f4963 cc812	Lancashire v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1898
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 28th, 29th, 30th July 1898 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 66 runs
Points	Lancashire 1; Gloucestershire -1
Umpires	AF Smith, A White
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 25/6 (Bateman-Champain 4*, Brown 6*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 68/4 (Townsend 24*, Rice 9*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Ward	c Rice b Jessop	34
CR Hartley	c Board b Jessop	1
JT Tyldesley	c Troup b Jessop	72
FH Sugg	c Hemingway b Jessop	15
*A Eccles	b Jessop	0
GR Baker	c Hemingway b Brown	0
WR Cuttell	c Rice b Jessop	8
WB Stoddart	c Board b Jessop	0
J Briggs	run out	1
+C Smith	not out	7
AW Mold	c Bateman-Champain b Jessop	1
Extras	(5 b, 4 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 60.2 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-90, 3-122, 4-122, 5-130, 6-130, 7-134, 8-135, 9-147, 10-148 (60.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jessop	24.2	7	54	8	-	4
Townsend	11	3	30	0	-	-
Grace	16	9	24	0	-	-
Brown	9	3	31	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	c Baker b Cuttell	1
W Troup	c Smith b Mold	4
CL Townsend	c sub b Cuttell	6
COH Sewell	c Stoddart b Mold	2
RW Rice	c Baker b Cuttell	0
FH Bateman-Champain	c and b Mold	4
GL Jessop	c Eccles b Mold	2
WSA Brown	c Briggs b Mold	10
WM Hemingway	c Ward b Cuttell	9
H Wrathall	not out	2
+JH Board	c Hartley b Mold	0
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 29.3 overs)	44
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-11, 3-13, 4-13, 5-15, 6-18, 7-27, 8-38, 9-40, 10-44 (29.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cuttell	15	9	18	4	-	-
Mold	14.3	4	22	6	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Ward	lbw b Grace	18
CR Hartley	c Board b Brown	26
JT Tyldesley	c Troup b Brown	14
FH Sugg	b Grace	45
GR Baker	c Sewell b Grace	59
*A Eccles	c Board b Brown	34
WR Cuttell	b Brown	7
WB Stoddart	c Grace b Brown	9
J Briggs	c Board b Brown	47
+C Smith	not out	3
AW Mold	c Grace b Townsend	3
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 97.3 overs)	273
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-46, 3-75, 4-137, 5-183, 6-197, 7-207, 8-261, 9-261, 10-273 (97.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jessop	10	0	41	0	-	2
Townsend	22.3	4	93	1	-	-
Grace	28	6	75	3	-	-
Brown	37	19	56	6	1	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	b Cuttell	5
W Troup	c Eccles b Cuttell	0
GL Jessop	st Smith b Cuttell	29
CL Townsend	b Mold	25
COH Sewell	b Cuttell	0
RW Rice	c Smith b Cuttell	51
FH Bateman-Champain	not out	113
WM Hemingway	c Sugg b Cuttell	1
H Wrathall	c Mold b Cuttell	32
WSA Brown	c Mold b Cuttell	0
+JH Board	c Tyldesley b Briggs	43
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 107 overs)	311
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-11, 3-36, 4-48, 5-82, 6-179, 7-181, 8-233, 9-233, 10-311 (107 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cuttell	40	12	105	8	-	-
Mold	41	7	108	1	-	-
Briggs	17	6	51	1	-	-
Stoddart	6	1	25	0	-	-
Baker	3	1	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> A Ward (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 30
--> A Ward (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 9
--> JT Tyldesley (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 20
--> FH Sugg (2) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 19
--> J Briggs (2) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 8
--> FH Bateman-Champain (2) passed his previous highest score of 97 in County Championship matches
--> FH Bateman-Champain (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> FH Bateman-Champain (2) passed his previous highest score of 97 in First-Class matches
--> FH Bateman-Champain (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> GL Jessop achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Lancashire first innings (previous best was 7-92)
--> WSA Brown achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Lancashire second innings (previous best was 4-14)
--> WSA Brown achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Lancashire second innings
--> WSA Brown achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Lancashire second innings (previous best was 4-14)
--> WSA Brown achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Lancashire second innings
--> WG Grace reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Lancashire second innings
--> WR Cuttell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Gloucestershire second innings (previous best was 7-36)
--> WR Cuttell reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings
--> WR Cuttell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Gloucestershire second innings (previous best was 7-36)

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