f4484 cc521	Lancashire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1896
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 29th, 30th June, 1st July 1896 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 4 wickets
Points	Lancashire -1; Middlesex 1
Umpires	M Sherwin, J Wheeler
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 150/2 (MacGregor 4*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 1/0 (MacGregor 1*, Hearne 0*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Ward	c Rawlin b Hearne	32
AG Paul	c MacGregor b Rawlin	3
FH Sugg	c Rawlin b Hearne	34
GR Baker	b Rawlin	94
J Briggs	c Webbe b Hearne	0
JT Tyldesley	c Rawlin b Hearne	3
*SM Tindall	b Hearne	20
J I'Anson	b Rawlin	30
+C Smith	not out	0
HJ Tinsley	run out	14
AW Mold	b Rawlin	4
Extras	(11 b, 5 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 87.2 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-69, 3-78, 4-84, 5-92, 6-148, 7-224, 8-239, 9-246, 10-250 (87.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hearne	43	18	89	5	-	-
Rawlin	24.2	7	76	4	-	-
Phillips	13	3	47	0	-	-
Bromley-Davenport	6	1	21	0	-	-
Stoddart	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Stoddart	c Baker b Mold	78
HB Hayman	b Paul	63
+G MacGregor	b Briggs	10
G Thornton	c Tindall b Briggs	25
JT Rawlin	c Smith b I'Anson	3
TC O'Brien	c and b I'Anson	7
*AJ Webbe	not out	18
RS Lucas	c I'Anson b Briggs	2
HR Bromley-Davenport	c Baker b I'Anson	4
J Phillips	c Tyldesley b Briggs	0
JT Hearne	c Smith b Briggs	3
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 84.4 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-134, 2-150, 3-186, 4-187, 5-195, 6-196, 7-200, 8-211, 9-216, 10-223 (84.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Briggs	30.4	3	72	5	-	-
Mold	21	5	64	1	-	-
I'Anson	20	7	49	3	-	-
Baker	8	2	21	0	-	-
Paul	5	0	7	1	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Ward	c Hearne b Rawlin	21
AG Paul	c Hearne b Rawlin	35
FH Sugg	run out	15
GR Baker	b Rawlin	12
J Briggs	b Stoddart	43
*SM Tindall	b Phillips	17
JT Tyldesley	b Phillips	0
J I'Anson	not out	23
HJ Tinsley	c and b Rawlin	18
+C Smith	st MacGregor b Stoddart	0
AW Mold	b Rawlin	2
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 95.2 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-62, 3-79, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-193 (95.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hearne	31	19	35	0	-	-
Rawlin	39.2	17	89	5	-	-
Phillips	8	1	30	2	-	-
Stoddart	17	5	32	2	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+G MacGregor	st Smith b Briggs	6
JT Hearne	lbw b Briggs	29
AE Stoddart	c Ward b Briggs	109
HB Hayman	c Paul b Mold	22
TC O'Brien	not out	34
G Thornton	c Tyldesley b Briggs	11
JT Rawlin	c Smith b Briggs	2
*AJ Webbe	not out	7
RS Lucas	did not bat
HR Bromley-Davenport	did not bat
J Phillips	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(6 wickets, 86.2 overs)	221
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-96, 3-167, 4-167, 5-201, 6-206

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Briggs	39	4	101	5	-	-
Mold	23.2	5	61	1	-	-
I'Anson	14	3	35	0	-	-
Baker	10	2	23	0	-	-

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Notes
--> HJ Tinsley (2) passed his previous highest score of 15 in first-class matches
--> HJ Tinsley (2) passed his previous highest score of 15 in County Championship matches
--> J Briggs reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex second innings

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