f5002 cc848	Somerset v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1898
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 18th, 19th August 1898 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by an innings and 169 runs
Points	Somerset -1; Gloucestershire 1
Umpires	RG Barlow, E Goodyear
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 255/3 (Troup 102*, Bateman-Champain 4*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace sen	c RCN Palairet b Robson	109
W Troup	c Hill b Robson	127
CL Townsend	b Tyler	5
COH Sewell	c Phillips b Gill	34
FH Bateman-Champain	c Newton b Gill	27
RW Rice	c Hill b Fowler	16
GL Jessop	c Tyler b Gill	13
WG Grace jun	c Newton b Robson	18
WSA Brown	not out	23
AG Richardson	c Newton b Tyler	2
+JH Board	c Roe b Tyler	8
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 125 overs)	387
Fall of wickets:
1-169, 2-174, 3-235, 4-283, 5-323, 6-331, 7-343, 8-362, 9-369, 10-387 (125 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fowler	18	1	76	1	-	-
Gill	31	6	96	3	-	-
Tyler	38	4	122	3	-	-
Robson	38	9	88	3	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*LCH Palairet	c Richardson b Townsend	18
E Robson	c and b Townsend	11
RCN Palairet	run out	22
WN Roe	c WG Grace sen b Townsend	13
FA Phillips	c Townsend b Brown	1
VT Hill	c Board b Brown	0
G Fowler	c Jessop b Brown	9
DJ Smith	c Troup b Townsend	5
+AE Newton	c Board b Townsend	0
GC Gill	run out	9
EJ Tyler	not out	10
Extras	(5 b, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 38 overs)	104
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-34, 3-65, 4-66, 5-66, 6-80, 7-80, 8-80, 9-93, 10-104 (38 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Townsend	19	3	51	5	-	-
Jessop	7	1	24	0	-	-
Brown	12	7	23	3	1	-

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Somerset second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*LCH Palairet	b Townsend	11
E Robson	c Jessop b Townsend	26
RCN Palairet	c Bateman-Champain b Townsend	6
WN Roe	b Jessop	2
FA Phillips	c Brown b Townsend	18
VT Hill	b Jessop	11
G Fowler	c Jessop b Townsend	10
DJ Smith	c Board b Jessop	2
+AE Newton	lbw b Townsend	0
GC Gill	c Board b Townsend	17
EJ Tyler	not out	10
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 42.1 overs)	114
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-37, 3-46, 4-46, 5-67, 6-75, 7-86, 8-86, 9-96, 10-114 (42.1 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Townsend	21.1	3	66	7	-	-
Jessop	12	4	34	3	-	-
Brown	9	4	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> WG Grace (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 3
--> E Robson reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> EJ Tyler reached 650 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings

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