f4472 cc514	Somerset v Lancashire
	County Championship 1896
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 22nd, 23rd June 1896 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 10 wickets
Points	Somerset -1; Lancashire 1
Umpires	GW Littlewood, JJ Tuck
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 182/8 (I'Anson 8*, Hallam 3*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LCH Palairet	c Benton b Hallam	26
E Robson	b Mold	8
HT Stanley	c Smith b Mold	3
W Trask	c Hallam b Mold	18
RCN Palairet	c Smith b I'Anson	14
*SMJ Woods	not out	41
G Fowler	lbw b Hallam	13
GB Nichols	run out	4
WC Hedley	c Benton b Hallam	0
EJ Tyler	b Briggs	8
+FT Welman	b Briggs	4
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 2 w)	10
Total	(all out, 73.3 overs)	149
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-27, 3-49, 4-64, 5-86, 6-118, 7-126, 8-130, 9-139, 10-149 (73.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mold	26	10	44	3	1	-
Briggs	31.3	10	49	2	-	-
Hallam	11	3	29	3	-	-
I'Anson	5	0	17	1	1	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CH Benton	c and b Tyler	13
EB Rowley	b Tyler	3
A Ward	c LCH Palairet b Tyler	77
AG Paul	lbw b Tyler	21
FH Sugg	b Tyler	9
GR Baker	c Welman b Robson	29
J Briggs	c RCN Palairet b Woods	12
J I'Anson	not out	37
+C Smith	c Robson b Woods	3
AW Hallam	b Nichols	8
AW Mold	b Tyler	8
Extras	(4 b, 5 w)	9
Total	(all out, 91 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-60, 3-78, 4-128, 5-144, 6-164, 7-164, 8-175, 9-196, 10-229 (91 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyler	37	9	83	6	-	-
Woods	20	4	58	2	-	-
Hedley	13	6	22	0	-	-
Nichols	13	5	33	1	5	-
Robson	8	2	24	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LCH Palairet	b I'Anson	30
E Robson	c Smith b Briggs	0
HT Stanley	run out	2
W Trask	b Hallam	10
RCN Palairet	c Smith b I'Anson	10
*SMJ Woods	b Mold	41
G Fowler	b Hallam	0
GB Nichols	run out	2
WC Hedley	c Baker b Mold	5
EJ Tyler	b Hallam	7
+FT Welman	not out	1
Extras	(2 w)	2
Total	(all out, 76.1 overs)	110
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-18, 3-42, 4-54, 5-60, 6-61, 7-76, 8-91, 9-98, 10-110 (76.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mold	18.1	6	23	2	1	-
Briggs	26	14	23	1	-	-
Hallam	17	5	32	3	1	-
I'Anson	15	8	30	2	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CH Benton	not out	20
A Ward	not out	13
EB Rowley	did not bat
AG Paul	did not bat
FH Sugg	did not bat
GR Baker	did not bat
J Briggs	did not bat
J I'Anson	did not bat
+C Smith	did not bat
AW Hallam	did not bat
AW Mold	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 7.3 overs)	33

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
LCH Palairet	4	0	13	0	-	-
Fowler	3	0	10	0	-	-
RCN Palairet	0.3	0	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> LCH Palairet (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 12
--> SMJ Woods (1) passed 6000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 33
--> A Ward (1) passed 9000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 65
--> J I'Anson (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in County Championship matches
--> J I'Anson (1) passed his previous highest score of 34 in first-class matches
--> FT Welman made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> AW Mold reached 800 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings

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