f4976 cc825	Gloucestershire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1898
Venue	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 4th, 5th, 6th August 1898 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	W Shrewsbury, J Yeadon
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 317/8 (Townsend 120*, Brown 7*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 11/0 (Brown 10*, Troup 0*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	c Stoddart b Cunliffe	55
W Troup	c Ford b Hearne	15
CL Townsend	c Stoddart b Hearne	131
COH Sewell	c Wells b Trott	25
FH Bateman-Champain	lbw b Trott	0
RW Rice	c Ford b Hearne	60
GL Jessop	c Trott b Hearne	4
GH Beloe	c Cunliffe b Hearne	16
+JH Board	b Trott	5
WSA Brown	lbw b Trott	40
H Wrathall	not out	6
Extras	(17 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	22
Total	(all out, 168.1 overs)	379
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-88, 3-128, 4-134, 5-248, 6-283, 7-?, 8-299, 9-340, 10-379 (168.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hearne	64.1	25	120	5	-	-
Trott	54	25	118	4	-	-
Cunliffe	24	8	61	1	-	-
Wells	11	4	27	0	-	-
Bosanquet	9	5	19	0	-	-
Stoddart	6	0	12	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Douglas	c Beloe b Townsend	82
PF Warner	c Grace b Townsend	6
AE Stoddart	b Jessop	70
FGJ Ford	c Jessop b Wrathall	53
FHE Cunliffe	b Jessop	0
CM Wells	c Sewell b Townsend	77
BJT Bosanquet	b Wrathall	0
AE Trott	b Jessop	26
*AJ Webbe	c Rice b Townsend	23
JT Hearne	b Jessop	10
+RP Lewis	not out	2
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	3
Total	(all out, 110.2 overs)	352
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-127, 3-173, 4-173, 5-254, 6-254, 7-306, 8-?, 9-?, 10-352 (110.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Townsend	38	4	126	4	-	-
Jessop	39.2	14	89	4	-	-
Grace	9	1	33	0	-	-
Brown	15	4	54	0	-	-
Sewell	2	0	11	0	-	-
Wrathall	7	1	36	2	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WSA Brown	not out	10
W Troup	not out	0
*WG Grace	did not bat
CL Townsend	did not bat
COH Sewell	did not bat
FH Bateman-Champain	did not bat
RW Rice	did not bat
GL Jessop	did not bat
GH Beloe	did not bat
+JH Board	did not bat
H Wrathall	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(no wicket, 5 overs)	11

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hearne	3	0	5	0	-	-
Trott	2	1	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> GH Beloe made his debut in County Championship matches
--> GH Beloe made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RP Lewis made his debut in County Championship matches
--> CL Townsend (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 63
--> CL Townsend (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> FGJ Ford (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> RP Lewis made his debut for Middlesex in First-Class matches
--> JT Hearne reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> JT Hearne reached 1500 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> JT Hearne reached 900 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings

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