livp404	New Brighton v Bootle
	Liverpool and District Cricket Competition 1896
Venue	Rake Lane, Wallasey on 29th August 1896 (1-day single innings match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	New Brighton 1; Bootle 1

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Bootle innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TS Johnson	c F Pepper b Sproat	3
JW Jones	run out	8
W Spence	b Eskrigge	19
Price	b Booth	5
*H Williams	b Eskrigge	50			8	-
JL Jones	b Sproat	43
DN Gillmore	c Moore b Booth	23
JP Crouch	c Booth b Sproat	10
RA Costain	lbw b Booth	0
EG Brownbill	not out	4
W Airey	b Sproat	5
Extras		6
Total	(all out)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-18, 4-64, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-176

New Brighton bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sproat	?	?	?	4	-	-
Eskrigge	?	?	?	2	-	-
Booth	?	?	?	3	-	-

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New Brighton innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SF Fitzroy	b Airey	0
F Pepper	b Airey	16			4	-
TR Eskrigge	b Price	1
CA Booth	b Price	44
Moore	b Price	16
TA Leigh	c Price b Airey	13
JL Healey	b Airey	0
FWH Weaver	not out	5
EH Drinkwater	not out	4
H Pepper	did not bat
M Sproat	did not bat
Extras		8
Total	(7 wickets)	107
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-19, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?

Bootle bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Airey	?	?	51	4	-	-
Price	?	?	42	3	-	-

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Notes
--> Bowling in the New Brighton innings adds 6 runs under

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CA Booth and TA Leigh put on 47 for the fifth New Brighton wicket
New Brighton suffered the disadvantage of batting during the presence of a 'sticky fog' from the local brick-kilns