f2804	Gloucestershire v Australians
	Australia in England 1884
Venue	Clifton College Close Ground, Clifton on 7th, 8th, 9th August 1884 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	A Greenwood, CK Pullin
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 14/0 (Palmer 7*, Spofforth 7*)
Close of play day 2	Australians (1) 295/8 (Scott 78*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EM Grace	c McDonnell b Midwinter	24
WR Gilbert	b Boyle	57
JH Brain	b Midwinter	3
*WG Grace	not out	116
F Townsend	b Scott	40
WWF Pullen	b Palmer	3
JR Painter	b Giffen	15
HV Page	lbw b Blackham	29
FA Curteis	b Palmer	6
+JA Bush	lbw b Midwinter	0
WA Woof	c Palmer b Midwinter	0
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 129.3 overs)	301
Fall of wickets:
1-78, 2-84, 3-86, 4-177, 5-202, 6-227, 7-278, 8-294, 9-299, 10-301 (129.3 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Giffen	23	5	69	1	-	-
Palmer	24	5	61	2	-	-
Spofforth	12	3	42	0	-	-
Boyle	29	4	49	1	-	-
Midwinter	31.3	18	41	4	-	-
Scott	7	0	23	1	-	-
Blackham	3	0	8	1	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GE Palmer	st Bush b Woof	7
FR Spofforth	b Woof	8
PS McDonnell	b WG Grace	62
*+WL Murdoch	c WG Grace b Woof	12
AC Bannerman	b Woof	23
G Giffen	b Townsend	48
HJH Scott	b WG Grace	79
GJ Bonnor	c WG Grace b EM Grace	29
WE Midwinter	b Woof	15
JM Blackham	not out	6
HF Boyle	c Curteis b Woof	9
Extras	(4 b, 10 lb, 2 w)	16
Total	(all out, 180 overs)	314
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-16, 3-42, 4-118, 5-142, 6-215, 7-260, 8-295, 9-297, 10-314 (180 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
WG Grace	53	24	96	2	-	-
Woof	83	50	82	6	-	-
Curteis	16	8	31	0	-	-
Gilbert	7	1	16	0	-	-
Page	8	1	27	0	-	-
Townsend	9	1	31	1	-	-
EM Grace	4	2	15	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EM Grace	b Giffen	15
JH Brain	lbw b Boyle	108
WWF Pullen	not out	68
*WG Grace	not out	27
WR Gilbert	did not bat
F Townsend	did not bat
JR Painter	did not bat
HV Page	did not bat
FA Curteis	did not bat
+JA Bush	did not bat
WA Woof	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb)	12
Total	(2 wickets, 78 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-181

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Giffen	24	8	54	1	-	-
Boyle	25	5	73	1	-	-
Midwinter	9	1	29	0	-	-
Scott	15	3	37	0	-	-
Murdoch	5	0	25	0	-	-

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Notes
--> WG Grace (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 22
--> HJH Scott (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 79
--> JH Brain (2) passed his previous highest score of 75 in First-Class matches
--> JH Brain (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> WE Midwinter reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings

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