f5198 cc964	Essex v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1899
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 3rd, 4th, 5th August 1899 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by an innings and 3 runs
Points	Essex -1; Gloucestershire 1
Umpires	RO Clayton, W Hearn
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 388/7 (Townsend 156*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 26/0 (Fane 2*, Carpenter 13*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Rice	st Russell b Bull	6
H Wrathall	c Street b Young	34
CL Townsend	not out	181
FH Bateman-Champain	c Russell b Mead	13
COH Sewell	c Perrin b Bull	23
*W Troup	b Young	54
GL Jessop	b McGahey	84
WSA Brown	c Russell b Perrin	14
AJ Paish	c Russell b Young	0
+WF Boroughs	b Mead	25
FG Roberts	c Perrin b Mead	3
Extras	(3 b, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 163.3 overs)	441
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-41, 3-62, 4-93, 5-221, 6-339, 7-388, 8-389, 9-437, 10-441 (163.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bull	61	16	158	2	-	-
Young	48	9	126	3	-	-
Mead	30.3	10	59	3	-	-
McGahey	9	1	42	1	-	-
Carpenter	8	4	13	0	-	-
Street	2	0	14	0	-	-
Owen	2	0	14	0	-	-
Perrin	3	0	11	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Fane	c and b Townsend	48
HA Carpenter	c Jessop b Roberts	34
PA Perrin	c Brown b Townsend	37
CP McGahey	b Roberts	9
AP Lucas	not out	39
F Street	c and b Townsend	14
*HGP Owen	b Townsend	3
+TM Russell	run out	2
HI Young	c Townsend b Roberts	0
FG Bull	c and b Paish	19
W Mead	c Jessop b Paish	0
Extras	(10 b, 4 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 89.3 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-104, 3-138, 4-142, 5-160, 6-164, 7-166, 8-166, 9-220, 10-220 (89.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jessop	29	4	68	0	-	-
Paish	16.3	4	40	2	-	-
Roberts	20	9	33	3	-	-
Townsend	24	2	64	4	-	-

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Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Fane	c Townsend b Paish	65
HA Carpenter	c Brown b Paish	26
PA Perrin	c Sewell b Paish	23
CP McGahey	lbw b Paish	13
AP Lucas	b Brown	1
F Street	b Brown	0
*HGP Owen	not out	24
FG Bull	c Bateman-Champain b Paish	0
HI Young	st Boroughs b Townsend	39
W Mead	st Boroughs b Paish	7
+TM Russell	absent ill
Extras	(11 b, 6 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	20
Total	(all out, 100.2 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-67, 2-106, 3-125, 4-126, 5-126, 6-152, 7-152, 8-204, 9-218 (100.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jessop	22	5	53	0	-	-
Paish	31.2	10	67	6	-	-
Roberts	20	11	31	0	-	-
Townsend	12	3	30	1	-	-
Brown	15	9	17	2	-	-

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Notes
--> WF Boroughs made his debut in First-Class matches
--> WF Boroughs made his debut in County Championship matches
--> CL Townsend (1) passed his previous highest score of 167 in County Championship matches
--> CL Townsend (1) passed his previous highest score of 167 in First-Class matches
--> CL Townsend (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 117
--> CL Townsend (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 95
--> PA Perrin (2) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 22
--> HI Young (2) passed his previous highest score of 29 in County Championship matches
--> FG Bull reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> W Mead reached 400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> CL Townsend reached 550 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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Townsend batted for 345 minutes for innings of 181* and hit 17 fours. Russell was unable to bat in the second innings because his arm was so swollen from the effects of a mosquito bite.

 

 

 

 

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