f6080 cc1518	Middlesex v Somerset
	County Championship 1903
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 1st, 2nd, 3rd June 1903 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 112 runs
Points	Middlesex 1; Somerset -1
Umpires	G Bean, WAJ West
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 96/1 (Braund 35*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 50/3 (Phillips 10*, Woods 26*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PF Warner	b Cranfield	135
LJ Moon	c Martyn b Robson	36
GW Beldam	c Newton b Palairet	38
+WP Robertson	lbw b Braund	16
BJT Bosanquet	c Newton b Braund	29
RW Nicholls	c Lewis b Palairet	36
CP Foley	c Braund b Cranfield	11
AE Trott	b Cranfield	11
GSF Griffin	c Robson b Cranfield	37
JHS Hunt	c Palairet b Lewis	57
JT Hearne	not out	24
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 3 w)	11
Total	(all out, 100.3 overs)	441
Fall of wickets:
1-66, 2-151, 3-172, 4-234, 5-293, 6-301, 7-314, 8-337, 9-380, 10-441 (100.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cranfield	29	3	136	4	-	-
Braund	33	4	150	2	-	-
Robson	15	1	71	1	-	-
Woods	10	0	43	0	-	-
Palairet	13	4	28	2	3	-
Lewis	0.3	0	2	1	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LCH Palairet	c Beldam b Hearne	56
LC Braund	lbw b Trott	73
AE Lewis	lbw b Hearne	0
FA Phillips	b Trott	44
*SMJ Woods	c Beldam b Trott	11
WC Hedley	lbw b Trott	1
E Robson	st Robertson b Beldam	49
+H Martyn	c Griffin b Beldam	18
FM Lee	c Trott b Beldam	0
AE Newton	b Trott	20
B Cranfield	not out	8
Extras	(14 b, 2 lb, 2 w)	18
Total	(all out, 91.4 overs)	298
Fall of wickets:
1-96, 2-114, 3-173, 4-188, 5-193, 6-197, 7-259, 8-264, 9-281, 10-298 (91.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Beldam	25	6	72	3	1	-
Hearne	19	8	47	2	1	-
Trott	26.4	9	83	5	-	-
Hunt	13	2	48	0	-	-
Bosanquet	8	2	30	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PF Warner	c Hedley b Lewis	18
LJ Moon	c Newton b Robson	22
GW Beldam	lbw b Cranfield	13
+WP Robertson	b Cranfield	77
BJT Bosanquet	b Hedley	21
RW Nicholls	c Newton b Hedley	3
CP Foley	c Phillips b Cranfield	0
AE Trott	c Braund b Cranfield	0
GSF Griffin	not out	10
JHS Hunt	run out	2
JT Hearne	b Robson	0
Extras	(6 b, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 39.3 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-42, 3-89, 4-157, 5-161, 6-161, 7-161, 8-164, 9-171, 10-173 (39.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cranfield	12	5	43	4	1	-
Robson	12.3	2	51	2	-	-
Lewis	4	0	16	1	-	-
Braund	7	1	29	0	-	-
Hedley	4	0	27	2	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LCH Palairet	b Trott	4
LC Braund	c Beldam b Trott	0
AE Lewis	lbw b Beldam	1
FA Phillips	b Hunt	61
*SMJ Woods	b Trott	35
WC Hedley	run out	26
E Robson	c Trott b Hearne	18
+H Martyn	c Hunt b Hearne	26
FM Lee	b Hearne	4
AE Newton	not out	7
B Cranfield	b Beldam	1
Extras	(16 b, 5 lb)	21
Total	(all out, 50.2 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-8, 3-8, 4-63, 5-119, 6-157, 7-183, 8-196, 9-203, 10-204 (50.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Beldam	15.2	7	40	2	-	-
Trott	15	3	57	3	-	-
Hunt	6	1	27	1	-	-
Hearne	14	4	59	3	-	-

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Notes
--> PF Warner (1) passed 10500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 117
--> LJ Moon (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 29
--> BJT Bosanquet (2) passed 5000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 5

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13,095 spectators paid for admission on the first day (Whit Monday) and there were about 10,000 people present on the second day. Warner's 135 lasted 180 minutes