f3921 cc235	Lancashire v Somerset
	County Championship 1893
Venue	Aigburth, Liverpool on 24th, 25th, 26th July 1893 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 230 runs
Points	Lancashire 1; Somerset -1
Umpires	JTBD Platts, TE Shoubridge
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 90/3 (Spurway 38*, Fowler 34*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 57/1 (Poynton 16*, Spurway 5*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AC MacLaren	c Bolus b Hedley	14
A Ward	c Wickham b Hedley	52
FH Sugg	c Wickham b Hedley	31
F Ward	c and b Hedley	23
J Briggs	c Poynton b Hedley	0
GR Baker	c Young b Tyler	15
CH Benton	b Nichols	16
A Tinsley	c Palairet b Hedley	18
+C Smith	b Tyler	2
W Oakley	st Wickham b Tyler	8
AW Mold	not out	4
Extras	(5 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 101 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-80, 3-112, 4-112, 5-129, 6-153, 7-156, 8-159, 9-185, 10-189 (101 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyler	35	19	23	3	-	-
Nichols	28	10	58	1	-	-
Hedley	31	11	75	6	-	-
Fowler	6	2	27	0	-	-
Palairet	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LCH Palairet	c Sugg b Briggs	0
FJ Poynton	run out	11
RP Spurway	b Mold	55
WC Hedley	b Mold	1
G Fowler	b Mold	34
GB Nichols	b Mold	0
*SMJ Woods	run out	10
WAR Young	c F Ward b Mold	0
F Bolus	b Mold	3
EJ Tyler	b Mold	16
+AP Wickham	not out	3
Extras	(3 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 60.4 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-22, 3-24, 4-90, 5-92, 6-114, 7-119, 8-120, 9-127, 10-144 (60.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Briggs	26	11	30	1	-	-
Mold	27.4	8	84	7	-	-
Oakley	2	0	8	0	-	-
Baker	3	1	9	0	-	-
F Ward	2	1	2	0	-	1

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FH Sugg	b Tyler	88
A Ward	c Palairet b Nichols	92
F Ward	run out	19
*AC MacLaren	c Palairet b Hedley	13
J Briggs	b Tyler	42
GR Baker	b Tyler	15
CH Benton	b Nichols	1
A Tinsley	c Nichols b Tyler	5
+C Smith	b Nichols	0
W Oakley	b Tyler	3
AW Mold	not out	1
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 95 overs)	290
Fall of wickets:
1-140, 2-180, 3-220, 4-224, 5-273, 6-280, 7-282, 8-286, 9-286, 10-290 (95 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyler	38	8	85	5	-	-
Nichols	25	9	68	3	-	-
Hedley	19	1	69	1	-	-
Fowler	9	2	30	0	-	-
Palairet	3	0	21	0	-	-
Woods	1	0	6	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LCH Palairet	b Oakley	34
FJ Poynton	st Smith b Briggs	16
RP Spurway	c Smith b Briggs	6
WC Hedley	b Briggs	4
G Fowler	c Briggs b Mold	10
*SMJ Woods	c Oakley b Mold	21
GB Nichols	c and b Briggs	1
WAR Young	st Smith b Briggs	0
F Bolus	c Smith b Briggs	1
EJ Tyler	not out	2
+AP Wickham	absent hurt
Extras	(10 b)	10
Total	(all out, 43 overs)	105
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-57, 3-61, 4-64, 5-78, 6-101, 7-101, 8-101, 9-105 (43 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Briggs	16	3	45	6	-	-
Mold	17	7	33	2	-	-
Oakley	5	3	9	1	-	-
F Ward	5	3	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RP Spurway (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in County Championship matches
--> EJ Tyler (1) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 7
--> WAR Young made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> WAR Young made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> WC Hedley achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Lancashire first innings (previous best was 4-18)
--> WC Hedley achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Lancashire first innings
--> J Briggs reached 100 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 6th wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> AW Mold reached 600 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> J Briggs reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Somerset second innings

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