f3322	Gloucestershire v Middlesex
	County Match 1888
Venue	College Ground, Cheltenham on 23rd, 24th, 25th August 1888 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by an innings and 33 runs
Points	Gloucestershire 0; Middlesex 1
Umpires	H Draper, J Rowbotham
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 65/1 (O'Brien 44*, Thesiger 8*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (1) 186/5 (Ford 60*, de Paravicini 9*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	c Hadow b Nepean	19
EM Grace	c Thesiger b Robertson	18
OG Radcliffe	c Thesiger b Burton	12
WWF Pullen	c Walker b Burton	17
JR Painter	c Walker b Burton	0
F Townsend	c Bryant b Ford	34
JH Brain	st Bryant b Robertson	1
+HV Page	b Robertson	0
E Peake	st Bryant b Nepean	7
WA Woof	c sub b Nepean	0
FG Roberts	not out	7
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 82.2 overs)	115
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-37, 3-66, 4-66, 5-66, 6-67, 7-70, 8-95, 9-97, 10-115 (82.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Burton	21	8	38	3	-	-
Ford	5.2	3	12	1	-	-
Nepean	20	8	22	3	-	-
Robertson	36	18	43	3	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Walker	b WG Grace	10
TC O'Brien	c Painter b Woof	59
FJN Thesiger	b Roberts	30
EA Nepean	b Radcliffe	1
FGJ Ford	c Woof b WG Grace	68
*AJ Webbe	c Page b Peake	9
PJ de Paravicini	c Pullen b Roberts	42
J Robertson	b Roberts	15
+HW Bryant	b Woof	38
G Burton	not out	5
EM Hadow	absent hurt
Extras	(8 b, 9 lb, 1 w)	18
Total	(all out, 141.3 overs)	295
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-100, 3-102, 4-?, 5-161, 6-203, 7-252, 8-257, 9-295 (141.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Radcliffe	14	2	31	1	-	-
Woof	39.3	18	65	2	-	-
WG Grace	36	14	72	2	-	-
Roberts	36	14	75	3	-	-
Peake	16	4	34	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	st Bryant b Nepean	0
EM Grace	st Bryant b Nepean	1
OG Radcliffe	c Bryant b Nepean	76
WWF Pullen	c Bryant b Burton	17
JR Painter	c Walker b Burton	0
F Townsend	c de Paravicini b Burton	9
JH Brain	c Ford b Burton	2
+HV Page	c O'Brien b Nepean	9
E Peake	c sub b Robertson	12
WA Woof	c Robertson b Ford	2
FG Roberts	not out	9
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 75.1 overs)	147
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-5, 3-47, 4-49, 5-65, 6-78, 7-113, 8-121, 9-126, 10-147 (75.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Burton	20	3	42	4	-	-
Ford	10	0	33	1	-	-
Nepean	31	14	31	4	-	-
Robertson	12.1	3	30	1	-	-
Webbe	2	1	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> F Townsend (1) passed 4500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 4
--> HW Bryant (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in first-class matches
--> G Burton reached 500 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> FG Roberts reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings

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