f4787 cc708	Gloucestershire v Somerset
	County Championship 1897
Venue	Clifton College Close Ground, Clifton on 19th, 20th, 21st August 1897 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	WF Collishaw, A Young
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 141/4 (Phillips 47*, Woods 26*)
Close of play day 2	No play

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace sen	c Newton b Hedley	8
RW Rice	lbw b Tyler	6
H Wrathall	b Woods	24
+JH Board	c and b Robson	67
CL Townsend	b Woods	0
GL Jessop	b Woods	90
WM Hemingway	b Woods	20
WG Grace jun	b Woods	5
AG Richardson	b Woods	0
HS Goodwin	not out	36
FG Roberts	run out	15
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 91.1 overs)	283
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-17, 3-101, 4-101, 5-158, 6-217, 7-224, 8-224, 9-229, 10-283 (91.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hedley	20	7	66	1	-	-
Tyler	29	2	70	1	-	-
Fowler	10	3	24	0	-	-
Woods	19.1	5	80	6	-	-
Robson	9	7	17	1	-	-
Nichols	4	2	14	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VT Hill	c WG Grace jun b Townsend	18
LCH Palairet	b Roberts	29
GB Nichols	b Townsend	6
WN Roe	lbw b WG Grace sen	12
FA Phillips	c and b WG Grace sen	92
*SMJ Woods	b Jessop	34
E Robson	b WG Grace sen	5
G Fowler	b Jessop	9
+AE Newton	c Richardson b WG Grace sen	2
EJ Tyler	c Hemingway b WG Grace sen	3
WC Hedley	not out	5
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 62.2 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-53, 3-55, 4-93, 5-160, 6-171, 7-186, 8-197, 9-206, 10-218 (62.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Townsend	17	1	86	2	-	-
Roberts	9	2	26	1	-	-
Jessop	22	1	51	2	-	-
WG Grace sen	14.2	1	52	5	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Wrathall	b Robson	0
+JH Board	c Woods b Hedley	0
GL Jessop	c Palairet b Hedley	2
HS Goodwin	b Hedley	17
WM Hemingway	b Hedley	0
AG Richardson	b Robson	2
CL Townsend	not out	18
RW Rice	not out	13
*WG Grace sen	did not bat
WG Grace jun	did not bat
FG Roberts	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 33 overs)	57
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-2, 4-2, 5-7, 6-29

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hedley	15	6	22	4	-	-
Robson	14	7	16	2	-	-
Hill	2	2	0	0	-	-
Roe	2	0	14	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VT Hill	c Rice b Townsend	20
LCH Palairet	c Hemingway b Townsend	27
WC Hedley	not out	2
GB Nichols	did not bat
WN Roe	did not bat
FA Phillips	did not bat
*SMJ Woods	did not bat
E Robson	did not bat
G Fowler	did not bat
+AE Newton	did not bat
EJ Tyler	did not bat
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(2 wickets, 14 overs)	51
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-51 (14 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Townsend	7	1	37	2	-	-
Roberts	7	2	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> H Wrathall (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> GL Jessop (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 68
--> LCH Palairet (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> FA Phillips (1) passed his previous highest score of 52 in County Championship matches
--> FA Phillips (1) passed his previous highest score of 90 in First-Class matches
--> VT Hill (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 18
--> SMJ Woods reached 400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> GL Jessop reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> E Robson reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings

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