f6113	Lancashire v London County
	Other First-Class matches in England 1903
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 18th, 19th, 20th June 1903 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	London County won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	G Bean, J Moss
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 247/4 (Eccles 68*, Hallows 21*)
Close of play day 2	London County (2) 224/1 (Murdoch 145*, Wood 67*)

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London County first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	b Steel	22			5	-
WL Murdoch	b Kermode	10
CJB Wood	c Eccles b Steel	13
LOS Poidevin	b Littlewood	5
RJH Lambert	not out	46
JWHT Douglas	b Littlewood	1
RZH Voss	b Littlewood	6
GC Gill	b Steel	21
W Smith	b Littlewood	1
TT Brewer	c MacLaren b Steel	0
WW Odell	b Littlewood	10
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 46.4 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-28 (Murdoch), 2-33 (Grace), 3-50, 4-50, 5-51, 6-57, 7-92, 8-97, 9-118, 10-139 (46.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steel	23	4	87	4	-	-
Kermode	9	4	13	1	-	-
Littlewood	14.4	6	35	5	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AC MacLaren	lbw b Douglas	51
RH Spooner	b Odell	1
JT Tyldesley	c Poidevin b Gill	29
AH Hornby	c Brewer b Douglas	66
A Eccles	b Douglas	126		160	18	-
J Hallows	not out	103		210	15	-
J Stanning	c sub b Douglas	22
EE Steel	c Lambert b Gill	63		60
GH Littlewood	b Gill	8
A Kermode	b Gill	2
+L Radcliffe	b Gill	0
Extras	(35 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	44
Total	(all out, 123 overs)	515
Fall of wickets:
1-16 (Spooner), 2-68 (Tyldesley), 3-115 (MacLaren), 4-182 (Hornby), 5-329 (Eccles), 6-385 (Stanning), 7-483 (Steel), 8-491 (Littlewood), 9-511 (Kermode), 10-515 (Radcliffe, 123 ov)

London County bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gill	33	2	120	5	-	2
Odell	29	5	111	1	-	-
Lambert	11	1	64	0	-	-
Douglas	25	3	103	4	-	-
Grace	20	4	51	0	-	-
Voss	5	1	22	0	-	-

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London County second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	b Steel	6			1	-
WL Murdoch	b Steel	155		210	21	-
CJB Wood	c and b Steel	78		200
LOS Poidevin	not out	172		265	23	-
RJH Lambert	c Eccles b Kermode	38
JWHT Douglas	c and b Kermode	5
RZH Voss	b Kermode	6
GC Gill	b Steel	7
W Smith	c Radcliffe b Kermode	32
TT Brewer	c Kermode b Hallows	59
WW Odell	c Eccles b Hallows	10
Extras	(20 b, 7 lb, 2 w)	29
Total	(all out, 177.1 overs)	597
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (Grace), 2-240, 3-245, 4-308, 5-329, 6-347, 7-354, 8-453, 9-579, 10-597 (177.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steel	46	7	161	4	-	-
Littlewood	44	9	111	0	-	-
Kermode	51	12	165	4	1	-
Hallows	10.1	3	31	2	1	-
Hornby	15	4	41	0	-	-
Spooner	9	2	48	0	-	-
Eccles	2	0	11	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RH Spooner	run out	0
EE Steel	b Gill	6
A Eccles	b Gill	17
JT Tyldesley	c Lambert b Gill	9
J Hallows	b Gill	0
AH Hornby	not out	3
*AC MacLaren	not out	12
J Stanning	did not bat
GH Littlewood	did not bat
A Kermode	did not bat
+L Radcliffe	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 6 nb)	11
Total	(5 wickets, 60 minutes, 20 overs)	58
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Spooner), 2-15 (Steel), 3-27, 4-27, 5-37

London County bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gill	10	1	31	4	-	6
Odell	9	2	14	0	-	-
Douglas	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> A Eccles (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 46
--> WL Murdoch (2) 50 in 75 minutes
--> WL Murdoch (2) 100 in 135 minutes
--> CJB Wood (2) 50 in 135 minutes
--> CJB Wood (2) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> LOS Poidevin (2) passed his previous highest score of 161 in First-Class matches
--> TT Brewer (2) passed his previous highest score of 20 in First-Class matches
--> JWHT Douglas achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed AC MacLaren in the Lancashire first innings (previous best was 0-9)
--> GC Gill reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Lancashire second innings

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