f2791	Lancashire v Gloucestershire
	County Match 1884
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 24th, 25th July 1884 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	H Holmes, W Rigley
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 104/6 (Wood 12*, Whittaker 1*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EM Grace	lbw b Watson	12
WR Gilbert	b Barlow	2
JR Painter	b Watson	8
F Townsend	b Watson	3
WWF Pullen	c Pilling b Barlow	5
*WG Grace	b Barlow	53
+JH Brain	b Watson	12
HV Page	b Barlow	7
EJ Taylor	c Watson b Barlow	0
HJ Boughton	run out	5
WA Woof	not out	1
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 86 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-21, 3-25, 4-34, 5-38, 6-90, 7-107, 8-109, 9-114, 10-119 (86 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barlow	37	19	49	5	-	-
Watson	34	17	39	4	-	-
Crossland	6	3	10	0	-	-
Briggs	9	6	10	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AN Hornby	c Painter b Page	46
RG Barlow	c EM Grace b WG Grace	0
F Taylor	c WG Grace b Woof	16
J Briggs	b Page	13
OP Lancashire	b Page	0
WH Robinson	c Brain b WG Grace	9
R Wood	lbw b Woof	22
D Whittaker	c and b Gilbert	13
A Watson	c WG Grace b Woof	11
+R Pilling	not out	0
J Crossland	c Pullen b Woof	0
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 78.3 overs)	142
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-57, 3-79, 4-79, 5-79, 6-98, 7-118, 8-137, 9-142, 10-142 (78.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
WG Grace	26	10	54	2	-	-
Woof	26.3	12	48	4	-	-
Page	20	10	25	3	-	-
Painter	2	0	3	0	-	-
Gilbert	4	4	0	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EM Grace	c Whittaker b Barlow	14
WR Gilbert	not out	8
*WG Grace	not out	1
JR Painter	did not bat
F Townsend	did not bat
WWF Pullen	did not bat
+JH Brain	did not bat
HV Page	did not bat
EJ Taylor	did not bat
HJ Boughton	did not bat
WA Woof	did not bat
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(1 wicket, 19 overs)	25
Fall of wickets:
1-17 (EM Grace)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barlow	10	5	16	1	-	-
Watson	9	6	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> D Whittaker made his debut in First-Class matches
--> WG Grace (1) passed 25000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 48
--> JH Brain (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5

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The match was called off on Day 2 when a telegram arrived announcing the death of the mother of EM and WG Grace