f5005 cc853	Middlesex v Lancashire
	County Championship 1898
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 22nd, 23rd August 1898 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by an innings and 33 runs
Points	Middlesex 1; Lancashire -1
Umpires	AB Hide, W Richards
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 15/0 (MacLaren 2*, Ward 12*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Douglas	b Briggs	4
PF Warner	lbw b Mold	42
FGJ Ford	b Mold	76
RN Douglas	b Mold	28
JT Rawlin	c Cuttell b Mold	22
CM Wells	c Radcliffe b Cuttell	36
HH Cobb	not out	55
AE Trott	c Eccles b Cuttell	0
FHE Cunliffe	c Ward b Cuttell	14
+G MacGregor	c Sugg b Cuttell	0
JT Hearne	c Radcliffe b Cuttell	18
Extras	(12 b, 4 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 113.3 overs)	311
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-125, 3-125, 4-125, 5-180, 6-233, 7-233, 8-260, 9-265, 10-311 (113.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Briggs	32	10	83	1	-	-
Mold	30	9	75	4	-	-
Cuttell	26.3	7	75	5	-	-
Hallows	23	5	62	0	-	-
Baker	2	2	0	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AC MacLaren	retired hurt	8
A Ward	c Trott b Cunliffe	35
JT Tyldesley	c RN Douglas b Hearne	41
FH Sugg	c MacGregor b Cunliffe	2
GR Baker	c J Douglas b Hearne	1
A Eccles	lbw b Trott	7
WR Cuttell	b Hearne	2
J Hallows	b Trott	0
J Briggs	not out	6
AW Mold	b Trott	1
+L Radcliffe	c Warner b Hearne	3
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 3 nb, 3 w)	11
Total	(all out, 78.2 overs)	117
Fall of wickets:
1-74, 2-78, 3-82, 4-95, 5-103, 6-103, 7-104, 8-114, 9-117 (78.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hearne	34.2	26	29	4	-	-
Trott	29	11	53	3	-	-
Cunliffe	15	6	24	2	3	2

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Lancashire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Ward	c MacGregor b Rawlin	43
FH Sugg	b Trott	0
JT Tyldesley	c MacGregor b Hearne	10
A Eccles	c and b Wells	25
J Hallows	c Cobb b Wells	8
WR Cuttell	c Cobb b Wells	24
GR Baker	not out	22
J Briggs	c and b Hearne	12
AW Mold	b Hearne	10
+L Radcliffe	c J Douglas b Hearne	4
*AC MacLaren	absent ill
Extras	(2 b, 1 w)	3
Total	(all out, 88 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-7, 3-58, 4-72, 5-101, 6-124, 7-147, 8-157, 9-161 (88 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hearne	29	13	46	4	-	-
Trott	27	8	56	1	-	-
Cunliffe	7	3	16	0	-	-
Wells	15	8	14	3	1	-
Rawlin	10	2	26	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> A Ward (2) passed 12500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 9
--> A Eccles (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 16
--> WR Cuttell reached 100 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> AW Mold reached 1400 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> WR Cuttell reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> WR Cuttell reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> JT Hearne reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Lancashire second innings
--> AC MacLaren retired hurt in the Lancashire first innings having scored 8 (team had lost 0 wickets)

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