f4917 cc771	Gloucestershire v Lancashire
	County Championship 1898
Venue	Spa Ground, Gloucester on 23rd, 24th, 25th June 1898 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	W Draper, GH Remnant
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 64/2 (Troup 21*, Townsend 29*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 121/3 (Sugg 9*, Baker 28*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CR Hartley	c Board b Townsend	0
A Ward	c Grace b Townsend	5
JT Tyldesley	c Paish b Townsend	20
FH Sugg	c Board b Brown	76
GR Baker	b Roberts	1
WR Cuttell	c Paish b Townsend	47
AG Paul	b Brown	20
*SM Tindall	c Sewell b Townsend	57
J Briggs	b Roberts	12
AW Mold	not out	7
+L Radcliffe	b Roberts	2
Extras	(14 b, 1 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 92.3 overs)	262
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-18, 3-33, 4-34, 5-129, 6-173, 7-188, 8-244, 9-258, 10-262 (92.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Roberts	22.3	6	53	3	-	-
Townsend	37	4	127	5	-	-
Paish	9	3	12	0	-	-
Brown	18	10	40	2	-	-
Grace	6	1	15	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	c Cuttell b Mold	12
COH Sewell	c Radcliffe b Cuttell	2
W Troup	c Baker b Cuttell	37
CL Townsend	b Mold	159
+JH Board	c Tindall b Mold	10
VW Yorke	b Cuttell	10
WSA Brown	b Briggs	18
H Wrathall	not out	35
WH Hale	c and b Tindall	6
AJ Paish	b Mold	4
FG Roberts	c Ward b Mold	0
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 134.1 overs)	305
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-18, 3-110, 4-121, 5-168, 6-237, 7-273, 8-292, 9-299, 10-305 (134.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cuttell	52	20	84	3	-	-
Mold	49.1	17	115	5	-	-
Baker	8	1	29	0	-	-
Briggs	20	6	54	1	-	-
Tindall	5	2	11	1	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AG Paul	lbw b Roberts	12
A Ward	b Roberts	5
JT Tyldesley	c Grace b Roberts	56
GR Baker	not out	28
FH Sugg	not out	9
CR Hartley	did not bat
WR Cuttell	did not bat
*SM Tindall	did not bat
J Briggs	did not bat
AW Mold	did not bat
+L Radcliffe	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 1 w)	11
Total	(3 wickets, 43 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-18, 3-106

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Roberts	16	10	18	3	1	-
Townsend	15	2	57	0	-	-
Paish	2	0	9	0	-	-
Brown	10	0	26	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> Day 2 Lunch: Gloucestershire (1) ?/? (Townsend 142*, [unknown] ?*)
--> VW Yorke made his debut in County Championship matches
--> VW Yorke made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AJ Paish made his debut in County Championship matches
--> AJ Paish made his debut in First-Class matches
--> VW Yorke made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> VW Yorke made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> SM Tindall (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 44
--> CL Townsend (1) passed his previous highest score of 134 in County Championship matches
--> CL Townsend (1) passed his previous highest score of 134 in First-Class matches
--> CL Townsend (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 45
--> CL Townsend (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 83
--> JT Tyldesley (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 53
--> FG Roberts reached 600 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> CL Townsend reached 400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Lancashire first innings

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