f4429 cc489	Sussex v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1896
Venue	County Ground, Hove on 25th, 26th, 27th May 1896 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	H Draper, JJ Tuck
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 424/7 (Grace 226*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (2) 120/0 (Bean 64*, Marlow 56*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	not out	243
H Wrathall	c Bean b Parris	43
WM Hemingway	c Murdoch b Collins	1
+JH Board	c Ranjitsinhji b Collins	3
CL Townsend	b Parris	11
HS Goodwin	b Collins	10
COH Sewell	b Tate	19
EL Thomas	b Tate	109
GS de Winton	c Collins b Tate	10
WH Murch	b Tate	4
FG Roberts	c Bean b Collins	8
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 177.4 overs)	463
Fall of wickets:
1-72, 2-75, 3-85, 4-104, 5-129, 6-176, 7-424, 8-440, 9-448, 10-463 (177.4 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tate	49	10	102	4	-	-
Killick	25	4	86	0	-	-
Collins	43.4	8	113	4	-	-
Parris	20	4	58	2	-	-
Brann	19	2	56	0	-	-
Bean	21	3	46	0	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Bean	c Hemingway b Grace	2
FW Marlow	c Murch b Townsend	61
KS Ranjitsinhji	c Wrathall b Roberts	7
*WL Murdoch	b Murch	47
W Newham	b Murch	1
G Brann	b Townsend	26
A Collins	c Roberts b Murch	21
F Parris	c Board b Townsend	10
EH Killick	b Murch	25
+HR Butt	not out	34
FW Tate	lbw b Murch	11
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 83.2 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-30, 3-89, 4-92, 5-145, 6-145, 7-160, 8-193, 9-212, 10-246 (83.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grace	16	3	51	1	-	-
Roberts	17	3	37	1	-	-
Townsend	27	3	95	3	-	-
Murch	23.2	8	62	5	-	-

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Sussex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Bean	c Board b Murch	113
FW Marlow	c Grace b Townsend	108
KS Ranjitsinhji	not out	114
*WL Murdoch	c Roberts b Murch	23
W Newham	not out	57
G Brann	did not bat
A Collins	did not bat
F Parris	did not bat
EH Killick	did not bat
+HR Butt	did not bat
FW Tate	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 159 overs)	420
Fall of wickets:
1-211, 2-237, 3-313

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Roberts	49	17	114	0	-	-
Townsend	42	4	149	1	-	-
Murch	65	23	133	2	-	-
Wrathall	3	0	19	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	b Collins	3
H Wrathall	st Butt b Tate	13
WM Hemingway	c Marlow b Collins	12
+JH Board	c and b Collins	4
CL Townsend	not out	8
COH Sewell	b Tate	37
EL Thomas	b Tate	0
GS de Winton	b Killick	3
HS Goodwin	did not bat
WH Murch	did not bat
FG Roberts	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb)	8
Total	(7 wickets, 33 overs)	88
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-28, 3-30, 4-32, 5-77, 6-77, 7-88 (33 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tate	17	11	26	3	-	-
Killick	1	1	0	1	-	-
Collins	15	3	54	3	-	-

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Notes
--> HS Goodwin made his debut in First-Class matches
--> HS Goodwin made his debut in County Championship matches
--> WG Grace (1) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 8
--> EL Thomas (1) passed his previous highest score of 47 in First-Class matches
--> EL Thomas (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> EL Thomas (1) passed his previous highest score of 47 in County Championship matches
--> EL Thomas (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> EH Killick (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in First-Class matches
--> EH Killick (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in County Championship matches
--> FW Marlow (2) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 70
--> A Collins achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Gloucestershire first innings (previous best was 3-77)

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