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| Venue | Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 2nd, 3rd, 4th August 1897 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 5 |
| Toss | Sussex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | L Hall, A Young |
| Close of play day 1 | Sussex (1) 274/6 (Murdoch 82*, Hartley 3*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Gloucestershire (1) 238/6 (Board 10*) |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FW Marlow | lbw b WG Grace jun | 59 | |||||
| G Brann | c Rice b WG Grace sen | 38 | |||||
| KS Ranjitsinhji | run out | 0 | |||||
| *WL Murdoch | c and b WG Grace sen | 130 | |||||
| W Newham | st Board b Roberts | 19 | |||||
| G Bean | c Board b WG Grace sen | 41 | |||||
| F Parris | b WG Grace sen | 18 | |||||
| JC Hartley | c Wrathall b WG Grace sen | 18 | |||||
| +HR Butt | c Rice b Roberts | 0 | |||||
| CHG Bland | c WG Grace jun b WG Grace sen | 4 | |||||
| FW Tate | not out | 26 | |||||
| Extras | (11 b, 3 lb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 174.2 overs) | 367 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-98, 2-99, 3-99, 4-146, 5-227, 6-257, 7-305, 8-307, 9-319, 10-367 (174.2 ov) | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jessop | 16 | 6 | 39 | 0 | - | - | |
| Roberts | 56 | 24 | 97 | 2 | - | - | |
| Townsend | 18 | 3 | 63 | 0 | - | - | |
| WG Grace sen | 62.2 | 16 | 117 | 6 | - | - | |
| WG Grace jun | 10 | 2 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bateman-Champain | 12 | 4 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gloucestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *WG Grace sen | lbw b Ranjitsinhji | 116 | |||||
| RW Rice | c Parris b Tate | 34 | |||||
| FH Bateman-Champain | b Tate | 1 | |||||
| H Wrathall | c Bean b Hartley | 27 | |||||
| CL Townsend | b Parris | 12 | |||||
| GL Jessop | st Butt b Hartley | 26 | |||||
| +JH Board | b Hartley | 21 | |||||
| WM Hemingway | c and b Hartley | 12 | |||||
| WG Grace jun | c Ranjitsinhji b Hartley | 0 | |||||
| HS Goodwin | not out | 44 | |||||
| FG Roberts | c Butt b Parris | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 6 lb, 5 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 110 overs) | 306 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-95, 2-96, 3-159, 4-202, 5-202, 6-238, 7-252, 8-256, 9-283, 10-306 (110 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hartley | 38 | 7 | 101 | 5 | - | - | |
| Bland | 23 | 6 | 48 | 0 | - | - | |
| Tate | 36 | 13 | 84 | 2 | - | - | |
| Parris | 11 | 3 | 36 | 2 | - | - | |
| Ranjitsinhji | 2 | 0 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sussex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FW Marlow | b Roberts | 27 | |||||
| G Brann | c Townsend b Roberts | 4 | |||||
| KS Ranjitsinhji | b Townsend | 26 | |||||
| *WL Murdoch | b Bateman-Champain | 53 | |||||
| W Newham | run out | 21 | |||||
| G Bean | c Bateman-Champain b Roberts | 21 | |||||
| F Parris | st Board b WG Grace jun | 70 | |||||
| JC Hartley | c and b WG Grace jun | 6 | |||||
| +HR Butt | c Bateman-Champain b WG Grace jun | 4 | |||||
| CHG Bland | c Townsend b WG Grace jun | 0 | |||||
| FW Tate | not out | 13 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 2 lb, 1 w) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 95.3 overs) | 249 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12, 2-45, 3-65, 4-104, 5-128, 6-203, 7-212, 8-220, 9-222, 10-249 (95.3 ov) | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Roberts | 33 | 13 | 65 | 3 | - | - | |
| Townsend | 14 | 0 | 57 | 1 | - | - | |
| WG Grace sen | 14 | 4 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| WG Grace jun | 19.3 | 1 | 59 | 4 | - | - | |
| Bateman-Champain | 15 | 7 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> FW Marlow (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> W Newham (1) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> WG Grace (1) passed 46500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 80
--> GL Jessop (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 10
--> WM Hemingway (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> HS Goodwin (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in First-Class matches
--> HS Goodwin (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in County Championship matches
--> KS Ranjitsinhji (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 23
--> KS Ranjitsinhji (2) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 20
--> F Parris (2) passed his previous highest score of 52 in County Championship matches
--> F Parris (2) passed his previous highest score of 52 in First-Class matches
--> WG Grace reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> FW Tate reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> WG Grace achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Sussex second innings (previous best was 3-52)
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