f2953	Somerset v Gloucestershire
	County Match 1885
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 27th, 28th August 1885 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 9 wickets
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 227/7 (Griffiths 33*, Gregg 12*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FA Leeston-Smith	c Brain b Grace	37
*E Sainsbury	lbw b Grace	6
OG Radcliffe	c Gregg b Grace	1
WN Roe	c Grace b Woof	4
JB Challen	c Griffiths b Woof	39
HT Hewett	b Woof	0
JE Trask	c and b Woof	4
CE Winter	c Gilbert b Grace	0
+FT Welman	c Woof b Grace	5
GT Mirehouse	b Woof	0
EW Bastard	not out	2
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 60 overs)	105
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-44, 3-49, 4-49, 5-59, 6-77, 7-77, 8-95, 9-103, 10-105 (60 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grace	30	12	60	5	-	-
Woof	30	17	38	5	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	lbw b Winter	36
JH Brain	c Welman b Bastard	19
F Townsend	c Sainsbury b Winter	38
JR Painter	b Winter	0
HV Page	c and b Roe	20
WR Gilbert	c Winter b Mirehouse	24
EL Griffiths	not out	40
E Peake	c Welman b Mirehouse	33
T Gregg	c Hewett b Bastard	22
+JA Bush	b Bastard	4
WA Woof	b Bastard	4
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 120.3 overs)	242
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-68, 3-68, 4-111, 5-117, 6-152, 7-193, 8-234, 9-238, 10-242 (120.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bastard	30.3	7	74	4	-	-
Mirehouse	20	5	48	2	-	-
Winter	27	17	33	3	-	-
Challen	13	8	24	0	-	-
Roe	16	8	39	1	-	-
Radcliffe	6	2	4	0	-	-
Sainsbury	8	2	18	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FA Leeston-Smith	c Griffiths b Woof	19
*E Sainsbury	c Gilbert b Woof	1
OG Radcliffe	st Bush b Woof	3
WN Roe	c Brain b Woof	76
JB Challen	c Bush b Gilbert	40
HT Hewett	b Townsend	66
JE Trask	b Woof	5
CE Winter	c Woof b Gilbert	5
+FT Welman	c Peake b Gilbert	0
GT Mirehouse	c Page b Woof	3
EW Bastard	not out	10
Extras	(13 b, 2 lb, 3 w)	18
Total	(all out, 109.3 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-27, 3-31, 4-114, 5-183, 6-188, 7-211, 8-211, 9-220, 10-246 (109.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grace	35	12	69	0	-	-
Woof	45	18	76	6	-	-
Gregg	6	5	4	0	-	-
Page	5	1	25	0	-	-
Gilbert	18	4	53	3	-	-
Townsend	0.3	0	1	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	c Sainsbury b Roe	22
JH Brain	not out	66
JR Painter	not out	16
F Townsend	did not bat
HV Page	did not bat
WR Gilbert	did not bat
EL Griffiths	did not bat
E Peake	did not bat
T Gregg	did not bat
+JA Bush	did not bat
WA Woof	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(1 wicket, 35.3 overs)	110
Fall of wickets:
1-62 (Grace)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bastard	8.3	1	32	0	-	-
Mirehouse	6	2	16	0	-	-
Winter	7	4	12	0	-	-
Challen	8	1	24	0	-	-
Roe	4	1	12	1	-	-
Radcliffe	2	0	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> FA Leeston-Smith made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> FA Leeston-Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 32 in First-Class matches
--> EL Griffiths (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in First-Class matches
--> CE Winter reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> WA Woof reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 6th wicket in the Somerset second innings

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