f4737 cc662	Middlesex v Surrey
	County Championship 1897
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 15th, 16th, 17th July 1897 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by 8 wickets
Points	Middlesex -1; Surrey 1
Umpires	AB Hide, CE Richardson
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 373/8 (Lees 10*, Wood 4*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 40/1 (Warner 13*, Rawlin 7*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Brockwell	b Cunliffe	20
R Abel	b Hearne	62
TW Hayward	b Hearne	82
C Baldwin	b Cunliffe	7
DLA Jephson	b Cunliffe	14
HB Chinnery	c Warner b Hearne	11
FC Holland	c Stoddart b Bromley-Davenport	70
*KJ Key	c Hearne b Thornton	76
WS Lees	not out	33
+H Wood	b Cunliffe	8
T Richardson	b Hearne	20
Extras	(7 b, 6 lb, 5 nb, 3 w)	21
Total	(all out, 158.2 overs)	424
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-160, 3-171, 4-185, 5-185, 6-206, 7-357, 8-373, 9-?, 10-424 (158.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hearne	59.2	25	126	4	-	-
Cunliffe	54	20	144	4	-	-
Bromley-Davenport	4	1	11	1	-	-
Thornton	3	0	13	1	-	-
Stoddart	14	5	34	0	-	-
Rawlin	14	5	40	0	-	-
Ford	2	0	12	0	-	-
Hayman	8	1	23	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HB Hayman	c Wood b Lees	24
PF Warner	c Wood b Richardson	12
AE Stoddart	lbw b Lees	91
JT Rawlin	c Wood b Lees	41
FGJ Ford	b Lees	39
G Thornton	c Wood b Richardson	15
*AJ Webbe	not out	16
+G MacGregor	c Abel b Richardson	12
HR Bromley-Davenport	b Richardson	0
FHE Cunliffe	b Richardson	2
JT Hearne	b Richardson	2
Extras	(8 b, 7 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 101.2 overs)	271
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-46, 3-145, 4-?, 5-233, 6-?, 7-257, 8-257, 9-?, 10-271 (101.2 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Richardson	34.2	8	97	6	-	-
Hayward	20	7	52	0	-	-
Lees	28	7	62	4	-	-
Brockwell	15	4	33	0	-	-
Jephson	4	2	10	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HB Hayman	b Richardson	17
PF Warner	c Wood b Richardson	17
JT Rawlin	b Richardson	43
AE Stoddart	b Hayward	25
FGJ Ford	b Hayward	5
G Thornton	b Richardson	2
*AJ Webbe	c Baldwin b Brockwell	23
+G MacGregor	c Hayward b Richardson	27
HR Bromley-Davenport	c Hayward b Richardson	38
FHE Cunliffe	b Richardson	4
JT Hearne	not out	2
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	6
Total	(all out, 82.2 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-45, 3-91, 4-97, 5-102, 6-124, 7-152, 8-167, 9-200, 10-209 (82.2 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Richardson	38.2	10	96	7	-	-
Hayward	14	3	35	2	-	-
Lees	24	6	50	0	-	-
Brockwell	6	1	22	1	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Brockwell	b Bromley-Davenport	25
R Abel	not out	20
C Baldwin	c Stoddart b Thornton	5
FC Holland	not out	0
TW Hayward	did not bat
DLA Jephson	did not bat
HB Chinnery	did not bat
*KJ Key	did not bat
WS Lees	did not bat
+H Wood	did not bat
T Richardson	did not bat
Extras	(7 b)	7
Total	(2 wickets, 16.1 overs)	57
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-53

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hearne	4	1	13	0	-	-
Cunliffe	6	1	24	0	-	-
Bromley-Davenport	4.1	0	13	1	-	-
Thornton	2	2	0	1	-	-

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Notes
--> FHE Cunliffe made his debut in County Championship matches
--> FGJ Ford (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 6
--> PF Warner (2) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 15
--> JT Rawlin (2) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 2
--> JT Rawlin (2) passed 4500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 43
--> G Thornton (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 2
--> HR Bromley-Davenport (2) passed 1500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 36
--> FHE Cunliffe made his debut for Middlesex in first-class matches
--> FHE Cunliffe reached 150 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> T Richardson reached 800 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> T Richardson reached 1150 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Middlesex second innings

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