f2938	Gloucestershire v Lancashire
	County Match 1885
Venue	Clifton College Close Ground, Clifton on 13th, 14th, 15th August 1885 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Lancashire won by 41 runs
Umpires	W Clarke, H Holmes
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 84/5 (Page 37*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 101/7 (Gilbert 39*, Gregg 3*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AN Hornby	c Peake b Woof	19
RG Barlow	not out	62
F Taylor	b Grace	0
OP Lancashire	c Gilbert b Page	19
J Briggs	b Gregg	0
G Kemp	c Grace b Page	1
G Yates	b Page	0
WH Robinson	c Woof b Townsend	58
LD Hildyard	b Woof	5
A Watson	b Woof	2
+GW Littlewood	b Woof	3
Extras	(5 b, 9 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 102.1 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-28, 3-59, 4-60, 5-65, 6-65, 7-153, 8-175, 9-179, 10-183 (102.1 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Woof	37.1	17	46	4	-	-
Grace	29	6	60	1	-	-
Gregg	13	4	20	1	-	-
Page	12	3	21	3	-	-
Peake	6	1	13	0	-	-
Townsend	5	1	9	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	b Barlow	49
WR Gilbert	hit wkt b Barlow	17
JH Brain	b Watson	4
F Townsend	c Hildyard b Watson	6
JR Painter	b Watson	2
HV Page	b Barlow	19
EL Griffiths	b Barlow	3
E Peake	b Barlow	0
T Gregg	c Hornby b Barlow	11
WA Woof	b Barlow	0
+JA Bush	not out	1
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(all out, 75.3 overs)	117
Fall of wickets:
1-64, 2-73, 3-73, 4-75, 5-84, 6-93, 7-97, 8-114, 9-116, 10-117 (75.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	38	21	43	3	-	-
Briggs	8	2	16	0	-	-
Barlow	29.3	13	53	7	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AN Hornby	c Brain b Woof	6
RG Barlow	b Woof	8
F Taylor	b Grace	0
OP Lancashire	b Grace	8
J Briggs	c Page b Woof	8
G Kemp	run out	6
G Yates	c and b Grace	3
WH Robinson	c and b Townsend	12
LD Hildyard	not out	1
A Watson	c Townsend b Woof	12
+GW Littlewood	c and b Grace	7
Extras	(12 b, 2 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 55.2 overs)	85
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-11, 3-29, 4-31, 5-42, 6-50, 7-50, 8-66, 9-?, 10-85 (55.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Woof	27	16	27	4	-	-
Grace	27.2	11	43	4	-	-
Townsend	1	0	1	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	c Yates b Watson	3
WR Gilbert	not out	40
JR Painter	b Watson	9
JH Brain	lbw b Briggs	10
F Townsend	st Littlewood b Briggs	9
HV Page	st Littlewood b Briggs	2
EL Griffiths	b Briggs	0
E Peake	c and b Briggs	18
T Gregg	b Watson	7
WA Woof	b Watson	0
+JA Bush	hit wkt b Watson	1
Extras	(11 b)	11
Total	(all out, 102.3 overs)	110
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-24, 3-37, 4-47, 5-51, 6-51, 7-93, 8-?, 9-?, 10-110 (102.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	51.3	34	43	5	-	-
Briggs	27	17	23	5	-	-
Barlow	24	12	33	0	-	-

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Notes
--> A Watson (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> WG Grace reached 1850 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire first innings

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