Middlesex Cricket Archive

f2894	Middlesex v Gloucestershire
	County Match 1885
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 18th, 19th June 1885 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 8 wickets
Umpires	E Henty, E Willsher
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 214/7 (Brain 39, Gregg 11)

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GB Studd	c Brain b Woof	0
*AJ Webbe	b Grace	0
TC O'Brien	b Gregg	54
SW Scott	not out	135
SC Newton	b Woof	4
JE West	lbw b Page	41
EM Hadow	c Bush b Page	13
CE Cottrell	c Grace b Woof	29
J Robertson	run out	6
+W Williams	b Gregg	0
G Burton	c Townsend b Grace	14
Extras	(1 b, 10 lb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 107.2 overs)	308
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-14, 3-75, 4-90, 5-166, 6-184, 7-254, 8-281, 9-281, 10-308 (107.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Woof	36	9	86	3	-	-
Grace	31.2	4	94	2	-	-
Gregg	19	3	48	2	-	-
Page	17	2	54	2	-	-
Townsend	4	0	14	0	-	-

Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	c Hadow b Burton	69
JR Painter	b Cottrell	15
F Townsend	c Webbe b Burton	25
WWF Pullen	b Hadow	13
HV Page	c Williams b Burton	13
WR Gilbert	c Williams b Robertson	12
JH Brain	c Webbe b Cottrell	45
ACM Croome	b Robertson	5
T Gregg	b Burton	18
WA Woof	c Cottrell b Burton	10
+JA Bush	not out	9
Extras	(12 b, 4 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 114.2 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-106, 3-119, 4-133, 5-144, 6-177, 7-197, 8-227, 9-229, 10-250 (114.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Burton	42.2	13	77	5	-	-
Cottrell	31	10	67	2	-	-
West	14	3	35	0	-	-
Robertson	18	7	38	2	-	-
Hadow	9	2	17	1	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GB Studd	c Pullen b Woof	21
*AJ Webbe	b Woof	7
TC O'Brien	c Painter b Woof	2
SW Scott	c Woof b Grace	21
SC Newton	c Gregg b Woof	0
JE West	st Bush b Woof	1
EM Hadow	not out	22
CE Cottrell	c Bush b Grace	0
J Robertson	c Brain b Woof	25
+W Williams	b Grace	5
G Burton	b Grace	9
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 51 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-38, 3-57, 4-57, 5-58, 6-59, 7-59, 8-96, 9-103, 10-119 (51 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Woof	25	8	64	6	-	-
Grace	26	9	49	4	-	-

Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	c Williams b Hadow	54
WR Gilbert	b Hadow	38
F Townsend	not out	45
WWF Pullen	not out	35
JR Painter	did not bat
HV Page	did not bat
JH Brain	did not bat
ACM Croome	did not bat
T Gregg	did not bat
WA Woof	did not bat
+JA Bush	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb)	8
Total	(2 wickets, 94 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-85, 2-102

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Burton	32	18	30	0	-	-
Cottrell	17	7	29	0	-	-
West	10	2	30	0	-	-
Robertson	16	5	29	0	-	-
Hadow	19	4	54	2	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> SW Scott (1) passed his previous highest score of 126 in first-class matches
--> ACM Croome made his debut in first-class matches
--> CE Cottrell reached 50 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> WA Woof reached 350 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Middlesex second innings