f3960 cc264	Somerset v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1893
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 28th, 29th August 1893 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by an innings and 170 runs
Points	Somerset 1; Gloucestershire -1
Umpires	E Henty, JTBD Platts
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 412 all out

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LCH Palairet	st Brain b WG Grace sen	53
*HT Hewett	c Luard b WG Grace sen	112
JB Challen	st Brain b Townsend	22
WC Hedley	lbw b WG Grace sen	0
RCN Palairet	run out	56
+AE Newton	b Townsend	0
SMJ Woods	c Townsend b Ferris	30
CE Dunlop	b Townsend	64
VT Hill	c Ferris b WG Grace sen	47
GB Nichols	not out	14
EJ Tyler	c EM Grace b Townsend	4
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 125 overs)	412
Fall of wickets:
1-163, 2-169, 3-169, 4-203, 5-207, 6-268, 7-291, 8-369, 9-404, 10-412 (125 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Townsend	38	6	120	4	-	-
Murch	28	4	107	0	-	-
Ferris	13	4	48	1	-	1
WG Grace jun	7	0	21	0	-	-
WG Grace sen	37	9	95	4	-	-
EM Grace	2	0	11	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace sen	b Woods	5
JJ Ferris	c Hedley b Tyler	12
JR Painter	c LCH Palairet b Tyler	5
RW Rice	b Woods	44
GS de Winton	c LCH Palairet b Tyler	1
EM Grace	c and b Woods	1
AJH Luard	b Nichols	11
WG Grace jun	c Hill b Hedley	18
CL Townsend	c RCN Palairet b Tyler	14
+WH Brain	not out	9
WH Murch	b Tyler	3
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 82.1 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-17, 3-35, 4-45, 5-47, 6-63, 7-91, 8-108, 9-120, 10-127 (82.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyler	37.1	22	28	5	-	-
Woods	29	8	61	3	-	-
Hedley	6	3	11	1	-	-
Nichols	10	4	23	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace sen	c RCN Palairet b Woods	13
JJ Ferris	c Hewett b Hedley	32
JR Painter	b Tyler	8
RW Rice	c RCN Palairet b Woods	18
GS de Winton	c RCN Palairet b Tyler	25
EM Grace	c Hedley b Woods	0
AJH Luard	st Newton b Tyler	3
WG Grace jun	c Woods b Nichols	4
CL Townsend	b Nichols	2
+WH Brain	not out	0
WH Murch	c Newton b Nichols	0
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 2 w)	10
Total	(all out, 53.3 overs)	115
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-35, 3-68, 4-83, 5-87, 6-90, 7-97, 8-115, 9-115, 10-115 (53.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyler	24	11	44	3	-	-
Woods	16	6	37	3	-	-
Hedley	8	3	13	1	-	-
Nichols	3.3	2	1	3	-	-
Hill	2	0	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> Day 1 Lunch: Somerset (1) ?/? (Hewett 107*, [unknown] ?*)
--> HT Hewett made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> WH Brain made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> WH Brain made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> HT Hewett (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 8
--> JB Challen (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 22
--> CE Dunlop (1) passed his previous highest score of 62 in First-Class matches
--> CE Dunlop (1) passed his previous highest score of 62 in County Championship matches
--> VT Hill (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> RW Rice (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 20
--> WG Grace (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in County Championship matches
--> WG Grace (1) equalled his previous highest score of 18 in First-Class matches
--> JJ Ferris reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> EJ Tyler reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings

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