f4676 cc622	Middlesex v Somerset
	County Championship 1897
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 7th, 8th, 9th June 1897 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	RG Barlow, G Hay
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 377 all out
Close of play day 2	Somerset (1) 233/8 (Fowler 26*; 92 overs)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HB Hayman	c LCH Palairet b Robson	54
PF Warner	b Woods	83
AE Stoddart	c and b Woods	48
JT Rawlin	c Newton b Robson	10
FGJ Ford	b Woods	0
TC O'Brien	c Robson b Hedley	80
+G MacGregor	c Tyler b Hedley	4
G Thornton	c Newton b Robson	28
*AJ Webbe	b Nichols	41
JT Hearne	c Newton b Woods	15
J Phillips	not out	8
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 2 w)	6
Total	(all out, 141.2 overs)	377
Fall of wickets:
1-90, 2-178, 3-195, 4-195, 5-203, 6-250, 7-312, 8-?, 9-?, 10-377 (141.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyler	38	9	88	0	-	-
Hedley	31	12	71	2	2	-
Woods	32	7	106	4	-	-
Robson	28	7	63	3	-	-
Nichols	11.2	0	40	1	-	-
Hill	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LCH Palairet	c MacGregor b Hearne	92
WC Hedley	c Stoddart b Rawlin	8
RCN Palairet	c Webbe b Hearne	56
WN Roe	st MacGregor b Rawlin	0
E Robson	b Rawlin	4
*SMJ Woods	c MacGregor b Rawlin	14
GB Nichols	c Webbe b Hearne	9
G Fowler	not out	26
VT Hill	c Hearne b Phillips	19
+AE Newton	did not bat
EJ Tyler	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(8 wickets, 92 overs)	233
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-134, 3-?, 4-148, 5-162, 6-?, 7-190, 8-233 (92 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hearne	34	8	88	3	-	-
Rawlin	35	11	70	4	-	-
Stoddart	8	2	9	0	-	-
Thornton	6	1	24	0	-	-
Phillips	9	1	37	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> LCH Palairet (1) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 83
--> JT Hearne reached 750 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings

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