f5455 cc1151	Gloucestershire v Yorkshire
	County Championship 1900
Venue	College Ground, Cheltenham on 16th, 17th August 1900 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Yorkshire won by an innings and 44 runs
Points	Gloucestershire -1; Yorkshire 1
Umpires	RG Barlow, W Richards
Close of play day 1	Yorkshire (1) 203/6 (Hirst 31*, Wainwright 12*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Rice	not out	38
H Wrathall	c Hunter b Hirst	12
CL Townsend	c Smith b Rhodes	19
AG Richardson	c Denton b Rhodes	2
*GL Jessop	c Denton b Rhodes	7
+JH Board	c Tunnicliffe b Rhodes	7
WSA Brown	b Rhodes	3
HS Goodwin	b Haigh	4
FN Townsend	c Hunter b Haigh	0
AHC Fargus	b Haigh	2
AJ Paish	b Rhodes	1
Extras	(3 b, 1 nb, 2 w)	6
Total	(all out, 43.2 overs)	101
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-45, 3-52, 4-59, 5-66, 6-73, 7-84, 8-88, 9-100, 10-101 (43.2 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hirst	12	1	39	1	-	1
Rhodes	21.2	11	36	6	2	-
Haigh	10	3	20	3	-	-

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*Lord Hawke	b CL Townsend	79
J Tunnicliffe	c Board b Paish	16
JT Brown	c CL Townsend b Jessop	36
D Denton	b Jessop	0
TL Taylor	c and b Jessop	9
GH Hirst	b Brown	108
E Smith	b Jessop	6
E Wainwright	c Rice b Fargus	14
S Haigh	b Brown	0
W Rhodes	b Jessop	9
+D Hunter	not out	9
Extras	(13 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 89.5 overs)	305
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-130, 3-131, 4-150, 5-155, 6-176, 7-206, 8-207, 9-264, 10-305 (89.5 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jessop	29	7	67	5	-	1
Paish	23	3	73	1	-	-
Fargus	16	2	61	1	-	3
Brown	13.5	5	53	2	-	-
CL Townsend	8	1	32	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Rice	lbw b Rhodes	1
H Wrathall	c Hawke b Rhodes	37
CL Townsend	b Haigh	7
WSA Brown	c Hawke b Rhodes	28
*GL Jessop	st Hunter b Rhodes	1
+JH Board	b Haigh	8
AG Richardson	c Wainwright b Rhodes	37
HS Goodwin	b Haigh	4
FN Townsend	st Hunter b Rhodes	26
AHC Fargus	c Wainwright b Rhodes	1
AJ Paish	not out	1
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 55.4 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-28, 3-59, 4-67, 5-78, 6-88, 7-95, 8-150, 9-152, 10-160 (55.4 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rhodes	27.4	7	67	7	1	-
Haigh	20	2	64	3	-	-
Smith	5	1	15	0	-	-
Wainwright	3	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> CL Townsend reached 700 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Yorkshire first innings

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Hirst's innings of 108 took two hours and included 18 fours