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| Venue | County Ground, Hove on 17th, 18th June 1897 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 5 |
| Toss | Gentlemen of Philadelphia won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Gentlemen of Philadelphia won by 8 wickets |
| Umpires | RO Clayton, J Wheeler |
| Close of play day 1 | Sussex (2) 12/1 (Marlow 4*) |
| Gentlemen of Philadelphia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *GS Patterson | c Butt b Bland | 4 | |||||
| AM Wood | b Tate | 10 | |||||
| JA Lester | b Tate | 92 | |||||
| L Biddle | c Butt b Tate | 21 | |||||
| JB King | c Ranjitsinhji b Tate | 58 | |||||
| HC Coates | b Tate | 4 | |||||
| +FW Ralston | b Tate | 14 | |||||
| HL Clark | lbw b Bland | 1 | |||||
| HP Baily | c Bean b Tate | 9 | |||||
| EM Cregar | c Butt b Bland | 0 | |||||
| PH Clark | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (3 lb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 94 overs) | 216 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-22, 3-60, 4-167, 5-185, 6-190, 7-207, 8-207, 9-212, 10-216 (94 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bland | 32 | 14 | 50 | 3 | - | - | |
| Tate | 38 | 12 | 88 | 7 | - | - | |
| Killick | 12 | 4 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ranjitsinhji | 5 | 2 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bean | 7 | 2 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FW Marlow | c PH Clark b King | 6 | |||||
| *WL Murdoch | b King | 3 | |||||
| KS Ranjitsinhji | b King | 0 | |||||
| G Brann | b King | 10 | |||||
| W Newham | c Biddle b Cregar | 0 | |||||
| J Vine | b King | 4 | |||||
| EH Killick | c Ralston b Cregar | 7 | |||||
| G Bean | not out | 8 | |||||
| +HR Butt | b King | 4 | |||||
| FW Tate | b King | 0 | |||||
| CHG Bland | c Biddle b Cregar | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 2 w) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 20 overs) | 46 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-10, 3-16, 4-17, 5-22, 6-33, 7-37, 8-45, 9-45, 10-46 (20 ov) | |||||||
| Gentlemen of Philadelphia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| King | 10 | 5 | 13 | 7 | - | - | |
| Cregar | 10 | 2 | 30 | 3 | - | - | |
| Sussex second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FW Marlow | b Baily | 19 | |||||
| J Vine | c Patterson b Cregar | 8 | |||||
| KS Ranjitsinhji | c HL Clark b PH Clark | 74 | |||||
| *WL Murdoch | c sub b King | 1 | |||||
| G Brann | c Wood b King | 41 | |||||
| W Newham | b King | 67 | |||||
| EH Killick | c King b Cregar | 4 | |||||
| G Bean | b King | 29 | |||||
| +HR Butt | b King | 1 | |||||
| FW Tate | b King | 2 | |||||
| CHG Bland | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 4 lb, 1 w) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 90.1 overs) | 252 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12, 2-55, 3-62, 4-123, 5-170, 6-175, 7-229, 8-243, 9-243, 10-252 (90.1 ov) | |||||||
| Gentlemen of Philadelphia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| King | 38.1 | 11 | 102 | 6 | - | - | |
| Cregar | 13 | 2 | 41 | 2 | - | - | |
| Baily | 17 | 6 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| PH Clark | 16 | 1 | 53 | 1 | - | - | |
| Patterson | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Coates | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gentlemen of Philadelphia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *GS Patterson | b Bland | 4 | |||||
| AM Wood | b Tate | 42 | |||||
| JA Lester | not out | 34 | |||||
| L Biddle | not out | 1 | |||||
| JB King | did not bat | ||||||
| HC Coates | did not bat | ||||||
| +FW Ralston | did not bat | ||||||
| HL Clark | did not bat | ||||||
| HP Baily | did not bat | ||||||
| EM Cregar | did not bat | ||||||
| PH Clark | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 39 overs) | 83 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13, 2-74 | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bland | 13 | 2 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Tate | 17 | 10 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| Killick | 9 | 2 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> JA Lester (1) passed his previous highest score of 72 in First-Class matches
--> JB King (1) passed his previous highest score of 36 in First-Class matches
--> W Newham (2) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 50
--> JB King achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Sussex first innings (previous best was 7-55)
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