f4777 cc698	Gloucestershire v Nottinghamshire
	County Championship 1897
Venue	College Ground, Cheltenham on 12th, 13th, 14th August 1897 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Nottinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by an innings and 40 runs
Points	Gloucestershire 1; Nottinghamshire -1
Umpires	J Potter, J Street
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 62/1 (WG Grace sen 37*, Wrathall 18*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (1) 359/9 (WG Grace jun 24*, Roberts 9*)

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Nottinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PW Oscroft	c WG Grace sen b Roberts	14
P Mason	c Bateman-Champain b WG Grace sen	71
AO Jones	c WG Grace jun b Jessop	57
W Attewell	b Brown	1
*JA Dixon	c Board b Townsend	7
CE Dench	c Board b Roberts	14
HB Daft	c Wrathall b Jessop	23
FH Guttridge	b Jessop	9
JR Gunn	c Bateman-Champain b WG Grace sen	1
+TW Oates	b Jessop	0
BB Gregory	not out	0
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 92 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-100, 3-105, 4-121, 5-148, 6-180, 7-197, 8-198, 9-198, 10-198 (92 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jessop	27	3	53	4	-	-
Townsend	15	1	44	1	-	-
Roberts	19	5	51	2	-	-
Brown	14	2	27	1	-	-
WG Grace sen	17	6	22	2	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace sen	c sub b Attewell	131
RW Rice	c Jones b Guttridge	7
H Wrathall	c and b Guttridge	24
FH Bateman-Champain	c Oates b Daft	37
GL Jessop	c Dixon b Daft	0
CL Townsend	c Dixon b Jones	66
+JH Board	c Dixon b Gregory	21
AG Richardson	c Gregory b Attewell	22
WG Grace jun	not out	24
WSA Brown	lbw b Jones	2
FG Roberts	not out	9
Extras	(9 b, 7 lb)	16
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 164 overs)	359
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-91, 3-161, 4-161, 5-236, 6-263, 7-310, 8-320, 9-322

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Guttridge	35	11	59	2	-	-
Attewell	58	24	97	2	-	-
Gregory	36	15	81	1	-	-
Jones	18	4	53	2	-	-
Gunn	2	0	13	0	-	-
Dench	4	0	15	0	-	-
Daft	10	2	22	2	-	-
Dixon	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Nottinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PW Oscroft	c and b Jessop	8
P Mason	run out	4
AO Jones	c Rice b WG Grace sen	3
W Attewell	c Bateman-Champain b WG Grace sen	15
*JA Dixon	c Board b WG Grace sen	16
CE Dench	c Brown b WG Grace sen	7
HB Daft	st Board b Townsend	32
FH Guttridge	st Board b WG Grace sen	0
JR Gunn	c Jessop b Townsend	29
+TW Oates	not out	3
BB Gregory	c Board b WG Grace sen	1
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 79.2 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-13, 3-28, 4-37, 5-52, 6-59, 7-59, 8-117, 9-117, 10-121 (79.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jessop	20	7	35	1	-	-
Townsend	17	4	33	2	-	-
Brown	7	5	14	0	-	-
WG Grace sen	35.2	19	36	6	-	-

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Notes
--> P Mason (1) passed his previous highest score of 41 in County Championship matches
--> P Mason (1) passed his previous highest score of 51 in first-class matches
--> AO Jones (1) passed 3000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 37
--> JA Dixon (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 4
--> TW Oates made his debut in first-class matches
--> TW Oates made his debut in County Championship matches
--> WG Grace (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 85
--> FH Bateman-Champain (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 2
--> JR Gunn (2) passed his previous highest score of 27 in County Championship matches
--> CL Townsend reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Nottinghamshire second innings

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