Format: CricInfo Version 1t

County Championship, 1897
Hampshire v Somerset
United Services Ground, Portsmouth
12,13,14 July 1897

Result: Hampshire won by 3 wickets

Toss: Somerset
Umpires: J Lillywhite and R Thoms

Close of Play:

Somerset 1st innings
*SMJ Woods            c Robson           b Steele              25
RCN Palairet          c Steele           b Soar                31
HT Stanley                               b Steele              55
GB Nichols                               b Hill                39
E Robson                                 b Lee                 48
G Fowler                                 b Steele               3
EJ Tyler                                 b Steele               1
RB Porch              not out                                  41
DJ Smith              c Wynyard          b Heseltine           15
GC Gill                                  b Soar                 4
+PAP Wickham                             b Soar                 2
Extras                (b 7)                                     7
Total                 (all out, 119.4 overs)                  271

FoW: 1-56, 2-58, 3-132, 4-193, 5-207,
     6-208, 7-211, 8-246, 9-263, 10-271.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Soar                        31.4    8     76      3
Baldwin                     21      5     55      0
Steele                      16      5     31      4
Heseltine                   14      4     31      1
Hill                        22      6     35      1
Lee                         15      4     36      1

Hampshire 1st innings
+C Robson             c Palairet         b Gill                 3
VA Barton             c Robson           b Woods               81
EIM Barrett                              b Gill                 8
T Soar                c Robson           b Woods                4
*EG Wynyard           c Gill             b Woods               80
AJL Hill              c Smith            b Woods               19
AJH Luard             c Palairet         b Tyler                4
DA Steele             c Nichols          b Tyler                0
EC Lee                not out                                   1
C Heseltine                              b Tyler                8
H Baldwin             c Nichols          b Tyler                2
Extras                (b 4, lb 8)                              12
Total                 (all out, 79.4 overs)                   222

FoW: 1-22, 2-34, 3-47, 4-177, 5-192,
     6-205, 7-211, 8-211, 9-220, 10-222.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Woods                       26      6     68      4
Gill                        20      7     50      2
Tyler                       22.4    4     68      4
Fowler                       1      0      1      0
Robson                       3      1      9      0
Nichols                      7      3     14      0

Somerset 2nd innings
*SMJ Woods                               b Hill                 4
RCN Palairet          c Heseltine        b Steele              32
HT Stanley                               b Steele              14
GB Nichols                               b Heseltine            2
E Robson                                 b Heseltine            2
G Fowler                                 b Steele               7
EJ Tyler              c Wynyard          b Lee                 30
RB Porch              c Robson           b Steele               0
DJ Smith                                 b Steele              11
GC Gill                                  b Lee                  1
+PAP Wickham          not out                                   0
Extras                (b 1, lb 1)                               2
Total                 (all out, 42.3 overs)                   105

FoW: 1-8, 2-48, 3-51, 4-55, 5-59,
     6-85, 7-85, 8-99, 9-105, 10-105.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Soar                         8      1     19      0
Steele                      12      2     32      5
Heseltine                   11      0     37      2
Hill                         9      2     15      1
Lee                          2.3    2      0      2

Hampshire 2nd innings (target: 155 runs)
+C Robson                                b Tyler                4
VA Barton                                b Robson              28
EIM Barrett           c Woods            b Tyler                9
T Soar                c Smith            b Tyler               26
*EG Wynyard           c Woods            b Tyler               32
AJL Hill              not out                                  15
AJH Luard             c Wickham          b Tyler                0
DA Steele             c Nichols          b Tyler                0
EC Lee                not out                                  34
Extras                (b 8)                                     8
Total                 (7 wickets, 62.1 overs)                 156

DNB: C Heseltine, H Baldwin.

FoW: 1-10, 2-38, 3-59, 4-87, 5-113, 6-113, 7-113.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Woods                       10      0     36      0
Tyler                       31      8     73      6
Robson                      21.1    6     39      1

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