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f5234	Middlesex v Australians
	Australia in England 1899
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 21st, 22nd August 1899 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by an innings and 230 runs
Umpires	L Hall, A Shaw
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 320/5 (Darling 78, Iredale 76)

Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Trumble	c MacGregor b Trott	10
CE McLeod	run out	48
MA Noble	c RN Douglas b Trott	14
SE Gregory	c MacGregor b Trott	10
VT Trumper	c MacGregor b Trott	62
*J Darling	lbw b Wells	111
FA Iredale	c Rawlin b Hearne	111
+JJ Kelly	c Ford b Hearne	10
FJ Laver	not out	29
E Jones	b Wells	8
WP Howell	c Wells b Hearne	10
Extras	(12 b, 10 lb)	22
Total	(all out, 193.2 overs)	445
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-45, 3-82, 4-87, 5-175, 6-376, 7-391, 8-417, 9-426, 10-445 (193.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trott	49	15	107	4	-	-
Hearne	49.2	20	87	3	-	-
Ford	14	7	30	0	-	-
Rawlin	16	6	41	0	-	-
Wells	42	9	82	2	-	-
Roche	22	8	66	0	-	-
Warner	1	0	10	0	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PF Warner	c Darling b McLeod	39
J Douglas	b Jones	0
LJ Moon	c Howell b McLeod	17
RN Douglas	c Darling b McLeod	12
JT Rawlin	c Trumble b McLeod	11
FGJ Ford	b McLeod	0
AE Trott	c Howell b McLeod	8
CM Wells	b McLeod	7
*+G MacGregor	c Laver b Jones	1
W Roche	not out	5
JT Hearne	c Howell b Jones	1
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 40.2 overs)	105
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-51, 3-71, 4-76, 5-76, 6-86, 7-91, 8-98, 9-102, 10-105 (40.2 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	20.2	5	44	3	-	-
McLeod	20	4	57	7	-	-

Middlesex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PF Warner	b Jones	5
J Douglas	c Kelly b McLeod	7
LJ Moon	c Kelly b Jones	0
RN Douglas	b Jones	13
JT Rawlin	b Jones	4
FGJ Ford	c Kelly b Jones	0
AE Trott	c Noble b McLeod	43
CM Wells	c Kelly b McLeod	30
*+G MacGregor	b Jones	4
W Roche	c Kelly b Jones	2
JT Hearne	not out	0
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb)	2
Total	(all out, 40.1 overs)	110
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-12, 3-13, 4-30, 5-30, 6-31, 7-83, 8-92, 9-110, 10-110 (40.1 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	20.1	5	40	7	-	-
McLeod	20	7	68	3	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> H Trumble (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 4
--> VT Trumper (1) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 33
--> CM Wells reached 200 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Australians first innings
--> CE McLeod achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 7-87)

On the first day the game was marred when the crowd rebelled against the Australian batsmen for slow scoring. The crowd of 10,000 which had grown restless in the morning, finally boiled over in the afternoon, particularly at the batting of Darling. Ironic cheering when a run was scored, was followed at one point by the crowd whistling 'Dead March in Saul'. Other musical compositions followed including 'Poor Old Joe' and 'We won't go home till morning', interspersed with remarks of a personal nature. Darling attributed his slowness to a painfully bruised heel. Darling's innings lasted for 270 minutes and he hit 18 fours. Iredale batted for 195 minutes and included 17 fours.