f4992 cc840	Gloucestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1898
Venue	Clifton College Close Ground, Clifton on 15th, 16th 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 8 runs
Points	Gloucestershire 1; Essex -1
Umpires	RG Barlow, WAJ West
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 33/2 (Carpenter 17*, McGahey 11*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace sen	b Mead	20
W Troup	b Bull	100
CL Townsend	c Reeves b Mead	5
COH Sewell	lbw b Mead	31
RW Rice	b Bull	25
GL Jessop	c Carpenter b Bull	2
AG Richardson	b Bull	18
WG Grace jun	c and b Bull	16
WSA Brown	not out	14
+JH Board	b Bull	2
H Wrathall	c Fane b Mead	6
Extras	(18 b, 3 lb)	21
Total	(all out, 97.2 overs)	260
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-55, 3-103, 4-180, 5-182, 6-207, 7-226, 8-251, 9-253, 10-260 (97.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kortright	16	5	36	0	-	-
Bull	32	7	109	6	-	-
Mead	34.2	16	56	4	-	-
Young	13	4	23	0	-	-
Reeves	2	0	15	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HGP Owen	c Brown b Townsend	0
HA Carpenter	b Townsend	28
PA Perrin	c WG Grace jun b Jessop	5
CP McGahey	b Jessop	19
+FL Fane	b Townsend	2
CJ Kortright	c WG Grace jun b Townsend	4
W Reeves	st Board b Townsend	5
AE Russell	not out	15
W Mead	c and b Townsend	0
FG Bull	b Townsend	17
HI Young	c Brown b Townsend	3
Extras	(6 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 62.1 overs)	105
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-14, 3-52, 4-56, 5-57, 6-63, 7-68, 8-68, 9-97, 10-105 (62.1 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Townsend	31.1	7	64	8	-	-
Jessop	22	8	25	2	-	-
WG Grace sen	2	0	2	0	-	-
Brown	7	3	7	0	-	-

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Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HGP Owen	lbw b Townsend	29
HA Carpenter	b Townsend	3
PA Perrin	b Jessop	37
CP McGahey	c and b Townsend	19
+FL Fane	b Jessop	2
AE Russell	b Townsend	7
CJ Kortright	b Townsend	10
W Reeves	c Brown b Townsend	0
FG Bull	c Board b Jessop	20
W Mead	st Board b Townsend	15
HI Young	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 71.3 overs)	147
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-57, 3-83, 4-95, 5-95, 6-106, 7-106, 8-121, 9-143, 10-147 (71.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Townsend	36	8	77	7	-	-
Jessop	25.3	11	51	3	-	-
WG Grace sen	4	2	6	0	-	-
Brown	6	1	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> AE Russell made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AE Russell made his debut in County Championship matches
--> CL Townsend reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 6th wicket in the Essex first innings

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