| f3409 | |
| Venue | Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 5th, 6th August 1889 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 5 |
| Toss | Sussex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Gloucestershire won by an innings and 40 runs |
| Points | Gloucestershire 1; Sussex 0 |
| Umpires | H Holmes, TK Veitch |
| Close of play day 1 | Gloucestershire (1) 171/9 (Page 18*, Roberts 6*) |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Bean | c WG Grace b Woof | 0 | |||||
| W Quaife | lbw b WG Grace | 12 | |||||
| *W Newham | c Painter b Woof | 8 | |||||
| EJ McCormick | lbw b Woof | 18 | |||||
| JB Hide | c Cranston b WG Grace | 0 | |||||
| WA Humphreys | b Woof | 7 | |||||
| G Brann | lbw b WG Grace | 15 | |||||
| CJM Godfrey | c EM Grace b WG Grace | 1 | |||||
| AB Hide | c Brain b WG Grace | 11 | |||||
| +H Phillips | c EM Grace b Woof | 5 | |||||
| FW Tate | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 39 overs) | 79 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-21, 3-22, 4-27, 5-38, 6-61, 7-63, 8-70, 9-75, 10-79 (39 ov) | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Woof | 20 | 8 | 35 | 5 | - | - | |
| Roberts | 8 | 3 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| WG Grace | 11 | 1 | 32 | 5 | - | - | |
| Gloucestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *WG Grace | b Bean | 84 | |||||
| EM Grace | b Bean | 7 | |||||
| JH Brain | lbw b AB Hide | 0 | |||||
| WWF Pullen | c Godfrey b AB Hide | 17 | |||||
| J Cranston | b AB Hide | 3 | |||||
| OG Radcliffe | c Phillips b JB Hide | 0 | |||||
| F Townsend | c and b AB Hide | 31 | |||||
| JR Painter | c Phillips b AB Hide | 2 | |||||
| +HV Page | not out | 37 | |||||
| WA Woof | b AB Hide | 0 | |||||
| FG Roberts | b JB Hide | 17 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 75 overs) | 201 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11, 2-14, 3-60, 4-64, 5-65, 6-139, 7-143, 8-159, 9-159, 10-201 (75 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| AB Hide | 31 | 8 | 81 | 6 | - | - | |
| Bean | 22 | 3 | 65 | 2 | - | - | |
| Tate | 8 | 1 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| JB Hide | 8 | 1 | 22 | 2 | - | - | |
| Godfrey | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sussex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Bean | c Brain b WG Grace | 6 | |||||
| W Quaife | c Painter b Woof | 2 | |||||
| *W Newham | c Townsend b Woof | 15 | |||||
| JB Hide | c Brain b Roberts | 25 | |||||
| EJ McCormick | b Roberts | 14 | |||||
| G Brann | st Page b Woof | 1 | |||||
| WA Humphreys | st Page b Woof | 5 | |||||
| CJM Godfrey | b Woof | 7 | |||||
| AB Hide | b Woof | 0 | |||||
| +H Phillips | c Townsend b Woof | 4 | |||||
| FW Tate | not out | 3 | |||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 36.3 overs) | 82 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8, 2-12, 3-45, 4-51, 5-57, 6-67, 7-71, 8-74, 9-79, 10-82 (36.3 ov) | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Woof | 18.3 | 9 | 25 | 7 | - | - | |
| Roberts | 11 | 4 | 22 | 2 | - | - | |
| WG Grace | 7 | 0 | 35 | 1 | - | - | |