b Smith	55
LG Peel	c Clover b Kirby	24
K Hardman	c Holden b Smith	30
E Stott	c Bennette b Smith	0
+GC Paton	c Holden b Smith	0
AJ Cripps	c Bennette b Kirby	0
G Earl	c Holden b Bretherton	41
JS Tilleard	b Kirby	4
AE Woodward	c and b Kirby	2
RA Ferguson	c Clover b Bretherton	9
A Williams	not out	5
Extras		5
Total	(all out, 73.3 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-84, 3-92, 4-98, 5-105, 6-111, 7-128, 8-134, 9-156, 10-175 (73.3 ov)

Birkenhead Park bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	31	6	51	4	-	-
Bretherton	20.3	6	49	2	-	-
Kirby	18	5	48	4	-	-
Steen	4	1	22	0	-	-

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Birkenhead Park innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*C Holden	b Stott	3
HF Grahame	c Earl b Stott	24
B Bennette	st Paton b Williams	36
FJ Kirby	c Cripps b Williams	17
HE Smith	c and b Williams	8
WH Major	c and b Williams	1
PA Clover	c Ravenscroft b Stott	9
P McClay	c Paton b Williams	0
CH Tait	not out	17
J Bretherton	c Paton b Williams	7
CE Steen	b Stott	0
Extras		11
Total	(all out, 47.4 overs)	133
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Holden), 2-61, 3-75, 4-98, 5-98, 6-101, 7-101, 8-109, 9-133, 10-133 (47.4 ov)

Rock Ferry bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stott	22.4	7	58	4	1	4
Williams	23	4	58	6	-	-
Ferguson	2	1	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Bowling in the Birkenhead Park innings adds 1 run under

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The match was played for the benefit of Edwin Smith