f6184 cc1591	Lancashire v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1903
Venue	Aigburth, Liverpool on 30th, 31st July, 1st August 1903 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	W Richards, A Shaw
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 474/3 (Tyldesley 57*, Sharp 13*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (1) 49/5 (Fowler 0*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AC MacLaren	c Board b Huggins	204
RH Spooner	c Mills b Huggins	168
JT Tyldesley	not out	57
HG Garnett	c Spry b Mills	23
J Sharp	not out	13
+W Findlay	did not bat
AH Hornby	did not bat
F Harry	did not bat
JS Heap	did not bat
WR Cuttell	did not bat
SF Barnes	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 116 overs)	474
Fall of wickets:
1-368, 2-379, 3-448

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Huggins	32	9	79	2	-	-
Mills	25	2	95	1	-	3
Spry	26	0	128	0	-	-
Jessop	16	2	64	0	-	-
Brownlee	5	0	34	0	1	-
Langdon	4	0	25	0	-	-
Wrathall	6	0	39	0	-	-
Thomas	2	1	1	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Rice	b Cuttell	1
H Wrathall	c Tyldesley b Cuttell	35
T Langdon	st Findlay b Sharp	6
+JH Board	c Barnes b Heap	6
EJ Spry	hit wkt b Heap	0
TH Fowler	b Heap	2
*GL Jessop	c MacLaren b Cuttell	17
FE Thomas	b Harry	12
LD Brownlee	c Barnes b Cuttell	43
HJ Huggins	b Sharp	8
PT Mills	not out	2
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 64.3 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-24, 3-47, 4-49, 5-49, 6-58, 7-68, 8-93, 9-127, 10-135 (64.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	5	4	8	0	-	-
Cuttell	27.3	13	36	4	-	-
Sharp	17	5	51	2	-	1
Heap	11	6	13	3	-	-
Harry	4	0	24	1	-	1

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Notes
--> AC MacLaren (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 92
--> J Sharp (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 13
--> F Harry made his debut in first-class matches
--> F Harry made his debut in County Championship matches
--> JS Heap made his debut in County Championship matches
--> JS Heap achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Gloucestershire first innings (previous best was 0-13)

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Play did not start on the second day until 5.10pm and the match was abandoned as a draw after 90 minutes play on the afternoon of the third day due to rain. MacLaren's 204 lasted 210 minutes and included 27 fours. Spooner's 168 took 220 minutes and included 23 fours

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