f4763 cc684	Somerset v Middlesex
	County Championship 1897
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 2nd, 3rd, 4th August 1897 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	RG Barlow, W Shrewsbury
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 0/0 (Hedley 0*, Robson 0*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 42/2 (Douglas 8*, Wells 4*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PF Warner	b Fowler	9
HB Hayman	c Newton b Fowler	28
AE Stoddart	c Newton b Hedley	109
JT Rawlin	b Hedley	20
J Douglas	c Palairet b Hedley	70
*AJ Webbe	c sub b Tyler	22
+G MacGregor	c and b Hedley	38
HR Bromley-Davenport	b Woods	4
CM Wells	b Robson	30
FHE Cunliffe	b Woods	0
JT Hearne	not out	23
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 125.1 overs)	363
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-?, 3-80, 4-221, 5-258, 6-266, 7-290, 8-308, 9-309, 10-363 (125.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fowler	35	8	98	2	-	-
Tyler	33	12	106	1	-	-
Hedley	28	7	71	4	-	-
Robson	13.1	2	42	1	-	-
Woods	16	6	36	2	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WC Hedley	c Stoddart b Cunliffe	27
E Robson	c Warner b Hearne	0
LCH Palairet	c Bromley-Davenport b Wells	72
WN Roe	b Wells	58
GB Nichols	c Douglas b Hearne	24
FA Phillips	c Wells b Bromley-Davenport	52
*SMJ Woods	c Hayman b Cunliffe	13
G Fowler	not out	39
+AE Newton	lbw b Rawlin	17
RB Porch	b Rawlin	1
EJ Tyler	b Rawlin	0
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 1 nb, 3 w)	14
Total	(all out, 119.3 overs)	317
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-46, 3-133, 4-162, 5-201, 6-231, 7-286, 8-307, 9-317, 10-317 (119.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hearne	36	11	92	2	-	-
Cunliffe	28	8	67	2	1	1
Rawlin	13.3	5	25	3	-	-
Wells	33	8	95	2	1	-
Stoddart	4	2	2	0	-	-
Bromley-Davenport	5	0	22	1	-	1

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PF Warner	b Woods	16
HB Hayman	b Fowler	12
J Douglas	b Tyler	38
CM Wells	c Newton b Fowler	12
JT Rawlin	run out	5
*AJ Webbe	b Tyler	18
+G MacGregor	b Fowler	7
HR Bromley-Davenport	c Roe b Fowler	50
FHE Cunliffe	c and b Tyler	23
JT Hearne	not out	5
AE Stoddart	absent hurt
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 88.1 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-28, 3-51, 4-56, 5-100, 6-105, 7-113, 8-158, 9-190 (88.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fowler	24.1	9	42	4	-	-
Tyler	25	9	47	3	-	-
Hedley	8	2	19	0	-	-
Robson	12	4	29	0	-	-
Woods	16	2	46	1	-	1
Nichols	3	1	3	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WC Hedley	c sub b Hearne	0
LCH Palairet	b Rawlin	8
E Robson	b Hearne	25
WN Roe	c MacGregor b Rawlin	6
GB Nichols	st MacGregor b Wells	10
FA Phillips	c MacGregor b Rawlin	3
*SMJ Woods	c Wells b Cunliffe	10
G Fowler	c MacGregor b Hearne	25
+AE Newton	c Warner b Wells	4
RB Porch	not out	13
EJ Tyler	not out	13
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(9 wickets, 81 overs)	123
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-14, 3-34, 4-40, 5-47, 6-62, 7-68, 8-72, 9-?

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hearne	30	18	41	3	-	-
Cunliffe	10	7	13	1	-	1
Rawlin	25	11	37	3	-	-
Wells	16	9	26	2	1	-

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Notes
--> GB Nichols (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 6
--> J Douglas (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 31
--> EJ Tyler reached 550 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex second innings

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