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| Venue | College Ground, Cheltenham on 21st, 22nd, 23rd August 1879 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Toss | Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Nottinghamshire won by 6 wickets |
| Umpires | RP Carpenter, CK Pullin |
| Close of play day 1 | Nottinghamshire (1) 5/0 (Oscroft 2*, A Shrewsbury 3*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Nottinghamshire (2) 2/1 (A Shrewsbury 2*) |
| Gloucestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *WG Grace | b Morley | 27 | |||||
| WR Gilbert | c Selby b Morley | 12 | |||||
| WE Midwinter | c Barnes b Wright | 18 | |||||
| EM Grace | b Wright | 10 | |||||
| WO Moberly | c Selby b Morley | 0 | |||||
| GF Grace | c W Shrewsbury b Morley | 3 | |||||
| F Townsend | c W Shrewsbury b Morley | 0 | |||||
| W Fairbanks | b Morley | 1 | |||||
| J Cranston | not out | 30 | |||||
| HWR Gribble | b Shaw | 12 | |||||
| +JA Bush | b Shaw | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 4 lb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 108.2 overs) | 123 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-33, 2-58, 3-65, 4-74, 5-74, 6-74, 7-77, 8-84, 9-117, 10-123 (108.2 ov) | |||||||
| Nottinghamshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Shaw | 29.2 | 15 | 33 | 2 | - | - | |
| Morley | 48 | 28 | 54 | 6 | - | - | |
| Barnes | 6 | 4 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wright | 19 | 12 | 17 | 2 | - | - | |
| Flowers | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Nottinghamshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *W Oscroft | c GF Grace b WG Grace | 2 | |||||
| A Shrewsbury | c Bush b Midwinter | 4 | |||||
| J Selby | not out | 29 | |||||
| WH Scotton | st Bush b Midwinter | 0 | |||||
| W Barnes | b WG Grace | 6 | |||||
| W Flowers | c Townsend b Midwinter | 3 | |||||
| +F Wyld | c EM Grace b WG Grace | 3 | |||||
| A Shaw | c Midwinter b WG Grace | 0 | |||||
| W Wright | c EM Grace b Midwinter | 0 | |||||
| W Shrewsbury | c Midwinter b WG Grace | 4 | |||||
| F Morley | c Townsend b WG Grace | 9 | |||||
| Extras | (5 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 68.1 overs) | 65 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-6, 3-6, 4-26, 5-31, 6-41, 7-43, 8-43, 9-47, 10-65 (68.1 ov) | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| WG Grace | 34.1 | 17 | 37 | 6 | - | - | |
| Midwinter | 34 | 22 | 23 | 4 | - | - | |
| Gloucestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *WG Grace | c A Shrewsbury b Shaw | 33 | |||||
| WR Gilbert | c Flowers b Morley | 0 | |||||
| WE Midwinter | c Oscroft b Morley | 26 | |||||
| EM Grace | lbw b Shaw | 25 | |||||
| WO Moberly | b Shaw | 1 | |||||
| GF Grace | c and b Flowers | 2 | |||||
| F Townsend | not out | 14 | |||||
| W Fairbanks | b Shaw | 5 | |||||
| J Cranston | st Wyld b Flowers | 3 | |||||
| HWR Gribble | lbw b Shaw | 0 | |||||
| +JA Bush | run out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b, 1 lb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 76 overs) | 119 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6, 2-45, 3-90, 4-90, 5-96, 6-96, 7-107, 8-110, 9-117, 10-119 (76 ov) | |||||||
| Nottinghamshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Shaw | 18 | 9 | 14 | 5 | - | - | |
| Morley | 22 | 11 | 32 | 2 | - | - | |
| Barnes | 7 | 1 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wright | 10 | 3 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Flowers | 19 | 11 | 21 | 2 | - | - | |
| Nottinghamshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A Shrewsbury | lbw b WG Grace | 87 | |||||
| WH Scotton | c Gribble b Midwinter | 0 | |||||
| W Barnes | b Midwinter | 53 | |||||
| *W Oscroft | not out | 15 | |||||
| J Selby | b WG Grace | 12 | |||||
| W Flowers | not out | 5 | |||||
| +F Wyld | did not bat | ||||||
| A Shaw | did not bat | ||||||
| W Wright | did not bat | ||||||
| W Shrewsbury | did not bat | ||||||
| F Morley | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 1 lb, 2 w) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 147.3 overs) | 178 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-146, 3-146, 4-168 | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| WG Grace | 52 | 28 | 46 | 2 | - | - | |
| Midwinter | 58.3 | 27 | 60 | 2 | - | - | |
| EM Grace | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gilbert | 13 | 8 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| GF Grace | 13 | 3 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Townsend | 7 | 3 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> W Shrewsbury made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> WE Midwinter (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> W Barnes (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
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