livp440	Birkenhead Park v Oxton
	Liverpool and District Cricket Competition 1897
Venue	Park Drive, Birkenhead on 14th, 15th June 1897 (2-day single innings match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Birkenhead Park won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Birkenhead Park 1; Oxton 1
Close of play day 1	Birkenhead Park 185/7 (Floyd 36*, Bretherton 9*)

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Birkenhead Park innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*+C Holden	c Curwen b GH Court	25
RF Ould	b GH Court	38
FJ Kirby	c Hutton b Smith	0
WP Barnes	c GR Clover b Smith	10
HS Cochrane	c GS Clover b Walton	9
AB Wilson	b Smith	0
WR Floyd	not out	56
WH Major	b GR Clover	38
J Bretherton	run out	23
CE Steen	did not bat
R Anderson	did not bat
Extras		27
Total	(8 wickets, declared)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-226

Oxton bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
GH Court	?	?	?	2	-	-
Smith	?	?	?	3	-	-
Walton	?	?	?	1	-	-
GR Clover	?	?	?	1	-	-

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Oxton innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
M Court	b Bretherton	12
M Field	b Steen	12
GS Clover	c Floyd b Holden	90
CF Hutton	b Anderson	8
H Hebblethwaite	c sub b Bretherton	4
CO Bremner	b Bretherton	0
GH Court	c Bretherton b Holden	16
G Walton	b Holden	2
GR Clover	not out	9
J Curwen	c +Floyd b Holden	0
H Smith	not out	1
Extras		11
Total	(9 wickets)	165
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?

Birkenhead Park bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bretherton	?	?	?	3	-	-
Steen	?	?	?	1	-	-
Holden	?	?	?	4	-	-
Anderson	?	?	?	1	-	-

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C Holden relinquished the pads and gloves in order to bowl later on in the Oxton innings, W R Floyd taking over the wicket-keeping duties