f5442 cc1139	Gloucestershire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1900
Venue	Clifton College Close Ground, Clifton on 9th, 10th, 11th August 1900 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 125 runs
Points	Gloucestershire -1; Middlesex 1
Umpires	H Pickett, VA Titchmarsh
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (1) 60/5 (Brown 2*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PF Warner	c Paish b Jessop	22
J Douglas	b CL Townsend	81
RN Douglas	run out	1
CM Wells	c Brown b Paish	22
BJT Bosanquet	c CL Townsend b Paish	4
RW Nicholls	c Wrathall b Paish	6
AE Trott	b Paish	19
JT Rawlin	c Paish b CL Townsend	18
+WP Robertson	not out	16
JT Hearne	c FN Townsend b CL Townsend	1
W Williams	b Brown	1
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 80.5 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-35, 3-86, 4-90, 5-102, 6-139, 7-171, 8-?, 9-?, 10-192 (80.5 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jessop	21	5	48	1	-	-
Brown	31.5	15	60	1	-	-
Paish	22	1	64	4	-	-
CL Townsend	6	2	19	3	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Wrathall	lbw b Trott	22
RW Rice	c Trott b Bosanquet	17
CL Townsend	b Trott	16
FH Bateman-Champain	b Bosanquet	0
T Langdon	b Trott	0
WSA Brown	b Bosanquet	2
*GL Jessop	c J Douglas b Bosanquet	18
+JH Board	c Wells b Trott	0
FN Townsend	not out	9
AHC Fargus	b Bosanquet	0
AJ Paish	c Robertson b Trott	0
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 38.2 overs)	88
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-56, 3-56, 4-57, 5-60, 6-60, 7-77, 8-?, 9-?, 10-88 (38.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hearne	8	2	17	0	-	-
Trott	17.2	5	41	5	-	-
Williams	4	3	3	0	-	-
Bosanquet	9	6	23	5	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PF Warner	b Paish	0
J Douglas	b CL Townsend	43
RN Douglas	c Paish b Jessop	5
CM Wells	c Jessop b Paish	12
BJT Bosanquet	b Jessop	0
RW Nicholls	b Jessop	0
AE Trott	c Board b Paish	4
JT Rawlin	c Board b Jessop	1
+WP Robertson	c Brown b Jessop	36
JT Hearne	run out	19
W Williams	not out	10
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(all out, 57 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-5, 3-32, 4-40, 5-40, 6-47, 7-48, 8-98, 9-108, 10-135 (57 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jessop	24	12	46	5	-	-
Brown	6	3	7	0	-	-
Paish	21	4	46	3	-	-
CL Townsend	6	0	31	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Wrathall	b Trott	10
RW Rice	b Trott	19
*GL Jessop	b Trott	15
CL Townsend	b Hearne	11
FH Bateman-Champain	b Trott	0
T Langdon	b Trott	0
WSA Brown	b Trott	7
+JH Board	not out	23
FN Townsend	c Trott b Hearne	1
AHC Fargus	b Trott	0
AJ Paish	b Trott	0
Extras	(25 b, 3 lb)	28
Total	(all out, 38.3 overs)	114
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-?, 3-59, 4-77, 5-77, 6-77, 7-103, 8-104, 9-104, 10-114 (38.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hearne	9	4	23	2	-	-
Trott	19.3	4	47	8	-	-
Bosanquet	10	4	16	0	-	-

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Notes
--> H Wrathall (2) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> CL Townsend reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> BJT Bosanquet achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Gloucestershire first innings (previous best was 2-69)
--> BJT Bosanquet achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> GL Jessop reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex second innings

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There was no play on the first day due to rain. The prepared wicket was ruined and the match took place on a new pitch