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Modern Puzzles by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $200$

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In a country match Great Muddleton, who went in first, made a score of which they were proud.

Then Little Wurzleford had their innings and scored a quarter less.

The Muddletonians in their next attempt made a quarter less than their opponents,

who, curiously enough, were only rewarded on their second attempt by a quarter less than their last score.

Thus, every innings was a quarter less fruitful in runs than the one that preceded it.

Yet the Muddletonians won the match by $50$ runs.

Can you give the exact score for every one of the four innings?

Sources

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