f4798 cc716	Leicestershire v Yorkshire
	County Championship 1897
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 23rd, 24th, 25th August 1897 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Yorkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	JJ Tuck, WAJ West
Close of play day 1	Yorkshire (1) 323/6 (Moorhouse 46*, Mounsey 20*; 128 overs)
Close of play day 2	No play

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Tunnicliffe	c Geeson b Stocks	1
JT Brown	c Geeson b Stocks	45
D Denton	c Knight b Woodcock	51
E Wainwright	c and b Stocks	50
GH Hirst	c Geeson b Woodcock	88
R Moorhouse	not out	46
*Lord Hawke	c and b Stocks	0
JT Mounsey	not out	20
S Haigh	did not bat
+D Hunter	did not bat
J Shaw	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 4 lb, 6 nb)	22
Total	(6 wickets, 128 overs)	323
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-99, 3-110, 4-247, 5-275, 6-276

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Woodcock	43	11	93	2	-	-
Stocks	43	17	88	4	-	-
Wood	4	1	18	0	-	-
Geeson	12	4	25	0	-	-
Coe	19	5	50	0	-	-
Rudd	7	0	27	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HH Marriott	did not bat
CJB Wood	did not bat
R Joyce	did not bat
GE Rudd	did not bat
AE Knight	did not bat
AD Pougher	did not bat
S Coe	did not bat
F Geeson	did not bat
FW Stocks	did not bat
+JP Whiteside	did not bat
A Woodcock	did not bat

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> JT Mounsey made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JT Mounsey made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> J Shaw made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> J Shaw made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> D Denton (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 37
--> A Woodcock reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Yorkshire first innings

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