f6247	The Rest v Middlesex
	Champion County Match 1903
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 14th, 15th, 16th September 1903 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	VA Titchmarsh, WAJ West
Close of play day 1	The Rest (1) 58/2 (Tyldesley 27*, Arnold 4*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 130/1 (Warner 73*, GW Beldam 25*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PF Warner	b Hirst	6
LJ Moon	c sub (JT Rawlin) b Braund	6
GW Beldam	c Rhodes b Gunn	57
J Douglas	b Arnold	41
BJT Bosanquet	c Hawke b Gunn	58
CM Wells	b Braund	10
EA Beldam	b Braund	10
*+G MacGregor	c Rhodes b Braund	12
AE Trott	b Gunn	10
JHS Hunt	run out	4
JT Hearne	not out	5
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 77.2 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-16, 3-110, 4-166, 5-187, 6-188, 7-208, 8-221, 9-221, 10-230 (77.2 ov)

The Rest bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hirst	22	5	62	1	-	-
Braund	16.2	3	32	4	-	-
Rhodes	14	5	27	0	1	-
Arnold	14	1	48	1	-	-
Gunn	11	2	50	3	-	-

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The Rest first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TW Hayward	c Trott b GW Beldam	0
EG Hayes	c Trott b Hunt	17
JT Tyldesley	c Warner b Trott	44
EG Arnold	c Trott b Hunt	4
GH Hirst	c Warner b Wells	2
KS Ranjitsinhji	lbw b Hearne	12
LC Braund	not out	36
JR Gunn	c GW Beldam b Trott	4
Lord Hawke	lbw b Trott	5
W Rhodes	b Hearne	36
+H Strudwick	b Hearne	9
Extras	(6 b, 9 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 81.3 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-49, 3-61, 4-64, 5-89, 6-89, 7-93, 8-99, 9-168, 10-184 (81.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
GW Beldam	5	1	14	1	-	-
Bosanquet	4	0	15	0	-	-
Hearne	19.3	10	24	3	-	-
Hunt	24	8	56	2	-	-
Wells	18	3	33	1	-	-
Trott	11	0	27	3	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PF Warner	c Arnold b Rhodes	115		180
LJ Moon	b Braund	21
GW Beldam	not out	88
J Douglas	c Hirst b Rhodes	9
BJT Bosanquet	lbw b Rhodes	4
CM Wells	b Arnold	1
EA Beldam	c Hirst b Arnold	0
*+G MacGregor	c Strudwick b Arnold	0
AE Trott	not out	0
JHS Hunt	st Strudwick b Rhodes	4
JT Hearne	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb)	12
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 79.1 overs)	254
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-212, 3-216, 4-230, 5-240, 6-249, 7-249, 8-249

The Rest bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hirst	23	4	49	0	-	-
Braund	16	2	56	1	-	-
Rhodes	16	1	58	4	-	-
Arnold	16.1	3	59	3	-	-
Gunn	8	1	20	0	-	-

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The Rest second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TW Hayward	b Wells	39
EG Hayes	c MacGregor b GW Beldam	0
JT Tyldesley	c Moon b Bosanquet	60
GH Hirst	c Bosanquet b GW Beldam	76
KS Ranjitsinhji	run out	42
LC Braund	not out	10
EG Arnold	not out	0
JR Gunn	did not bat
Lord Hawke	did not bat
W Rhodes	did not bat
+H Strudwick	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(5 wickets, 73 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-98, 3-102, 4-209, 5-221

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
GW Beldam	12	2	37	2	-	-
Bosanquet	13	0	53	1	-	-
Hearne	20	9	35	0	-	-
Hunt	12	2	55	0	-	-
Wells	10	1	32	1	-	-
Trott	6	1	15	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GW Beldam (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 30
--> W Rhodes reached 1250 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Middlesex second innings

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