f2808	Somerset v Lancashire
	County Match 1884
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 11th, 12th August 1884 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 8 wickets
Close of play day 1	Somerset (2) 34/1 (Sainsbury 2*, Newton 12*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AN Hornby	c Fowler b Robinson	66
D Whittaker	st Welman b Robinson	26
OP Lancashire	b Challen	0
J Briggs	b Challen	3
JE Kershaw	b Fowler	4
VPFA Royle	b Fowler	10
JG Heap	b Fowler	0
WH Robinson	c Challen b Sainsbury	15
LD Hildyard	b Fowler	39
A Watson	not out	29
+R Pilling	b Roe	12
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 85.3 overs)	215
Fall of wickets:
1-87, 2-87, 3-98, 4-101, 5-120, 6-120, 7-120, 8-136, 9-189, 10-215 (85.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bastard	14	0	40	0	-	-
Fowler	25	3	48	4	-	-
Roe	7.3	2	18	1	-	-
Winter	7	0	29	0	-	-
Robinson	11	4	20	2	-	-
Challen	10	3	27	2	-	-
Sainsbury	6	0	19	1	-	-
Reed	5	4	3	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Fowler	c and b Briggs	36
E Sainsbury	c Pilling b Briggs	0
*SC Newton	b Briggs	0
FW Terry	c Watson b Briggs	9
WN Roe	b Watson	14
JB Challen	b Briggs	13
T Robinson	b Watson	2
+FT Welman	b Watson	5
F Reed	b Watson	0
EW Bastard	b Briggs	7
CE Winter	not out	0
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 48 overs)	86
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-13, 3-38, 4-55, 5-59, 6-65, 7-73, 8-73, 9-?, 10-86 (48 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	24	12	32	4	-	-
Briggs	24	10	54	6	-	-

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Somerset second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Fowler	c Heap b Briggs	18
E Sainsbury	b Watson	2
*SC Newton	c and b Watson	62
FW Terry	b Watson	21
WN Roe	c Pilling b Watson	0
JB Challen	c Lancashire b Whittaker	42
T Robinson	b Watson	7
+FT Welman	b Watson	18
F Reed	b Briggs	9
EW Bastard	not out	3
CE Winter	b Watson	4
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 141 overs)	196
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-39, 3-85, 4-85, 5-110, 6-126, 7-171, 8-181, 9-183, 10-196 (141 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	69	40	84	7	-	-
Briggs	48	26	71	2	-	-
Whittaker	18	10	26	1	-	-
Heap	4	3	4	0	-	-
Robinson	2	1	1	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AN Hornby	c Roe b Winter	36
D Whittaker	c Roe b Winter	10
OP Lancashire	not out	5
J Briggs	not out	10
JE Kershaw	did not bat
VPFA Royle	did not bat
JG Heap	did not bat
WH Robinson	did not bat
LD Hildyard	did not bat
A Watson	did not bat
+R Pilling	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(2 wickets, 26.2 overs)	68
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-55

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bastard	3.2	1	12	0	-	-
Fowler	8	5	10	0	-	-
Roe	6	2	10	0	-	-
Winter	3	0	17	2	-	-
Robinson	4	2	6	0	-	-
Challen	2	0	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> JG Heap made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> D Whittaker (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in First-Class matches
--> J Briggs achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 5-34)
--> A Watson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings

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