Format: CricInfo Version 1t

County Championship, 1897
Hampshire v Essex
County Ground, Southampton
24,25 June 1897

Result: Essex won by an innings and 87 runs

Toss: Essex
Umpires: RO Clayton and W Draper

Close of Play:

Essex 1st innings
CP McGahey                               b Heseltine           53
HA Carpenter                             b Light               73
PA Perrin             c Baldwin          b Heseltine           36
+TM Russell           c Heseltine        b Light               16
AJ Turner             c Robson           b Webb                33
AP Lucas              c Light            b Hill                70
*HGP Owen                                b Webb                 3
CJ Kortright          c Barrett          b Baldwin             24
W Mead                                   b Baldwin             41
FG Bull               c Robson           b Hill                 0
H Pickett             not out                                   5
Extras                (b 11, w 2)                              13
Total                 (all out, 138.4 overs)                  367

FoW: 1-104, 2-160, 3-186, 4-186, 5-236,
     6-248, 7-281, 8-357, 9-357, 10-367.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Soar                        19      2     74      0
Baldwin                     42.4   15     87      2
Hill                        14      3     48      2
Heseltine                   20      7     37      2
Steele                      10      1     29      0
Light                       21      5     61      2
Webb                        12      6     18      2

Hampshire 1st innings
DA Steele             c Kortright        b Bull                 3
T Soar                                   b Bull                 8
VA Barton             c Mead             b Kortright            2
EIM Barrett                              b Kortright            4
AS Webb               c McGahey          b Bull                 6
AJL Hill              lbw                b Mead                37
*+C Robson            c Perrin           b Bull                28
RA Bennett                               b Mead                30
C Heseltine           c Russell          b Bull                 4
WF Light              run out                                  14
H Baldwin             not out                                   0
Extras                (b 6, lb 4, w 1)                         11
Total                 (all out, 58 overs)                     147

FoW: 1-4, 2-15, 3-15, 4-21, 5-25,
     6-88, 7-119, 8-132, 9-134, 10-147.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Kortright                   14      4     27      2
Bull                        29      6     71      5
Mead                        15      4     38      2

Hampshire 2nd innings (following on)
*+C Robson                               b Bull                 2
AJL Hill                                 b Mead                 4
VA Barton                                b Mead                31
EIM Barrett           st Russell         b Bull                 6
AS Webb                                  b Mead                14
RA Bennett            c Perrin           b Bull                27
DA Steele             lbw                b Mead                 9
WF Light              c Pickett          b Bull                15
H Baldwin             c Lucas            b Mead                15
C Heseltine                              b Mead                 3
T Soar                not out                                   0
Extras                (b 4, lb 3)                               7
Total                 (all out, 57.4 overs)                   133

FoW: 1-2, 2-8, 3-17, 4-48, 5-71,
     6-95, 7-101, 8-124, 9-133, 10-133.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bull                        29      7     76      4
Mead                        28.4    7     50      6

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