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f4429 cc487	Middlesex v Somerset
	County Championship 1896
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 25th, 26th May 1896 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by an innings and 101 runs
Points	Middlesex 1; Somerset -1
Umpires	GW Littlewood, AF Smith
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 14/0 (Smith 6, Fowler 4)

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Stoddart	st Wickham b Robson	121
HB Hayman	b Tyler	22
RS Lucas	c Smith b Tyler	7
JT Rawlin	c and b Tyler	0
+G MacGregor	c and b Tyler	52
TC O'Brien	c Palairet b Robson	18
*AJ Webbe	not out	79
G Thornton	lbw b Nichols	11
J Phillips	b Tyler	1
JT Hearne	c Wickham b Nichols	17
HR Bromley-Davenport	b Fowler	50
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 2 w)	8
Total	(all out, 152.2 overs)	386
Fall of wickets:
1-95, 2-104, 3-105, 4-196, 5-223, 6-227, 7-252, 8-262, 9-289, 10-386 (152.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyler	59	8	183	5	-	-
Woods	24	12	46	0	1	-
Hedley	15	6	37	0	-	-
Nichols	30	13	60	2	-	-
Robson	24	8	52	2	1	-
Fowler	0.2	0	0	1	-	-

Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Smith	c Hearne b Phillips	62
G Fowler	b Hearne	56
LCH Palairet	b Phillips	5
WN Roe	b Phillips	5
WC Hedley	b Hearne	1
*SMJ Woods	c Thornton b Phillips	9
VT Hill	b Hearne	6
E Robson	c Stoddart b Hearne	2
GB Nichols	b Hearne	6
EJ Tyler	not out	14
+AP Wickham	st MacGregor b Hearne	5
Extras	(8 b)	8
Total	(all out, 67 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-76, 2-97, 3-103, 4-108, 5-121, 6-128, 7-136, 8-160, 9-162, 10-179 (67 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hearne	34	15	47	6	-	-
Rawlin	8	2	26	0	-	-
Bromley-Davenport	5	0	22	0	-	-
Phillips	20	4	76	4	-	-

Somerset second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Smith	b Hearne	15
G Fowler	b Hearne	2
WN Roe	c MacGregor b Phillips	29
WC Hedley	c Rawlin b Phillips	11
*SMJ Woods	c and b Hearne	0
VT Hill	b Phillips	23
E Robson	c MacGregor b Hearne	9
GB Nichols	b Hearne	2
EJ Tyler	not out	10
+AP Wickham	b Hearne	0
LCH Palairet	absent hurt
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(all out, 34.3 overs)	106
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-27, 3-29, 4-29, 5-76, 6-89, 7-?, 8-106, 9-106 (34.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hearne	17.3	2	44	6	-	-
Phillips	17	3	57	3	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> AE Stoddart (1) passed 12500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 53
--> DJ Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 34 in County Championship matches
--> DJ Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 34 in First-Class matches
--> GB Nichols reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings