f3172	Gloucestershire v Sussex
	County Match 1887
Venue	Clifton College Close Ground, Clifton on 1st, 2nd, 3rd August 1887 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 6 wickets
Points	Gloucestershire 1; Sussex 0
Umpires	C Coward, H Holmes
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 73/8 (Smith 19*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 70/2 (Radcliffe 24*, Pullen 17*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	c Humphreys b Smith	9
EM Grace	c Phillips b Tester	1
+WWF Pullen	c Dudney b Tester	27
OG Radcliffe	c Humphreys b Smith	57
F Townsend	c JB Hide b Bean	18
HV Page	c Phillips b AB Hide	28
JR Painter	b JB Hide	22
G Francis	lbw b Smith	2
EL Griffiths	not out	19
WA Woof	c AB Hide b Bean	11
FG Roberts	c and b Tester	4
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 130.2 overs)	207
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-18, 3-48, 4-95, 5-142, 6-166, 7-170, 8-182, 9-199, 10-207 (130.2 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tester	32.2	15	59	3	-	-
Smith	47	24	59	3	-	-
AB Hide	22	9	38	1	-	-
Bean	18	10	23	2	-	-
JB Hide	11	5	19	1	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WA Tester	c Pullen b WG Grace	15
W Quaife	b Roberts	0
FM Lucas	b Page	9
GL Wilson	b Page	5
*CA Smith	b Woof	21
JB Hide	b WG Grace	0
G Bean	b Page	7
WH Dudney	b Woof	18
WA Humphreys	b Roberts	1
+H Phillips	c Pullen b Page	9
AB Hide	not out	18
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 68 overs)	109
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-20, 3-28, 4-34, 5-34, 6-41, 7-72, 8-73, 9-77, 10-109 (68 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Roberts	20	8	26	2	-	-
Woof	15	5	29	2	-	-
Page	19	8	31	4	-	-
WG Grace	14	5	17	2	-	-

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Sussex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WA Tester	run out	0
W Quaife	c Page b Roberts	51
FM Lucas	st Pullen b WG Grace	15
*CA Smith	b Page	22
GL Wilson	c and b EM Grace	0
WA Humphreys	run out	35
G Bean	b WG Grace	54
JB Hide	c Francis b Page	22
WH Dudney	c Townsend b WG Grace	30
+H Phillips	st Pullen b Page	11
AB Hide	not out	7
Extras	(3 b, 8 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 132.1 overs)	258
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-28, 3-67, 4-74, 5-120, 6-135, 7-176, 8-225, 9-240, 10-258 (132.1 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Roberts	30	12	47	1	-	-
Woof	21	10	33	0	-	-
Page	40	17	74	3	-	-
WG Grace	19.1	6	47	3	-	-
EM Grace	20	6	34	1	-	-
Radcliffe	2	0	12	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EM Grace	lbw b Smith	19
G Francis	b Smith	9
+WWF Pullen	c and b Humphreys	62
OG Radcliffe	b Humphreys	31
*WG Grace	not out	32
F Townsend	not out	6
HV Page	did not bat
JR Painter	did not bat
EL Griffiths	did not bat
WA Woof	did not bat
FG Roberts	did not bat
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(4 wickets, 69 overs)	162
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-28, 3-107, 4-138

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tester	13	3	32	0	-	-
Smith	17	9	32	2	-	-
AB Hide	2	0	4	0	-	-
Bean	20	9	42	0	-	-
JB Hide	2	0	5	0	-	-
Humphreys	15	1	44	2	-	-

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Notes
--> FM Lucas made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> W Quaife (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 36
--> OG Radcliffe (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> CA Smith reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings

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