f4747 cc670	Nottinghamshire v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1897
Venue	Trent Bridge, Nottingham on 22nd, 23rd, 24th July 1897 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Nottinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 3 wickets
Points	Nottinghamshire -1; Gloucestershire 1
Umpires	AB Hide, J Street
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 49/0 (Wrathall 22*, Board 27*)
Close of play day 2	Nottinghamshire (2) 97/3 (Shrewsbury 46*, Jones 8*)

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Nottinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Shrewsbury	run out	64
P Mason	run out	24
W Gunn	st Board b Townsend	4
*JA Dixon	c Jessop b Townsend	8
AO Jones	c Bateman-Champain b Grace	43
CE Dench	lbw b Townsend	5
HB Daft	c Roberts b Grace	25
JR Gunn	c Bateman-Champain b Townsend	7
+A Pike	not out	44
FH Guttridge	c Bateman-Champain b Townsend	73
WW Henson	c Richardson b Townsend	3
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 103 overs)	311
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-62, 3-79, 4-129, 5-135, 6-170, 7-184, 8-187, 9-294, 10-311 (103 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jessop	14	5	31	0	-	-
Roberts	17	5	47	0	-	-
Townsend	35	6	123	6	-	-
Grace	26	6	65	2	-	-
Richardson	3	0	18	0	-	-
Brown	8	4	16	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Wrathall	c W Gunn b Guttridge	32
+JH Board	lbw b Guttridge	37
*WG Grace	c Mason b Daft	126
FH Bateman-Champain	c Jones b Henson	27
CL Townsend	c Pike b Henson	0
GL Jessop	c Jones b JR Gunn	14
WM Hemingway	c Jones b Henson	2
AG Richardson	c Pike b Daft	46
WSA Brown	c Dixon b Daft	2
WH Murch	b Mason	14
FG Roberts	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 119.1 overs)	304
Fall of wickets:
1-69, 2-70, 3-104, 4-131, 5-131, 6-141, 7-268, 8-278, 9-304, 10-304 (119.1 ov)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Henson	26	7	56	3	-	-
Jones	10	0	52	0	-	-
JR Gunn	38	9	80	1	-	-
Guttridge	20	1	67	2	-	-
Dixon	11	3	26	0	-	-
Daft	11.1	6	12	3	-	-
Mason	3	1	7	1	-	-

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Nottinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Shrewsbury	b Townsend	58
P Mason	c Jessop b Townsend	7
W Gunn	c Bateman-Champain b Roberts	1
*JA Dixon	c Board b Murch	32
AO Jones	c Board b Roberts	34
CE Dench	not out	27
HB Daft	c and b Townsend	10
JR Gunn	c Bateman-Champain b Townsend	7
+A Pike	c Townsend b Grace	15
FH Guttridge	c Murch b Grace	8
WW Henson	c Board b Brown	0
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 3 w)	7
Total	(all out, 95.1 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-18, 3-76, 4-138, 5-140, 6-156, 7-175, 8-194, 9-206, 10-206 (95.1 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Roberts	31	14	59	2	-	-
Townsend	38	8	92	4	-	-
Grace	13	4	30	2	-	-
Brown	5.1	2	4	1	-	-
Murch	8	3	14	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Wrathall	c Jones b Daft	8
+JH Board	b Guttridge	2
*WG Grace	c W Gunn b Guttridge	27
FH Bateman-Champain	b JR Gunn	21
CL Townsend	not out	67
GL Jessop	c Dixon b Guttridge	30
WM Hemingway	c Dench b Guttridge	8
AG Richardson	lbw b Dench	45
WH Murch	not out	1
WSA Brown	did not bat
FG Roberts	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(7 wickets, 86.1 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-52, 3-61, 4-86, 5-90, 6-101, 7-187

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Henson	10	4	21	0	-	-
JR Gunn	18	5	54	1	-	-
Guttridge	26	6	55	4	-	-
Dixon	7	2	16	0	-	-
Daft	15	3	40	1	-	-
Mason	5	0	20	0	-	-
Dench	5.1	3	3	1	-	-

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Notes
--> A Pike (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> FH Guttridge (1) passed his previous highest score of 70 in County Championship matches
--> JH Board (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> JA Dixon (2) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 26
--> JA Dixon (2) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> FH Guttridge (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> CL Townsend reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Nottinghamshire first innings
--> WW Henson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Gloucestershire first innings (previous best was 2-49)
--> WW Henson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Gloucestershire first innings (previous best was 2-49)
--> WH Murch reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Nottinghamshire second innings

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