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| Venue | Wadham Road, Bootle on 25th, 26th May 1897 (2-day single innings match) |
| Balls per over | 5 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Bootle 1; Oxton 1 |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Bootle innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TS Johnson | c Hutton b Smith | 3 | |||||
| FC Johnson | b Smith | 24 | |||||
| DN Gillmore | c [unknown] b [unknown] | 24 | |||||
| Price | c Giles b H Smith | 71 | |||||
| H Williams | b Giles | 11 | |||||
| W Spence | c Turner b Giles | 13 | |||||
| JP Crouch | b Giles | 0 | |||||
| JS Thompson | c and b Giles | 3 | |||||
| JW Rogers | not out | 8 | |||||
| EG Brownbill | c and b Giles | 5 | |||||
| W Airey | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 16 | ||||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared) | 178 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-178 | |||||||
| Oxton bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Smith | ? | ? | ? | 2 | - | - | |
| H Smith | ? | ? | ? | 1 | - | - | |
| Giles | ? | ? | ? | 5 | - | - | |
| Oxton innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| M Court | c Williams b Spence | 15 | |||||
| GS Clover | b Spence | 29 | |||||
| W Turner | c Gillmore b Thompson | 23 | |||||
| Smith | c and b Spence | 1 | |||||
| *CF Hutton | c Spence b Price | 29 | |||||
| GH Court | not out | 5 | |||||
| GR Clover | not out | 2 | |||||
| CE Cottam | did not bat | ||||||
| H Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| Giles | did not bat | ||||||
| AE Jones | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 3 | ||||||
| Total | (5 wickets) | 107 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-? | |||||||
| Bootle bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Spence | ? | ? | ? | 3 | - | - | |
| Thompson | ? | ? | ? | 1 | - | - | |
| Price | ? | ? | ? | 1 | - | - | |