misc123818	Authors v Press
	Other matches in England 1896
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 17th September 1896 (1-day single innings match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Press won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn

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Authors innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AI Conan Doyle	not out	101
CAD Tyssen	c Jones b Groves	97
GH Duckworth	not out	8
F Frankfort Moore	did not bat
HA Holt	did not bat
GC Ives	did not bat
EH Tottenham	did not bat
JM Barrie	did not bat
WH Winter	did not bat
R Bennett	did not bat
AS Oppenheimer	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 3 w)	10
Total	(1 wicket, declared, 51 overs)	216
Fall of wickets:
1-178 (Tyssen)

Press bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Southerton	12	3	42	0	-	-
Preston	9	1	29	0	-	-
Groves	18	2	72	1	-	-
Jones	4	1	25	0	-	-
Beare	4	1	21	0	-	-
Wilson	2	1	4	0	-	-
Edwards	2	0	13	0	3	-

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Press innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GJ Groves	c Duckworth b Ives	24
HB Smith	c and b Holt	18
HV Jones	c Tyssen b Conan Doyle	17
G Bull	b Holt	0
H Preston	not out	12
WTA Beare	b Holt	2
SJ Southerton	b Conan Doyle	0
J Barr	not out	3
C Edwards	did not bat
E Ward	did not bat
J Wilson	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	5
Total	(6 wickets, 28 overs)	81
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?

Authors bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holt	14	4	30	3	-	-
Ives	5	1	31	1	-	-
Conan Doyle	7	1	12	2	-	1
Tyssen	2	1	3	0	1	-

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The match was originally arranged for 10th September 1896, but rain forced the match to be abandoned. The MCC allowed the match to be rearranged for the following week. However, the weather remained wet and the ground was "in a state of quagmire", according to The Times newspaper

 

 

 

 

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