f4979 cc828	Somerset v Sussex
	County Championship 1898
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 4th, 5th, 6th August 1898 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 0; Sussex 0
Umpires	W Draper, JR Painter
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 363 all out
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 12/2 (Fisher 0*; 5.3 overs)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WL Murdoch	c Roe b Fowler	0
CB Fry	c Tyler b Gill	110		145	20	-
EH Killick	lbw b Tyler	6
FW Marlow	b Gill	112		220	17	-
CD Fisher	c and b Gill	49
CLA Smith	b Gill	0
F Parris	c Palairet b Tyler	32
+HR Butt	lbw b Tyler	20
FW Tate	c Palairet b Tyler	18
CHG Bland	c Hill b Tyler	0
WA Humphreys	not out	0
Extras	(13 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 129.2 overs)	363
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Murdoch), 2-10 (Killick), 3-189 (Fry), 4-280, 5-280, 6-309, 7-340, 8-347, 9-353, 10-363 (129.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fowler	17	6	54	1	-	-
Tyler	40.2	10	94	5	-	-
Gill	35	8	91	4	-	1
Hedley	13	4	38	0	-	-
Woods	19	5	61	0	-	-
Palairet	5	2	9	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LCH Palairet	c and b Humphreys	60		75	6	1
HT Stanley	c Killick b Humphreys	17
FA Phillips	c sub b Humphreys	40
WN Roe	c Fry b Tate	101		230	12	-
*SMJ Woods	c Smith b Humphreys	24
G Fowler	c Butt b Tate	23
WC Hedley	c Fry b Tate	19
VT Hill	b Humphreys	54		60
+AE Newton	run out	21
EJ Tyler	b Parris	1
GC Gill	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 300 minutes, 134.1 overs)	369
Fall of wickets:
1-78 (Stanley), 2-88 (Palairet), 3-151 (Phillips), 4-187 (Woods), 5-217 (Fowler), 6-251 (Hedley), 7-320 (Hill), 8-362 (Newton), 9-369 (Tyler), 10-369 (Roe, 134.1 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bland	8	3	21	0	1	-
Parris	28	10	48	1	-	-
Tate	51.1	14	136	3	-	-
Humphreys	41	4	137	5	-	-
Killick	6	2	18	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EH Killick	b Gill	4
*WL Murdoch	b Gill	8
CD Fisher	not out	0
CB Fry	did not bat
FW Marlow	did not bat
CLA Smith	did not bat
F Parris	did not bat
+HR Butt	did not bat
FW Tate	did not bat
CHG Bland	did not bat
WA Humphreys	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 5.3 overs)	12
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Killick), 2-12 (Murdoch, 5.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fowler	3	0	8	0	-	-
Gill	2.3	1	4	2	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> CB Fry (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 42
--> CD Fisher (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in first-class matches
--> CD Fisher (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in County Championship matches
--> WN Roe (1) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 48
--> VT Hill (1) passed 3000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 21
--> WA Humphreys achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed VT Hill in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 4-94)
--> WA Humphreys achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches when he dismissed VT Hill in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 4-94)
--> GC Gill reached 50 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed EH Killick, his 1st wicket in the Sussex second innings

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CHG Bland had to retire from the match with an injured hand after bowling 8 overs in the Somerset first innings

 

 

 

 

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