f4806 cc724	Sussex v Surrey
	County Championship 1897
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 30th, 31st August, 1st September 1897 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	RA Thoms, VA Titchmarsh
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 92/3 (Jephson 18*, Baldwin 27*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 251/7 (Murdoch 74*, Butt 4*; 92 overs)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CB Fry	b Lees	19
G Brann	b Richardson	64
KS Ranjitsinhji	b Lees	31
*WL Murdoch	b Richardson	8
W Newham	b Richardson	0
G Bean	b Richardson	1
F Parris	run out	4
JC Hartley	b Richardson	7
+HR Butt	not out	13
FW Tate	lbw b Jephson	4
CHG Bland	b Jephson	2
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 70.2 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-68, 3-68, 4-74, 5-75, 6-112, 7-113, 8-135, 9-152, 10-154 (70.2 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Keene	9	3	19	0	-	-
Richardson	30	7	64	5	-	-
Jephson	5.2	0	19	2	-	-
Lees	25	10	39	2	-	-
Brockwell	1	0	12	0	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Abel	c Butt b Bland	7
W Brockwell	c sub b Bland	34
WS Lees	st Butt b Hartley	2
DLA Jephson	c Butt b Tate	42
C Baldwin	b Bland	33
HDG Leveson-Gower	c Butt b Tate	1
*KJ Key	c Bland b Tate	11
LC Braund	b Tate	1
+H Wood	b Bland	8
T Richardson	b Bland	12
JW Keene	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	8
Total	(all out, 80.3 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-25, 3-50, 4-104, 5-121, 6-128, 7-130, 8-143, 9-147, 10-159 (80.3 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bland	33.3	11	59	5	-	-
Hartley	13	4	35	1	-	-
Parris	7	3	13	0	-	-
Tate	24	13	43	4	-	-
Fry	3	2	1	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CB Fry	b Richardson	52
G Brann	lbw b Lees	7
KS Ranjitsinhji	lbw b Lees	33
W Newham	lbw b Lees	0
*WL Murdoch	not out	74
G Bean	c Wood b Brockwell	53
F Parris	b Richardson	4
JC Hartley	c Wood b Keene	15
+HR Butt	not out	4
FW Tate	did not bat
CHG Bland	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb)	9
Total	(7 wickets, 92 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-83, 3-83, 4-93, 5-195, 6-?, 7-?

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Keene	18	2	45	1	-	-
Richardson	36	11	97	2	-	-
Jephson	4	0	21	0	-	-
Lees	22	5	62	3	-	-
Brockwell	12	7	17	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> C Baldwin (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 27
--> KJ Key (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 3
--> G Brann (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> WL Murdoch (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 50
--> G Bean (2) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> T Richardson reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> T Richardson reached 1250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> FW Tate reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Surrey first innings

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