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f4698	Middlesex v Gentlemen of Philadelphia
	Gentlemen of Philadelphia in England 1897
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 21st, 23rd June 1897 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 7 wickets
Umpires	RO Clayton, VA Titchmarsh
Close of play day 1	Gentlemen of Philadelphia (1) 117 all out

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Stoddart	b Baily	8
HB Hayman	c Ralston b King	40
JT Rawlin	b Baily	0
FGJ Ford	c Patterson b Clark	40
TC O'Brien	b King	59
CP Foley	b Clark	5
*AJ Webbe	not out	42
+H Philipson	c Biddle b Baily	13
JT Hearne	c Ralston b King	7
EL Marsden	c Wood b Baily	3
J Phillips	b King	0
Extras	(14 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 72.4 overs)	234
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-26, 3-95, 4-100, 5-118, 6-182, 7-202, 8-210, 9-225, 10-234 (72.4 ov)

Gentlemen of Philadelphia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
King	34.4	9	80	4	-	-
Baily	15	3	44	4	-	-
Cregar	4	0	14	0	-	-
Clark	13	1	49	2	-	-
Bates	6	0	30	0	-	-

Gentlemen of Philadelphia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AM Wood	b Marsden	12
HC Thayer	run out	34
JA Lester	c Hearne b Stoddart	15
L Biddle	b Hearne	0
JB King	b Hearne	8
HC Coates	b Phillips	23
PH Clark	b Phillips	1
FH Bates	b Stoddart	6
+FW Ralston	b Stoddart	2
EM Cregar	not out	10
*HP Baily	b Stoddart	0
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 50.4 overs)	117
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-50, 3-50, 4-65, 5-97, 6-98, 7-103, 8-106, 9-117, 10-117 (50.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hearne	21	7	43	2	-	-
Marsden	16	3	45	1	-	-
Phillips	9	4	11	2	-	-
Stoddart	4.4	0	12	4	-	-

Gentlemen of Philadelphia second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AM Wood	b Rawlin	80
HC Thayer	c and b Rawlin	49
JA Lester	c Philipson b Phillips	31
JB King	b Stoddart	22
FH Bates	c Webbe b Hearne	8
HC Coates	lbw b Rawlin	25
PH Clark	b Hearne	8
L Biddle	c and b Hearne	9
+FW Ralston	c O'Brien b Rawlin	1
EM Cregar	not out	3
*HP Baily	lbw b Hearne	4
Extras	(19 b, 11 lb)	30
Total	(all out, 92.4 overs)	270
Fall of wickets:
1-81, 2-145, 3-180, 4-220, 5-220, 6-252, 7-254, 8-263, 9-263, 10-270 (92.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hearne	29.4	12	80	4	-	-
Marsden	5	1	23	0	-	-
Phillips	11	1	55	1	-	-
Stoddart	12	2	26	1	-	-
Rawlin	35	17	56	4	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Stoddart	c sub b Cregar	0
HB Hayman	c Coates b Clark	18
FGJ Ford	b King	112
CP Foley	not out	12
*AJ Webbe	not out	1
JT Rawlin	did not bat
TC O'Brien	did not bat
+H Philipson	did not bat
JT Hearne	did not bat
EL Marsden	did not bat
J Phillips	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(3 wickets, 42.3 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-116, 3-152

Gentlemen of Philadelphia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
King	19	3	52	1	-	-
Baily	6	0	13	0	-	-
Cregar	8.3	1	37	1	-	-
Clark	6	0	27	1	-	-
Bates	3	1	14	0	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> Gentlemen of Philadelphia full substitute: HC Thayer for GS Patterson (Thayer allowed to replace Patterson who was injured in the field)
--> EL Marsden made his debut in First-Class matches
--> FH Bates made his debut in First-Class matches
--> EL Marsden made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AE Stoddart (1) passed 14500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> HC Thayer (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in First-Class matches
--> HC Thayer (2) passed his previous highest score of 34 in First-Class matches
--> FGJ Ford (2) 100 in 55 minutes