Format: CricInfo Version 1t

County Championship, 1896
Hampshire v Leicestershire
United Services Ground, Portsmouth
27,28,29 August 1896

Result: Hampshire won by 6 wickets

Toss: Leicestershire
Umpires: J Lillywhite and R Thoms

Close of Play:

Leicestershire 1st innings
*CE de Trafford                      c & b Baldwin              1
GW Hillyard           c Barton           b Soar                 4
H German              c Webb             b Baldwin             10
AE Knight             c Robson           b Soar                 0
AD Pougher            c sub              b Steele              10
CC Stone              c sub              b Baldwin             55
R Joyce               c Steele           b Baldwin              0
W Tomlin              c Steele           b Barton              23
F Geeson              c sub              b Baldwin              3
A Woodcock            not out                                  18
+JP Whiteside         c Steele           b Baldwin              8
Extras                (b 9, lb 3)                              12
Total                 (all out, 73.2 overs)                   144

FoW: 1-1, 2-9, 3-9, 4-21, 5-39, 6-39, 7-90, 8-93, 9-128, 10-144.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Soar                         3      0      8      2
Baldwin                     34.2   14     61      6
Steele                      14      5     26      1
Wootton                     10      5     13      0
Barton                       9      3     14      1
Ward                         3      1     10      0

Hampshire 1st innings
RA Bennett            c Geeson           b Hillyard            17
*C Robson             c Hillyard         b Pougher              7
VA Barton             c Hillyard         b Woodcock            57
EIM Barrett           c Geeson           b Hillyard             6
HF Ward               run out                                   4
AH Delme-Radcliffe                       b Pougher             19
AS Webb                              c & b Pougher             54
DA Steele                                b Woodcock            20
J Wootton             c Woodcock         b Geeson              29
T Soar                not out                                  10
H Baldwin                                b Geeson               9
Extras                (b 8)                                     8
Total                 (all out, 90.3 overs)                   240

FoW: 1-18, 2-55, 3-71, 4-76, 5-98,
     6-123, 7-159, 8-203, 9-230, 10-240.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Woodcock                    28      8     87      2
Pougher                     25     15     40      3
Hillyard                    24      6     61      2
Geeson                      13.3    2     44      2

Leicestershire 2nd innings
*CE de Trafford       c sub              b Steele              28
H German              c Barton           b Baldwin              7
AE Knight                                b Steele              11
AD Pougher            run out                                  61
CC Stone                                 b Webb                15
W Tomlin              c Robson           b Ward                 0
R Joyce                                  b Baldwin             44
GW Hillyard                              b Baldwin             12
F Geeson              c Delme-Radcliffe  b Baldwin             30
A Woodcock                               b Baldwin             11
+JP Whiteside         not out                                   1
Extras                (b 6)                                     6
Total                 (all out, 123.2 overs)                  226

FoW: 1-30, 2-36, 3-56, 4-99, 5-100,
     6-162, 7-179, 8-188, 9-204, 10-226.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Baldwin                     52.2   30     60      5
Steele                      31      9     75      2
Wootton                     18      4     44      0
Barton                       3      0      7      0
Ward                        14      6     21      1
Webb                         5      2     13      1

Hampshire 2nd innings (target: 131 runs)
RA Bennett            c Hillyard         b Woodcock             0
*C Robson                                b Woodcock             3
VA Barton             not out                                  75
EIM Barrett           c Hillyard         b Pougher             30
HF Ward                                  b Woodcock             8
AS Webb               not out                                  12
Extras                (b 3)                                     3
Total                 (4 wickets, 49 overs)                   131

DNB: AH Delme-Radcliffe, DA Steele, J Wootton, T Soar, H Baldwin.

FoW: 1-0, 2-3, 3-88, 4-105.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Woodcock                    17      2     54      3
Pougher                     16      5     45      1
Hillyard                     4      2     12      0
Geeson                      12      5     17      0

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