f2913	Lancashire v Surrey
	County Match 1885
Venue	Aigburth, Liverpool on 16th, 17th, 18th July 1885 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	JTBD Platts, J Rowbotham
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 186/8 (Briggs 81*, Watson 14*)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (2) 213/5 (Diver 26*, Bowden 14*; 138 overs)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Abel	c Yates b Barlow	4
*J Shuter	c Hornby b Barlow	57
KJ Key	c and b Barlow	14
+WW Read	lbw b Watson	0
WE Roller	c and b Watson	5
EJ Diver	b Watson	8
MP Bowden	c Hornby b Watson	10
GA Lohmann	b Barlow	4
J Beaumont	st Pilling b Steel	3
CE Horner	b Barlow	8
ED Barratt	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 77.1 overs)	117
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-39, 3-40, 4-50, 5-62, 6-84, 7-92, 8-107, 9-117, 10-117 (77.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	36	14	63	4	-	-
Barlow	38.1	20	49	5	-	-
Steel	3	2	1	1	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Leach	b Lohmann	1
RG Barlow	c Key b Lohmann	10
AG Steel	c Abel b Roller	38
J Briggs	st +Bowden b Read	186
*AN Hornby	c Lohmann b Horner	1
H Eccles	c Bowden b Beaumont	14
OP Lancashire	c Beaumont b Barratt	16
G Yates	c Read b Lohmann	10
GE Jowett	c Read b Beaumont	0
A Watson	c Key b Beaumont	19
+R Pilling	not out	61
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 129 overs)	364
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-28, 3-59, 4-60, 5-82, 6-133, 7-163, 8-163, 9-191, 10-364 (129 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Beaumont	37	15	74	3	-	-
Lohmann	33	4	104	3	-	-
Horner	26	9	67	1	-	-
Roller	8	2	26	1	-	-
Barratt	11	0	40	1	-	-
Read	4	1	14	1	-	-
Abel	4	0	18	0	-	-
Key	6	2	13	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Abel	c and b Steel	24
*J Shuter	b Watson	54
KJ Key	c Eccles b Briggs	17
+WW Read	c and b Briggs	51
WE Roller	c Barlow b Briggs	11
EJ Diver	not out	26
MP Bowden	not out	14
GA Lohmann	did not bat
J Beaumont	did not bat
CE Horner	did not bat
ED Barratt	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 6 lb)	16
Total	(5 wickets, 138 overs)	213
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-73, 3-123, 4-148, 5-183

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	41	19	51	1	-	-
Barlow	25	7	55	0	-	-
Steel	26	12	21	1	-	-
Briggs	44	20	61	3	-	-
Jowett	2	0	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> Day 2 Lunch: Lancashire (1) ?/?
--> H Eccles made his debut in First-Class matches
--> G Yates made his debut in First-Class matches
--> WE Leach made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> J Briggs (1) passed his previous highest score of 121 in First-Class matches
--> J Briggs (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 151
--> WW Read (2) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> A Watson reached 800 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> RG Barlow reached 650 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> GE Jowett was no-balled for throwing in the Surrey second innings (by JTBD Platts)

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