f4961 cc810	Sussex v Middlesex
	County Championship 1898
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 25th, 26th, 27th July 1898 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	GH Remnant, WAJ West
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 354/9 (Killick 74*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 35/2 (Fry 24*, Butt 4*)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CD Fisher	lbw b Trott	6
CB Fry	c Rawlin b Ford	108
*WL Murdoch	c and b Trott	43
GHA Arlington	c Trott b Ford	18
EH Killick	not out	76
J Bean	b Hearne	2
F Parris	b Webb	7
+HR Butt	c Ford b Hearne	52
FW Tate	b Webb	14
CHG Bland	b Webb	8
WA Humphreys	lbw b Trott	1
Extras	(18 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	22
Total	(all out, 151.4 overs)	357
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-118, 3-168, 4-177, 5-179, 6-209, 7-299, 8-336, 9-354, 10-357 (151.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hearne	50	22	89	2	-	-
Rawlin	17	7	23	0	-	-
Trott	39.4	13	119	3	-	-
Webb	26	8	58	3	-	-
Ford	19	5	46	2	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PF Warner	c Butt b Parris	37
HB Hayman	c Bean b Tate	66
*AE Stoddart	b Tate	69
FGJ Ford	c Bean b Parris	0
JT Rawlin	c Butt b Parris	19
TC O'Brien	c and b Tate	0
AE Trott	b Parris	6
RW Nicholls	c Butt b Humphreys	14
+EH Bray	c and b Humphreys	19
JT Hearne	not out	29
S Webb	b Bland	17
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 114.2 overs)	283
Fall of wickets:
1-63, 2-175, 3-175, 4-175, 5-175, 6-186, 7-203, 8-207, 9-234, 10-283 (114.2 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bland	21.2	8	58	1	-	-
Humphreys	32	7	88	2	-	-
Parris	36	11	88	4	-	-
Tate	25	10	42	3	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FW Tate	b Webb	0
CB Fry	not out	123
CD Fisher	c Ford b Webb	2
+HR Butt	c Rawlin b Webb	14
*WL Murdoch	b Trott	38
GHA Arlington	c Rawlin b Webb	0
EH Killick	b Trott	11
J Bean	b Trott	0
F Parris	not out	19
CHG Bland	did not bat
WA Humphreys	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	17
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 88 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-31, 3-49, 4-123, 5-149, 6-152, 7-153

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hearne	34	14	56	0	-	-
Trott	20	5	64	3	-	-
Webb	30	8	76	4	-	-
Stoddart	4	1	11	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PF Warner	c Bean b Tate	18
HB Hayman	b Tate	0
*AE Stoddart	c Butt b Bland	42
FGJ Ford	c Butt b Humphreys	36
JT Rawlin	not out	17
TC O'Brien	b Bland	3
AE Trott	c and b Humphreys	1
RW Nicholls	b Humphreys	20
+EH Bray	not out	2
JT Hearne	did not bat
S Webb	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(7 wickets, 79 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-27, 3-81, 4-105, 5-109, 6-110, 7-142

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bland	20	9	35	2	-	-
Humphreys	21	5	42	3	-	-
Parris	5	0	22	0	-	-
Tate	33	10	40	2	-	-

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Notes
--> CD Fisher made his debut in first-class matches
--> CD Fisher made his debut in County Championship matches
--> CB Fry (1) passed 4000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 19
--> HR Butt (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 51
--> WA Humphreys made his debut in County Championship matches
--> WA Humphreys made his debut in first-class matches
--> HB Hayman (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 24
--> HB Hayman (1) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 6
--> AE Stoddart (1) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 9
--> CB Fry (2) passed his previous highest score of 122 in County Championship matches
--> CB Fry (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 83
--> AE Trott reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> F Parris reached 250 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> F Parris reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> CHG Bland reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings

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