f18013 cc8821	Gloucestershire v Lancashire
	County Championship 1948
Venue	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 10th, 12th, 13th July 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Gloucestershire 0; Lancashire 4
Umpires	H Cruice, D Hendren
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 307/5 (Hale 14*, Graveney 20*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (1) 224/5 (Howard 9*, Wharton 1*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJ Barnett	hit wkt b Roberts	46
*BO Allen	lbw b Cranston	113		320	12	1
AGS Wilcox	lbw b Cranston	5
CI Monks	c Hilton b Wharton	8
+AE Wilson	c Ikin b Cranston	75
IE Hale	not out	23
TW Graveney	c Brierley b Wharton	26
LM Cranfield	c Brierley b Roberts	15
CJ Scott	b Roberts	0
TWJ Goddard	not out	5
C Cook	did not bat
Extras	(23 b, 8 lb)	31
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 176 overs)	347
Fall of wickets:
1-98, 2-109, 3-124, 4-262, 5-271, 6-318, 7-338, 8-340

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Greenwood	27	10	52	0	-	-
Cranston	47	16	80	3	-	-
Roberts	49	18	73	3	-	-
Hilton	23	12	37	0	-	-
Ikin	15	6	23	0	-	-
Wharton	15	1	51	2	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TL Brierley	c Hale b Barnett	27
W Place	b Scott	7
GA Edrich	c Wilson b Cranfield	41
JT Ikin	b Scott	76
*K Cranston	b Barnett	57
ND Howard	c Scott b Cranfield	34
A Wharton	c Monks b Goddard	58
+EH Edrich	c Wilson b Monks	38
P Greenwood	st Wilson b Goddard	0
MJ Hilton	c Allen b Cranfield	2
WB Roberts	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 112.2 overs)	350
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-34, 3-108, 4-210, 5-218, 6-266, 7-348, 8-348, 9-350, 10-350 (112.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnett	15	6	40	2	-	-
Scott	15	2	51	2	-	-
Cook	26	3	81	0	-	-
Cranfield	30.2	8	78	3	-	-
Goddard	23	3	76	2	-	-
Monks	3	1	14	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJ Barnett	hit wkt b Roberts	87
*BO Allen	c Cranston b Hilton	37
AGS Wilcox	c Brierley b Roberts	11
TW Graveney	not out	2
IE Hale	c Place b Hilton	1
CI Monks	not out	1
+AE Wilson	did not bat
LM Cranfield	did not bat
CJ Scott	did not bat
TWJ Goddard	did not bat
C Cook	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(4 wickets, 43 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-87, 2-122, 3-137, 4-138

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cranston	5	1	15	0	-	-
Wharton	7	2	34	0	-	-
Hilton	13	4	33	2	-	-
Roberts	13	3	40	2	-	-
Greenwood	3	0	16	0	-	-
GA Edrich	1	1	0	0	-	-
Howard	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> EH Edrich made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> BO Allen (1) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 83
--> IE Hale (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in County Championship matches
--> BO Allen (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 6
--> WB Roberts reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings

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