f4743	Somerset v Gentlemen of Philadelphia
	Gentlemen of Philadelphia in England 1897
Venue	Recreation Ground, Bath on 19th, 20th, 21st July 1897 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	JH Holmes, J Phillips
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 78/2 (RCN Palairet 42*, Nichols 12*)
Close of play day 2	Gentlemen of Philadelphia (1) 107/1 (Patterson 48*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LCH Palairet	b King	0
HT Stanley	c and b King	17
RCN Palairet	st Scattergood b Lester	66
GB Nichols	b Patterson	26
EJ Tyler	b Lester	0
*SMJ Woods	c King b Baily	29
+AE Newton	st Scattergood b Lester	5
RB Porch	c Scattergood b Lester	11
E Robson	b King	14
MH Toller	c Biddle b Baily	10
DJ Smith	not out	10
Extras	(11 b, 1 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 60.1 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-54, 3-116, 4-116, 5-118, 6-123, 7-161, 8-161, 9-180, 10-200 (60.1 ov)

Gentlemen of Philadelphia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
King	18.1	5	34	3	-	-
Baily	13	3	41	2	-	-
PH Clark	6	1	28	0	-	-
Patterson	9	0	38	1	-	-
Lester	14	2	47	4	-	-

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Gentlemen of Philadelphia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GS Patterson	b Nichols	52
AM Wood	c Nichols b Toller	57
JA Lester	st Newton b Tyler	11
FH Bohlen	lbw b Nichols	6
JB King	not out	24
EM Cregar	c LCH Palairet b Tyler	4
L Biddle	not out	13
HP Baily	did not bat
HL Clark	did not bat
PH Clark	did not bat
+JH Scattergood	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb)	4
Total	(5 wickets, 87 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-107, 2-124, 3-124, 4-144, 5-148

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyler	34	13	59	2	-	-
Woods	8	0	27	0	-	-
Robson	6	3	8	0	-	-
Nichols	30	18	33	2	-	-
LCH Palairet	4	0	25	0	-	-
Toller	5	0	15	1	-	-

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Notes
--> JA Lester achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 2-24)

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