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| Venue | Park Drive, Birkenhead on 31st July 1897 (1-day single innings match) |
| Balls per over | 5 |
| Toss | Formby won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Formby won by 145 runs |
| Points | Birkenhead Park 0; Formby 2 |
| Formby innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JS Rimmer | b King | 9 | |||||
| +WB Parslow | c King b Kirby | 39 | |||||
| RB Thomson | c Cochrane b King | 16 | |||||
| Wharmby | c and b King | 11 | |||||
| JS Thompson | c Steen b Kirby | 54 | 8 | - | |||
| JL Ainsworth | c and b Steen | 19 | |||||
| Robert A Rockliff | c Bennette b King | 22 | |||||
| ECW Sykes | b Kirby | 0 | |||||
| M Formby | c Holden b Anderson | 12 | |||||
| Richard A Rockliff | not out | 1 | |||||
| FA Rimmer | b Anderson | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 11 | ||||||
| Total | (all out) | 194 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-194 | |||||||
| Birkenhead Park bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| King | ? | ? | 78 | 4 | - | - | |
| Kirby | ? | ? | 41 | 3 | - | - | |
| Steen | ? | ? | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| Anderson | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| Smith | ? | ? | ? | 0 | - | - | |
| Birkenhead Park innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| C Holden | c Wharmby b Ainsworth | 3 | |||||
| RF Ould | c sub (Ould) b Wharmby | 14 | |||||
| WR Floyd | c Robert A Rockliff b Wharmby | 10 | |||||
| JH King | not out | 13 | 45 | ||||
| HS Cochrane | c Wharmby b Ainsworth | 0 | |||||
| FJ Kirby | b Ainsworth | 5 | |||||
| Smith | c FA Rimmer b Ainsworth | 0 | |||||
| B Bennette | b Ainsworth | 0 | |||||
| HW Cleaver | b Ainsworth | 1 | |||||
| R Anderson | b Wharmby | 1 | |||||
| CE Steen | st Parslow b Wharmby | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 2 | ||||||
| Total | (all out) | 49 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-49 | |||||||
| Formby bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ainsworth | ? | ? | 28 | 6 | - | - | |
| Wharmby | ? | ? | 19 | 4 | - | - | |