livp462	Oxton v Birkenhead Park
	Liverpool and District Cricket Competition 1897
Venue	Townfield Lane, Oxton on 12th, 13th July 1897 (2-day single innings match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Oxton 1; Birkenhead Park 1
Close of play day 1

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Oxton innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GS Clover	c sub b Bretherton	4
M Court	c Holden b Steen	1
W Turner	c Johnston b Bretherton	15
CF Hutton	b Steen	11
M Field	b Steen	19
DW Taylor	lbw b Bretherton	2
GH Court	c Holden b Bretherton	0
GR Clover	not out	84
H Bickersteth	hit wkt b Anderson	15
J Curwen	not out	77
H Smith	did not bat
Extras		8
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 73 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?

Birkenhead Park bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bretherton	34	9	94	4	-	-
Steen	31	3	110	3	-	-
Anderson	8	2	14	1	-	-

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Birkenhead Park innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Holden	b Smith	4
RF Ould	b GR Clover	19
JD Johnston	c Curwen b GS Clover	54
FJ Kirby	not out	18
HS Cochrane	not out	32
HM Grayson	did not bat
JHF Grayson	did not bat
J Bretherton	did not bat
CE Steen	did not bat
R Anderson	did not bat
[unknown]	did not bat
Extras		11
Total	(3 wickets)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?

Oxton bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	?	?	?	1	-	-
GR Clover	?	?	19	1	-	-
GS Clover	?	?	18	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Bowling in the Oxton innings adds 10 runs under
--> Birkenhead Park innings batting adds 1 run under
--> Bowling in the Birkenhead Park innings adds 91 runs under

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