f4528 cc551	Lancashire v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1896
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 30th, 31st July 1896 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 10 wickets
Points	Lancashire 1; Gloucestershire -1
Umpires	G Hay, W Shrewsbury
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 14/3 (Townsend 7*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AC MacLaren	c Jessop b Roberts	56
EB Rowley	run out	17
A Ward	c Board b Roberts	42
JT Tyldesley	lbw b Roberts	52
AG Paul	b Jessop	19
FH Sugg	b Jessop	12
GR Baker	c Grace b Roberts	10
J Briggs	lbw b Brown	29
+C Smith	not out	16
AW Hallam	c Board b Roberts	3
AW Mold	c Jessop b Roberts	8
Extras	(31 b, 11 lb, 3 nb, 4 w)	49
Total	(all out, 111 overs)	313
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-129, 3-137, 4-172, 5-212, 6-222, 7-273, 8-285, 9-302, 10-313 (111 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Townsend	25	3	64	0	2	-
Roberts	41	14	89	6	-	3
Jessop	20	5	58	2	-	-
Brown	17	8	32	1	2	-
Grace	8	0	21	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Wrathall	b Briggs	0
RW Rice	b Briggs	7
CL Townsend	c Smith b Hallam	14
WSA Brown	b Mold	0
*WG Grace	c Tyldesley b Briggs	9
WM Hemingway	c MacLaren b Briggs	22
COH Sewell	c Tyldesley b Briggs	27
SAP Kitcat	c MacLaren b Briggs	2
GL Jessop	not out	29
+JH Board	b Mold	4
FG Roberts	c Paul b Briggs	1
Extras	(7 b)	7
Total	(all out, 52.2 overs)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-11, 3-14, 4-27, 5-39, 6-66, 7-78, 8-103, 9-117, 10-122 (52.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Briggs	26.2	9	59	7	-	-
Mold	8	5	8	2	-	-
Hallam	18	5	48	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	c Hallam b Mold	42
CL Townsend	b Mold	8
GL Jessop	b Baker	81
RW Rice	b Hallam	10
WM Hemingway	b Baker	7
COH Sewell	c and b Hallam	3
H Wrathall	c Smith b Hallam	13
SAP Kitcat	c Mold b Hallam	15
+JH Board	c MacLaren b Mold	10
WSA Brown	c Briggs b Mold	13
FG Roberts	not out	10
Extras	(8 b)	8
Total	(all out, 71.3 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-72, 3-139, 4-149, 5-152, 6-167, 7-172, 8-185, 9-200, 10-220 (71.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Briggs	11	1	59	0	-	-
Mold	20.3	4	67	4	-	-
Hallam	25	5	59	4	-	-
Baker	15	6	27	2	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JT Tyldesley	not out	10
FH Sugg	not out	17
*AC MacLaren	did not bat
EB Rowley	did not bat
A Ward	did not bat
AG Paul	did not bat
GR Baker	did not bat
J Briggs	did not bat
+C Smith	did not bat
AW Hallam	did not bat
AW Mold	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 nb)	3
Total	(no wicket, 4.4 overs)	30

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Roberts	2.4	1	11	0	-	1
Jessop	2	0	16	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> GL Jessop (2) passed his previous highest score of 63 in County Championship matches
--> GL Jessop reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> FG Roberts reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire first innings

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