f3247	Lancashire v Sussex
	County Match 1888
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 31st May, 1st, 2nd June 1888 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Sussex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Lancashire 0.5; Sussex 0.5
Umpires	H Jupp, G Panter
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 33/0 (Crosfield 21*, Barlow 10*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 228/7 (Briggs 126*, Jones 20*; 113 overs)

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WA Tester	b Briggs	0
W Quaife	b Barlow	0
W Newham	c Ward b Briggs	128
EJ McCormick	c Whiteside b Briggs	64
JB Hide	b Briggs	14
WA Humphreys	not out	52
*CA Smith	c Whiteside b Briggs	0
G Brann	st Whiteside b Briggs	13
FW Tate	lbw b Briggs	2
AB Hide	b Briggs	0
+H Phillips	c Kemp b Briggs	0
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 188.3 overs)	280
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-87, 4-127, 5-258, 6-258, 7-274, 8-280, 9-280, 10-280 (188.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Briggs	60.3	27	88	9	-	-
Barlow	53	25	73	1	-	-
Watson	39	21	53	0	-	-
Ward	22	9	28	0	-	-
Hudson	9	2	22	0	-	-
Crosfield	5	2	9	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*SM Crosfield	c AB Hide b Smith	44
RG Barlow	c Tate b Smith	29
J Eccles	b Smith	18
G Kemp	c Tate b Smith	14
J Briggs	c Phillips b Smith	1
WH Robinson	c AB Hide b Smith	23
CL Jones	run out	2
B Hudson	c McCormick b JB Hide	10
F Ward	not out	4
A Watson	c and b Smith	0
+JP Whiteside	b JB Hide	0
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 106 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-68, 2-85, 3-97, 4-99, 5-129, 6-131, 7-143, 8-145, 9-150, 10-150 (106 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	43	21	59	7	-	-
AB Hide	25	12	32	0	-	-
Humphreys	10	3	16	0	-	-
JB Hide	28	11	38	2	-	-

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Lancashire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*SM Crosfield	c AB Hide b Smith	2
RG Barlow	lbw b JB Hide	36
J Eccles	lbw b Smith	3
G Kemp	b Smith	1
J Briggs	not out	126
F Ward	c AB Hide b McCormick	6
WH Robinson	b AB Hide	5
B Hudson	c Brann b JB Hide	12
CL Jones	not out	20
A Watson	did not bat
+JP Whiteside	did not bat
Extras	(15 b, 2 lb)	17
Total	(7 wickets, 113 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-18, 3-22, 4-89, 5-114, 6-142, 7-167

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	27	13	41	3	-	-
AB Hide	14	1	38	1	-	-
Humphreys	8	0	18	0	-	-
JB Hide	36	11	53	2	-	-
Tate	14	7	20	0	-	-
Tester	10	2	24	0	-	-
McCormick	4	1	17	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> JP Whiteside made his debut in First-Class matches
--> B Hudson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> J Briggs (2) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 70
--> J Briggs reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 9th wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> CA Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Lancashire first innings (previous best was 6-52)
--> CA Smith reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Lancashire second innings

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