f4975 cc824	Essex v Lancashire
	County Championship 1898
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 4th, 5th August 1898 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 9 wickets
Points	Essex 1; Lancashire -1
Umpires	GH Remnant, WA Woof
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 179/4 (McGahey 61*, Fane 11*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AC MacLaren	b Kortright	10
A Ward	b Mead	20
JT Tyldesley	c Kortright b Mead	32
FH Sugg	b Kortright	3
CR Hartley	st Russell b Mead	28
A Eccles	run out	2
WR Cuttell	b Kortright	7
GR Baker	c Russell b Kortright	4
WB Stoddart	c Russell b Kortright	0
J Briggs	b Kortright	0
+C Smith	not out	5
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 59.3 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-56, 3-67, 4-67, 5-76, 6-91, 7-99, 8-99, 9-103, 10-119 (59.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kortright	27	9	50	6	-	-
Bull	13	7	22	0	-	-
Reeves	3	1	10	0	-	-
Mead	16.3	5	29	3	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HGP Owen	c Baker b Cuttell	30
HA Carpenter	c Smith b Cuttell	33
PA Perrin	lbw b Briggs	24
CP McGahey	lbw b Stoddart	68
AP Lucas	b Baker	4
FL Fane	not out	42
+TM Russell	lbw b Stoddart	7
CJ Kortright	c Sugg b Stoddart	8
W Reeves	c Hartley b Stoddart	3
W Mead	b Baker	36
FG Bull	b Baker	12
Extras	(20 b, 1 lb)	21
Total	(all out, 112.4 overs)	288
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-77, 3-120, 4-129, 5-186, 6-204, 7-214, 8-224, 9-276, 10-288 (112.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stoddart	42	12	104	4	-	-
Cuttell	31	9	78	2	-	-
Briggs	22	6	44	1	-	-
Baker	17.4	3	41	3	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AC MacLaren	st Russell b Bull	17
A Ward	b Kortright	20
JT Tyldesley	b Kortright	12
FH Sugg	b Kortright	8
CR Hartley	c Mead b Kortright	7
A Eccles	c Carpenter b Kortright	4
WR Cuttell	c Lucas b Kortright	7
GR Baker	st Russell b Bull	70
WB Stoddart	c Reeves b Mead	13
J Briggs	lbw b Mead	8
+C Smith	not out	31
Extras	(9 b, 2 lb, 3 w)	14
Total	(all out, 84.2 overs)	211
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-48, 3-58, 4-59, 5-66, 6-77, 7-84, 8-100, 9-116, 10-211 (84.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kortright	28	7	56	6	-	-
Bull	26.2	6	62	2	3	-
Reeves	10	4	24	0	-	-
Mead	20	2	55	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HGP Owen	not out	21
HA Carpenter	c Tyldesley b Stoddart	5
PA Perrin	not out	17
CP McGahey	did not bat
AP Lucas	did not bat
FL Fane	did not bat
+TM Russell	did not bat
CJ Kortright	did not bat
W Reeves	did not bat
W Mead	did not bat
FG Bull	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 23.3 overs)	43
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Carpenter)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stoddart	12	5	15	1	-	-
Cuttell	7	0	15	0	-	-
Baker	4.3	1	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> HGP Owen (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 13
--> FL Fane (1) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 30
--> AC MacLaren (2) passed 8000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 4
--> CJ Kortright reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Lancashire first innings

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