f4542 cc563	Leicestershire v Lancashire
	County Championship 1896
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 6th, 7th, 8th August 1896 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	G Hay, JTBD Platts
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 331/4 (Pougher 86*, Tomlin 9*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (1) 288/5 (Sugg 94*, Bardswell 18*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CE de Trafford	c Ward b Briggs	113
J Holland	b Briggs	1
AE Knight	c Bardswell b Briggs	86
AD Pougher	b Mold	86
R Joyce	c MacLaren b Briggs	15
W Tomlin	b Mold	9
F Geeson	b Briggs	9
J Powers	c Bardswell b Briggs	17
CJB Wood	c Baker b Briggs	30
A Woodcock	not out	10
+JP Whiteside	b Mold	0
Extras	(6 b, 13 lb, 4 w)	23
Total	(all out, 188.3 overs)	399
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-138, 3-276, 4-306, 5-332, 6-341, 7-341, 8-372, 9-392, 10-399 (188.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Briggs	66	29	110	7	3	-
Mold	53.3	13	131	3	-	-
Baker	14	7	29	0	-	-
Hallam	18	7	33	0	-	-
Bardswell	24	11	51	0	-	-
MacLaren	11	1	20	0	1	-
Ward	2	1	2	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Ward	c Whiteside b Woodcock	108
EB Rowley	c Whiteside b Geeson	31
*AC MacLaren	b Pougher	24
JT Tyldesley	c Whiteside b Pougher	1
FH Sugg	b Geeson	151
GR Baker	c Whiteside b Geeson	10
GR Bardswell	c Whiteside b Woodcock	26
J Briggs	b Woodcock	13
+C Smith	b Geeson	17
AW Hallam	not out	0
AW Mold	b Pougher	1
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 152.2 overs)	385
Fall of wickets:
1-80, 2-140, 3-150, 4-184, 5-237, 6-317, 7-339, 8-377, 9-384, 10-385 (152.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Woodcock	46	11	108	3	-	-
Geeson	50	12	112	4	-	-
Pougher	41.2	15	112	3	-	-
Wood	12	3	43	0	-	1
Tomlin	3	0	7	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CE de Trafford	c Sugg b Hallam	23
AE Knight	b Mold	8
W Tomlin	not out	16
AD Pougher	c Smith b Mold	5
R Joyce	run out	0
CJB Wood	not out	6
J Holland	did not bat
F Geeson	did not bat
J Powers	did not bat
A Woodcock	did not bat
+JP Whiteside	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(4 wickets, 32 overs)	63
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-43, 3-48, 4-51

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Briggs	14	4	28	0	-	-
Mold	15	5	30	2	-	-
Hallam	1	1	0	1	-	-
Bardswell	2	2	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Leicestershire (1) ?/?
--> CE de Trafford (1) passed his previous highest score of 87 in County Championship matches
--> CE de Trafford (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> CE de Trafford (1) passed his previous highest score of 110 in first-class matches
--> AE Knight (1) passed his previous highest score of 63 in County Championship matches
--> AE Knight (1) passed his previous highest score of 81 in first-class matches
--> CJB Wood (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in County Championship matches
--> CJB Wood (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in first-class matches
--> A Ward (1) passed 9500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 75
--> FH Sugg (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 13
--> CE de Trafford (2) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 14
--> AD Pougher (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 2
--> J Briggs reached 650 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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