f4949 cc799	Middlesex v Sussex
	County Championship 1898
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 14th, 15th, 16th July 1898 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 235 runs
Points	Middlesex 1; Sussex -1
Umpires	W Hearn, M Sherwin
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 117/4 (Fry 56*, Vine 8*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 377 all out

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PF Warner	run out	38
HB Hayman	b Bland	20
*AE Stoddart	c Fox b Bland	60
FGJ Ford	b Bland	5
JT Rawlin	b Bland	45
TC O'Brien	b Bland	8
AE Trott	b Bland	13
RW Nicholls	c Killick b Bland	19
FHE Cunliffe	st Fox b Killick	8
+EH Bray	c Tate b Killick	22
JT Hearne	not out	0
Extras	(16 b, 4 lb)	20
Total	(all out, 95.2 overs)	258
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-61, 3-70, 4-152, 5-162, 6-190, 7-211, 8-222, 9-249, 10-258 (95.2 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tate	17	7	44	0	-	-
Killick	25.2	7	62	2	-	-
Cox	19	8	32	0	-	-
Bland	34	5	100	7	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Brann	c Stoddart b Rawlin	1
CB Fry	not out	104
*WL Murdoch	c O'Brien b Rawlin	9
FW Marlow	b Cunliffe	11
EH Killick	lbw b Cunliffe	20
J Vine	b Hearne	18
J Bean	c Stoddart b Trott	10
GR Cox	lbw b Trott	0
FW Tate	b Trott	3
CHG Bland	b Trott	0
+RW Fox	b Trott	0
Extras	(18 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	21
Total	(all out, 65.3 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-25, 3-81, 4-105, 5-147, 6-170, 7-177, 8-193, 9-197, 10-197 (65.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hearne	27	8	62	1	-	-
Rawlin	10	2	31	2	-	-
Cunliffe	17	3	47	2	-	-
Trott	11.3	3	36	5	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PF Warner	b Bland	7
HB Hayman	c Fox b Bland	59
*AE Stoddart	c Bean b Killick	25
FGJ Ford	b Bean	78
JT Rawlin	run out	56
TC O'Brien	b Brann	62
AE Trott	c and b Tate	14
RW Nicholls	b Tate	4
FHE Cunliffe	not out	14
+EH Bray	c Killick b Brann	23
JT Hearne	did not bat
Extras	(15 b, 17 lb, 3 nb)	35
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 108.2 overs)	377
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-110, 3-136, 4-256, 5-285, 6-310, 7-322, 8-349, 9-377 (108.2 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tate	34	7	117	2	-	-
Killick	12	0	50	1	-	-
Cox	13	3	26	0	-	-
Bland	26	4	72	2	-	-
Fry	5	0	24	0	-	-
Bean	13	2	44	1	-	-
Brann	5.2	2	9	2	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Brann	c Stoddart b Cunliffe	27
CB Fry	b Trott	0
*WL Murdoch	b Hearne	42
FW Marlow	b Trott	45
EH Killick	b Hearne	17
J Vine	c Nicholls b Trott	11
J Bean	b Trott	18
GR Cox	c and b Trott	6
FW Tate	c Bray b Trott	3
CHG Bland	b Hearne	0
+RW Fox	not out	0
Extras	(30 b, 1 lb, 3 nb)	34
Total	(all out, 74.1 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-59, 3-87, 4-160, 5-164, 6-184, 7-199, 8-202, 9-203, 10-203 (74.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hearne	28.1	9	56	3	-	-
Cunliffe	20	8	41	1	-	-
Trott	26	7	72	6	-	-

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Notes
--> AE Trott reached 200 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> JT Hearne reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> AE Trott achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Sussex first innings (previous best was 4-65)
--> AE Trott achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Sussex second innings (previous best was 5-36)

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