f4699 cc637	Somerset v Lancashire
	County Championship 1897
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 21st, 22nd, 23rd June 1897 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 4 wickets
Points	Somerset -1; Lancashire 1
Umpires	GH Remnant, WAJ West
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 114/8 (Hornby 11*, Cuttell 10*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 138/4 (Baker 31*, Smith 32*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HT Stanley	b Mold	10
DJ Smith	b Hallam	3
RCN Palairet	c Hallam b Mold	20
GB Nichols	not out	74
E Robson	b Mold	5
*SMJ Woods	c Ward b Hallam	7
G Fowler	b Mold	9
EJ Tyler	b Cuttell	26
MH Toller	st Smith b Hallam	1
+AE Newton	c Hornby b Cuttell	43
GC Gill	c Smith b Hallam	19
Extras	(14 b, 2 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 101.1 overs)	233
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-17, 3-34, 4-42, 5-51, 6-78, 7-108, 8-113, 9-188, 10-233 (101.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mold	34	5	84	4	-	-
Hallam	41.1	12	85	4	-	-
Cuttell	21	8	36	2	-	-
Briggs	5	0	12	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Ward	c Newton b Robson	27
CR Hartley	b Woods	13
FH Sugg	b Woods	5
GR Baker	c Palairet b Gill	15
JT Tyldesley	st Newton b Gill	18
+C Smith	c Robson b Tyler	2
J Briggs	b Tyler	10
AW Hallam	b Tyler	0
*AN Hornby	c Robson b Tyler	13
WR Cuttell	c Gill b Tyler	47
AW Mold	not out	26
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 2 w)	4
Total	(all out, 73 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-28, 3-54, 4-80, 5-80, 6-91, 7-91, 8-93, 9-117, 10-180 (73 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyler	30	7	75	5	-	-
Woods	21	6	61	2	1	-
Gill	8	2	14	2	1	-
Robson	9	4	17	1	-	-
Nichols	5	1	9	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HT Stanley	c Hornby b Hallam	14
DJ Smith	lbw b Cuttell	3
RCN Palairet	c Hornby b Cuttell	2
GB Nichols	c Smith b Hallam	50
E Robson	c Baker b Hallam	6
*SMJ Woods	b Cuttell	3
G Fowler	c Smith b Cuttell	34
EJ Tyler	c Sugg b Hallam	3
MH Toller	c Hartley b Briggs	9
+AE Newton	not out	20
GC Gill	c Smith b Hallam	4
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(all out, 82.4 overs)	149
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-19, 3-21, 4-28, 5-31, 6-113, 7-115, 8-124, 9-142, 10-149 (82.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hallam	35.4	15	54	5	-	1
Cuttell	32	16	44	4	-	-
Briggs	9	1	31	1	-	-
Baker	6	1	19	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Ward	c Smith b Tyler	24
CR Hartley	c Toller b Tyler	10
FH Sugg	c and b Tyler	21
GR Baker	not out	54
JT Tyldesley	b Robson	19
+C Smith	b Tyler	34
J Briggs	st Newton b Tyler	35
AW Hallam	not out	5
*AN Hornby	did not bat
WR Cuttell	did not bat
AW Mold	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(6 wickets, 72.3 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-42, 3-63, 4-86, 5-141, 6-189

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyler	35.3	11	106	5	-	-
Woods	20	3	50	0	-	-
Gill	6	3	16	0	-	-
Robson	11	5	30	1	-	-

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Notes
--> GB Nichols (1) passed his previous highest score of 58 in County Championship matches
--> GB Nichols (1) passed his previous highest score of 64 in first-class matches
--> AE Newton (1) passed his previous highest score of 26 in County Championship matches
--> CR Hartley made his debut in first-class matches
--> CR Hartley made his debut in County Championship matches
--> WR Cuttell (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in first-class matches
--> WR Cuttell (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in County Championship matches
--> AW Mold reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> WR Cuttell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 3-31)
--> EJ Tyler reached 600 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Lancashire second innings

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