Format: CricInfo Version 1t

County Championship, 1897
Hampshire v Leicestershire
County Ground, Southampton
26,27,28 August 1897

Result: Hampshire won by 6 wickets

Toss: Leicestershire
Umpires: G Hay and JH Holmes

Close of Play:

Leicestershire 1st innings
CJB Wood                             c & b Wynyard             28
AE Knight                                b Baldwin              1
AD Pougher                               b Wynyard             39
*HH Marriott                             b Hill                32
S Coe                                c & b Wynyard              9
R Joyce               c Bennett          b Wynyard             14
F Geeson              c Bennett          b Hill                12
GE Rudd                                  b Hill                 3
FW Stocks             c Steele           b Baldwin             23
+JP Whiteside         c Heseltine        b Baldwin              4
A Woodcock            not out                                   0
Extras                (b 13, w 1)                              14
Total                 (all out, 88 overs)                     179

FoW: 1-2, 2-69, 3-92, 4-108, 5-116,
     6-128, 7-142, 8-147, 9-177, 10-179.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Baldwin                     30     10     55      3
Heseltine                   11      4     23      0
Hill                        21      9     27      3
Brodhurst                    5      0     13      0
Wynyard                     21      6     47      4

Hampshire 1st innings
*EG Wynyard                              b Geeson              14
VA Barton                            c & b Stocks              14
AS Webb               st Whiteside       b Stocks              20
+RA Bennett           c Pougher          b Stocks               0
AJL Hill              run out                                  33
FE Lacey              c Wood             b Stocks               4
C Heseltine                              b Stocks              10
DA Steele                                b Geeson               1
EC Lee                not out                                  15
H Baldwin                                b Geeson               0
BML Brodhurst                            b Stocks               9
Extras                (b 4)                                     4
Total                 (all out, 47.1 overs)                   124

FoW: 1-17, 2-35, 3-40, 4-65, 5-77,
     6-90, 7-95, 8-105, 9-109, 10-124.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Woodcock                     4      1      7      0
Stocks                      23.1    4     66      6
Geeson                      20      7     47      3

Leicestershire 2nd innings
*HH Marriott                             b Hill                14
+JP Whiteside         c Wynyard          b Hill                 3
CJB Wood              c Bennett          b Hill                 0
AD Pougher                               b Hill                 2
AE Knight                                b Hill                 0
S Coe                                    b Hill                28
R Joyce               c Brodhurst        b Baldwin             10
F Geeson              lbw                b Hill                 0
FW Stocks                                b Baldwin              0
GE Rudd                                  b Baldwin              6
A Woodcock            not out                                   3
Extras                (b 6, lb 5)                              11
Total                 (all out, 41.3 overs)                    77

FoW: 1-14, 2-18, 3-22, 4-22, 5-45, 6-68, 7-68, 8-68, 9-70, 10-77.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Baldwin                     16.3    8     20      3
Hill                        21      9     36      7
Brodhurst                    2      0     10      0
Wynyard                      2      2      0      0

Hampshire 2nd innings (target: 133 runs)
*EG Wynyard           lbw                b Coe                 43
VA Barton                            c & b Stocks              24
EC Lee                not out                                  42
AS Webb               c Whiteside        b Woodcock             4
AJL Hill                                 b Stocks              10
FE Lacey              not out                                   9
Extras                (lb 1, nb 1)                              2
Total                 (4 wickets, 42.1 overs)                 134

DNB: +RA Bennett, C Heseltine, DA Steele, H Baldwin,
     BML Brodhurst.

FoW: 1-37, 2-88, 3-93, 4-118.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Woodcock                     5      1     20      1
Stocks                      15      3     48      2
Geeson                      13.1    2     40      0
Wood                         3      0     13      0
Coe                          6      0     11      1

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