Format: CricInfo Version 1t

County Championship, 1896
Hampshire v Somerset
County Ground, Southampton
9,10,11 July 1896

Result: Somerset won by 8 wickets

Toss: Somerset
Umpires: A Chester and J Lillywhite

Close of Play:

Somerset 1st innings
LCH Palairet                             b Ward               292
HT Stanley            c Robson           b Barton               5
DJ Smith                                 b Wootton             19
GB Nichols                               b Steele              22
RCN Palairet                             b Steele               3
*SMJ Woods            c Steele           b Ward                30
VT Hill               c Wynyard          b Ward                22
RB Porch              run out                                  11
E Robson              run out                                  54
+AE Newton            not out                                   4
EJ Tyler                                 b Barton              28
Extras                (b 18, lb 9, nb 2)                       29
Total                 (all out, 176.2 overs)                  519

FoW: 1-27, 2-72, 3-154, 4-166, 5-217,
     6-261, 7-341, 8-472, 9-484, 10-519.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Ward                        19      4     38      3
Baldwin                     37      8    116      0
Soar                        24      5     89      0
Barton                      30.2    6     69      2
Wootton                     32     11     78      1
Steele                      22      2     65      2
Wynyard                      6      3     20      0
Quinton                      6      1     15      0

Hampshire 1st innings
HF Ward               c Woods            b Tyler                6
+C Robson             c Robson           b Tyler                1
VA Barton                                b Woods               14
AS Webb               c Tyler            b Woods               73
*EG Wynyard           c RCN Palairet     b Tyler               14
FWD Quinton           lbw                b Hill                76
FH Bacon              c Smith            b Woods                0
DA Steele             st Newton          b Tyler               48
T Soar                c RCN Palairet     b Tyler                4
J Wootton             run out                                  14
H Baldwin             not out                                   6
Extras                (b 5, w 1)                                6
Total                 (all out, 113.1 overs)                  262

FoW: 1-7, 2-13, 3-47, 4-72, 5-144,
     6-144, 7-234, 8-239, 9-243, 10-262.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Tyler                       47     12    111      5
Woods                       32.1   10     77      3
Nichols                     10      3     14      0
LCH Palairet                12      4     27      0
Robson                       6      2     11      0
Hill                         6      2     16      1

Hampshire 2nd innings (following on)
HF Ward               c Newton           b Nichols             32
+C Robson             c RCN Palairet     b Woods                7
J Wootton             c RCN Palairet     b Tyler               53
VA Barton                                b Nichols              8
FWD Quinton                              b Woods               52
AS Webb               c Newton           b Tyler                6
*EG Wynyard           c Hill             b Tyler                2
DA Steele                                b Tyler               25
FH Bacon              c Tyler            b Nichols             47
T Soar                not out                                  12
H Baldwin             c Porch            b Woods                2
Extras                (b 14, lb 8, w 2)                        24
Total                 (all out, 118.3 overs)                  270

FoW: 1-8, 2-92, 3-118, 4-118, 5-133,
     6-145, 7-192, 8-224, 9-267, 10-270.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Tyler                       40     15     89      4
Woods                       28.3   12     57      3
Nichols                     23     16     17      3
LCH Palairet                21      4     60      0
Robson                       5      2     15      0
Hill                         1      0      8      0

Somerset 2nd innings (target: 14 runs)
VT Hill               c Barton           b Ward                 5
RCN Palairet          not out                                   4
E Robson                                 b Ward                 0
HT Stanley            not out                                   4
Extras                (w 1)                                     1
Total                 (2 wickets, 4 overs)                     14

DNB: LCH Palairet, DJ Smith, GB Nichols, *SMJ Woods, RB Porch,
     +AE Newton, EJ Tyler.

FoW: 1-9, 2-9.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Ward                         2      0      7      2
Baldwin                      2      0      6      0

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