f5211 cc975	Essex v Lancashire
	County Championship 1899
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 10th, 11th August 1899 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 8 wickets
Points	Essex -1; Lancashire 1
Umpires	L Hall, WA Woof
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 109/3 (Tyldesley 58*, Eccles 29*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Fane	b Mold	55
HA Carpenter	c Tyldesley b Ward	22
PA Perrin	b Mold	0
CP McGahey	c Tyldesley b Mold	6
GW Ayres	c and b Ward	1
AP Lucas	not out	55
*HGP Owen	b Mold	0
+TM Russell	c Hartley b Mold	15
HI Young	c Sharp b Cuttell	28
FG Bull	b Mold	4
W Mead	b Mold	6
Extras	(15 b, 5 lb)	20
Total	(all out, 87.1 overs)	212
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-56, 3-64, 4-71, 5-107, 6-107, 7-139, 8-188, 9-200, 10-212 (87.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sharp	10	2	30	0	-	-
Cuttell	10	4	20	1	-	-
Mold	36.1	10	93	7	-	-
Ward	26	8	45	2	-	-
Webb	5	4	4	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AC MacLaren	c Ayres b Mead	11
A Ward	b Young	0
JT Tyldesley	c Mead b Bull	84
AH Hornby	b Mead	6
A Eccles	b Young	76
CR Hartley	b Young	2
WR Cuttell	b Bull	5
J Sharp	lbw b Young	10
+C Smith	c Ayres b Young	33
S Webb	c and b Mead	10
AW Mold	not out	1
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 84.3 overs)	248
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-26, 3-46, 4-172, 5-184, 6-187, 7-195, 8-209, 9-244, 10-248 (84.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mead	22.3	8	46	3	-	-
Young	35	8	116	5	-	-
Bull	23	5	66	2	-	-
Ayres	3	2	7	0	-	-
Carpenter	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Fane	c Smith b Mold	3
HA Carpenter	b Ward	41
PA Perrin	c and b Mold	31
CP McGahey	b Sharp	9
AP Lucas	b Sharp	19
GW Ayres	c Eccles b Ward	16
*HGP Owen	b Sharp	0
+TM Russell	not out	18
HI Young	c Hartley b Ward	4
FG Bull	c Hartley b Ward	1
W Mead	c Hartley b Ward	0
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 53.1 overs)	146
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-48, 3-68, 4-90, 5-112, 6-113, 7-131, 8-140, 9-141, 10-146 (53.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sharp	17	3	43	3	-	-
Cuttell	7	3	11	0	-	-
Mold	10	0	33	2	-	-
Ward	19.1	1	55	5	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AC MacLaren	c Ayres b Bull	38
AH Hornby	not out	36
JT Tyldesley	c Carpenter b Ayres	32
A Eccles	not out	5
A Ward	did not bat
CR Hartley	did not bat
WR Cuttell	did not bat
J Sharp	did not bat
+C Smith	did not bat
S Webb	did not bat
AW Mold	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 32.4 overs)	111
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-89

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mead	11	2	37	0	-	-
Young	8	0	35	0	-	-
Bull	7	1	19	1	-	-
Ayres	3.4	0	13	1	-	-
Carpenter	3	1	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> HI Young (1) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 2
--> JT Tyldesley (1) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 6
--> AP Lucas (2) passed 8000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 19
--> AW Mold reached 100 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 6th wicket in the Essex first innings
--> AW Mold reached 1500 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex first innings
--> W Mead reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Lancashire first innings

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Play continued until nearly 6.45pm on the second day, in order that a result could be achieved.

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