f5236 cc995	Gloucestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1899
Venue	Clifton College Close Ground, Clifton on 24th, 25th, 26th August 1899 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by an innings and 117 runs
Points	Gloucestershire 1; Essex -1
Umpires	W Richards, W Shrewsbury
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 299/4 (Townsend 142*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 216/8 (Bull 13*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Rice	c Ayres b Young	5
H Wrathall	b Young	6
CL Townsend	not out	224
*W Troup	c McGahey b Mead	115
GL Jessop	b Mead	6
+JH Board	b Young	2
WM Hemingway	b Young	10
WSA Brown	lbw b Reeves	20
HS Goodwin	b Mead	8
AJ Paish	c Fane b Bull	4
G Pepall	b Young	0
Extras	(18 b, 13 lb, 2 nb, 3 w)	36
Total	(all out, 154.3 overs)	436
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-31, 3-290, 4-299, 5-308, 6-343, 7-372, 8-397, 9-436, 10-436 (154.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mead	52	20	105	3	-	-
Young	41.3	4	123	5	-	-
Bull	26	7	60	1	-	-
Reeves	24	6	70	1	-	-
McGahey	4	1	12	0	-	-
Ayres	2	0	10	0	-	-
Carpenter	3	1	9	0	-	-
Perrin	2	0	11	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Fane	b Paish	62
HA Carpenter	b Jessop	24
PA Perrin	c and b Townsend	24
CP McGahey	b Paish	49
AP Lucas	b Paish	23
GW Ayres	b Brown	1
W Reeves	lbw b Paish	0
HI Young	lbw b Paish	0
FG Bull	not out	27
W Mead	st Board b Paish	3
+TM Russell	absent hurt
Extras	(10 b, 9 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	21
Total	(all out, 93.3 overs)	234
Fall of wickets:
1-64, 2-124, 3-132, 4-166, 5-169, 6-176, 7-176, 8-216, 9-234 (93.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Paish	38.3	10	98	6	-	-
Brown	21	5	48	1	-	-
Pepall	9	5	17	0	-	-
Jessop	13	1	28	1	-	-
Townsend	12	4	22	1	-	-

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Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Fane	c Board b Townsend	25
HA Carpenter	c Wrathall b Paish	5
PA Perrin	st Board b Paish	0
CP McGahey	st Board b Paish	0
AP Lucas	c and b Brown	9
GW Ayres	c Troup b Townsend	4
W Reeves	c Paish b Townsend	1
HI Young	b Paish	26
FG Bull	c and b Townsend	3
W Mead	not out	6
+TM Russell	absent hurt
Extras	(1 b, 5 w)	6
Total	(all out, 52.4 overs)	85
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-22, 3-22, 4-38, 5-49, 6-50, 7-65, 8-77, 9-85 (52.4 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Paish	26	11	47	4	-	-
Brown	14	11	10	1	-	-
Pepall	6	3	12	0	-	-
Townsend	6.4	2	10	4	-	-

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Notes
--> CL Townsend (1) passed his previous highest score of 181 in First-Class matches
--> CL Townsend (1) passed his previous highest score of 181 in County Championship matches
--> CL Townsend (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 87
--> W Troup (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 82
--> CP McGahey (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 13
--> GL Jessop reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings

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Townsend batted for 370 minutes and hit 28 fours in his innings of 224*. Troup's 115 took nearly 4 hours and included 17 fours.

 

 

 

 

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