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f2948	Gloucestershire v Middlesex
	County Match 1885
Venue	Clifton College Close Ground, Clifton on 24th, 25th, 26th August 1885 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by an innings and 5 runs
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 272/6 (Grace 163, Griffiths 28)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 77/5 (Webbe 29, de Paravicini 6)

Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	not out	221
WR Gilbert	c Robertson b West	12
JH Brain	st Williams b West	0
WWF Pullen	c Williams b West	0
F Townsend	lbw b Robertson	18
JR Painter	c Webbe b Burton	8
HV Page	lbw b Burton	37
EL Griffiths	b West	28
T Gregg	b Burton	5
+JA Bush	c Robertson b Burton	3
WA Woof	c and b Buckland	10
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 2 w)	6
Total	(all out, 217 overs)	348
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-31, 3-31, 4-69, 5-86, 6-127, 7-275, 8-292, 9-302, 10-348 (217 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Burton	78	27	107	4	-	-
West	60	24	90	4	-	-
Robertson	30	12	59	1	-	-
Buckland	16	4	31	1	-	-
Hadow	6	2	11	0	-	-
de Paravicini	15	7	15	0	-	-
Webbe	7	3	20	0	-	-
O'Brien	5	2	9	0	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CI Thornton	c Bush b Grace	5
AE Stoddart	c Griffiths b Woof	2
TC O'Brien	b Woof	37
EH Buckland	b Grace	0
*AJ Webbe	lbw b Grace	12
EM Hadow	c Page b Woof	0
JE West	b Grace	13
PJ de Paravicini	not out	13
J Robertson	b Grace	6
G Burton	lbw b Woof	3
+W Williams	c Bush b Grace	14
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 61.2 overs)	110
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-12, 3-20, 4-50, 5-60, 6-64, 7-72, 8-86, 9-89, 10-110 (61.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Woof	31	9	60	4	-	-
Grace	30.2	12	45	6	-	-

Middlesex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Stoddart	b Grace	0
*AJ Webbe	c Bush b Woof	67
CI Thornton	b Grace	13
EH Buckland	lbw b Grace	0
EM Hadow	c and b Grace	19
TC O'Brien	lbw b Woof	7
PJ de Paravicini	b Woof	7
JE West	c Brain b Gilbert	67
J Robertson	not out	33
G Burton	c Griffiths b Grace	0
+W Williams	c sub b Page	11
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 100 overs)	233
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-17, 3-17, 4-?, 5-58, 6-82, 7-178, 8-196, 9-197, 10-233 (100 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Woof	42	13	87	3	-	-
Grace	33	13	75	5	-	-
Page	12	3	26	1	-	-
Gilbert	8	0	29	1	-	-
Gregg	5	1	7	0	-	-

Notes
--> EL Griffiths (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in First-Class matches
--> AJ Webbe (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> W Williams (1) equalled his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> JE West (2) passed his previous highest score of 42 in First-Class matches
--> WG Grace reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex second innings