livp456	Sefton v Birkenhead Park
	Liverpool and District Cricket Competition 1897
Venue	Croxteth Drive, Sefton Park on 3rd July 1897 (1-day single innings match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Birkenhead Park won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Sefton 1; Birkenhead Park 1

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Birkenhead Park innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*C Holden	c Brock b Boswell	24
HM Grayson	c Ratcliffe b Boswell	45
HF Grahame	b Boswell	10
HS Cochrane	c Jones b Edwards	19
JH King	c Brock b Oakley	9
FJ Kirby	not out	55
Smith	c Brock b Oakley	1
AJ Chadwick	run out	10
R Grahame	b Boswell	3
B Bennette	c Ratcliffe b Boswell	32
WH Major	b Boswell	1
Extras		8
Total	(all out)	217
Fall of wickets:
1-58 (Holden), 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-125, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-217

Sefton bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boswell	?	?	42	6	-	-
Oakley	?	?	?	2	-	-
Edwards	?	?	?	1	-	-

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Sefton innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CL Jones	c Kirby b King	1
TW Stubbs	b Smith	10
CN Ellis	c Chadwick b King	35
AH Boswell	c HF Grahame b King	9
H Ratcliffe	b King	1
W Oakley	b Smith	33
F Edwards	not out	26
CA Booth	not out	35
H Tongue	did not bat
King	did not bat
AW Brock	did not bat
Extras		2
Total	(6 wickets)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Jones), 2-21 (Stubbs), 3-?, 4-?, 5-60, 6-?

Birkenhead Park bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
King	?	?	62	4	-	-
Smith	?	?	?	2	-	-

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Notes
--> Bowling in the Birkenhead Park innings adds 167 runs under
--> Bowling in the Sefton innings adds 88 runs under

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FJ Kirby and B Bennette put on 60 for the eighth Birkenhead Park wicket