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| Venue | College Ground, Cheltenham on 17th, 18th, 19th August 1885 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Toss | Sussex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Sussex won by 4 wickets |
| Umpires | H Holmes, H Jupp |
| Close of play day 1 | Gloucestershire (1) 11/0 (Gregg 4*, Griffiths 4*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Gloucestershire (2) 243/4 (Painter 13*) |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JB Hide | lbw b Grace | 26 | |||||
| *GN Wyatt | lbw b Grace | 15 | |||||
| W Newham | b Grace | 4 | |||||
| EJ McCormick | c Bush b Gilbert | 51 | |||||
| WA Humphreys | c Bush b Grace | 51 | |||||
| WA Tester | c Woof b Gilbert | 2 | |||||
| G Brann | b Page | 99 | |||||
| JH Comber | b Townsend | 7 | |||||
| +H Phillips | c Woof b Page | 11 | |||||
| AB Hide | b Woof | 16 | |||||
| A Payne | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (10 b, 5 lb, 2 w) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 143.3 overs) | 300 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-30, 2-38, 3-53, 4-136, 5-143, 6-181, 7-206, 8-241, 9-288, 10-300 (143.3 ov) | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Woof | 44 | 23 | 73 | 1 | - | - | |
| Grace | 41 | 15 | 76 | 4 | - | - | |
| Page | 21.3 | 10 | 47 | 2 | - | - | |
| Gregg | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Townsend | 13 | 1 | 42 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gilbert | 21 | 10 | 34 | 2 | - | - | |
| Gloucestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| T Gregg | c Tester b JB Hide | 14 | |||||
| EL Griffiths | b Tester | 15 | |||||
| JR Painter | b JB Hide | 0 | |||||
| WR Gilbert | c AB Hide b JB Hide | 1 | |||||
| *WG Grace | c Newham b Tester | 28 | |||||
| F Townsend | st Phillips b Tester | 1 | |||||
| JH Brain | b Tester | 39 | |||||
| HV Page | c Brann b Tester | 22 | |||||
| EJ Taylor | c McCormick b AB Hide | 25 | |||||
| WA Woof | not out | 10 | |||||
| +JA Bush | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 2 lb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 78 overs) | 159 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-24, 2-24, 3-30, 4-52, 5-54, 6-63, 7-118, 8-129, 9-159 (78 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Humphreys | 9 | 1 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| AB Hide | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | - | - | |
| JB Hide | 30 | 9 | 63 | 3 | - | - | |
| Tester | 31 | 10 | 52 | 5 | - | - | |
| Gloucestershire second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *WG Grace | c Newham b JB Hide | 4 | |||||
| WR Gilbert | run out | 95 | |||||
| JH Brain | c sub b AB Hide | 51 | |||||
| F Townsend | c Phillips b Newham | 69 | |||||
| JR Painter | c Phillips b Tester | 28 | |||||
| HV Page | b Humphreys | 54 | |||||
| EJ Taylor | run out | 6 | |||||
| EL Griffiths | not out | 16 | |||||
| T Gregg | run out | 24 | |||||
| WA Woof | c Brann b AB Hide | 0 | |||||
| +JA Bush | b AB Hide | 16 | |||||
| Extras | (9 b, 4 lb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 158.3 overs) | 376 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-89, 3-225, 4-243, 5-272, 6-294, 7-315, 8-346, 9-346, 10-376 (158.3 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Humphreys | 24 | 4 | 68 | 1 | - | - | |
| AB Hide | 31.3 | 13 | 50 | 3 | - | - | |
| JB Hide | 35 | 12 | 91 | 1 | - | - | |
| Tester | 42 | 18 | 86 | 1 | - | - | |
| McCormick | 6 | 1 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Comber | 6 | 2 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Newham | 14 | 5 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sussex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A Payne | lbw b Woof | 0 | |||||
| W Newham | not out | 141 | |||||
| EJ McCormick | run out | 66 | |||||
| JB Hide | b Woof | 9 | |||||
| WA Humphreys | c Bush b Page | 0 | |||||
| G Brann | run out | 7 | |||||
| WA Tester | c Page b Woof | 10 | |||||
| JH Comber | not out | 0 | |||||
| *GN Wyatt | did not bat | ||||||
| +H Phillips | did not bat | ||||||
| AB Hide | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 1 lb, 1 w) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 111 overs) | 239 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12, 2-156, 3-178, 4-195, 5-222, 6-229 | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Woof | 43 | 13 | 77 | 3 | - | - | |
| Grace | 20 | 5 | 47 | 0 | - | - | |
| Page | 27 | 7 | 56 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gregg | 9 | 1 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bush | 12 | 3 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> JH Comber made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> G Brann (1) passed his previous highest score of 57 in First-Class matches
--> F Townsend (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 65
--> JH Brain (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> W Newham (2) passed his previous highest score of 137 in First-Class matches
--> WA Woof reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex first innings
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