f7440 cc2381	Gloucestershire v Somerset
	County Championship 1908
Venue	Spa Ground, Gloucester on 22nd, 23rd June 1908 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 6 wickets
Points	Gloucestershire 1; Somerset -1
Umpires	GP Harrison, J Moss
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 185/9 (Huggins 60*, Parker 3*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BL Bisgood	c Board b Dennett	1
LC Braund	c CS Barnett b Dennett	34
AE Lewis	b Huggins	0
AEM Whittle	c Board b Dennett	26
*J Daniell	c Mills b Dennett	17
E Robson	c Langdon b Huggins	11
HS Poyntz	not out	34
VT Hill	c Jessop b Huggins	13
ESM Poyntz	b Mills	19
+H Chidgey	b Mills	2
B Cranfield	b Mills	5
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 52 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-9, 3-57, 4-64, 5-91, 6-91, 7-107, 8-143, 9-153, 10-169 (52 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Huggins	19	4	52	3	-	-
Dennett	19	5	72	4	-	-
Parker	7	3	22	0	-	-
Mills	7	3	16	3	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EP Barnett	b Cranfield	5
T Langdon	b Robson	39
+JH Board	b Robson	8
CS Barnett	b Robson	0
HJ Huggins	c Lewis b Braund	77
*GL Jessop	b Robson	0
RT Godsell	c Chidgey b Braund	4
AE Dipper	b Lewis	19
PT Mills	st Chidgey b Cranfield	18
EG Dennett	b Lewis	0
CWL Parker	not out	51
Extras	(26 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	29
Total	(all out, 72.4 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-42, 3-42, 4-57, 5-57, 6-68, 7-111, 8-166, 9-177, 10-250 (72.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cranfield	20	6	51	2	-	-
Lewis	20	8	51	2	-	1
Robson	22	5	83	4	-	-
Braund	10.4	0	36	2	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HS Poyntz	lbw b Dennett	15
LC Braund	b Mills	30
BL Bisgood	c Jessop b Dennett	12
AEM Whittle	c Godsell b Dennett	35
AE Lewis	c Parker b Dennett	0
E Robson	b Parker	42
VT Hill	c Langdon b Dennett	16
*J Daniell	b Parker	12
ESM Poyntz	b Parker	10
+H Chidgey	c Mills b Dennett	7
B Cranfield	not out	3
Extras	(9 b, 2 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 65.1 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-49, 3-89, 4-92, 5-107, 6-142, 7-165, 8-176, 9-179, 10-193 (65.1 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Huggins	13	1	52	0	-	2
Dennett	32.1	9	92	6	-	-
Parker	8	3	15	3	-	-
Mills	12	4	23	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EP Barnett	not out	44
T Langdon	b Lewis	11
+JH Board	lbw b Lewis	5
HJ Huggins	c Braund b Robson	0
RT Godsell	b Robson	7
*GL Jessop	not out	40
CS Barnett	did not bat
AE Dipper	did not bat
PT Mills	did not bat
EG Dennett	did not bat
CWL Parker	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 4 nb)	6
Total	(4 wickets, 36.1 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-35, 3-39, 4-59

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lewis	18	4	66	2	-	4
Robson	17	4	33	2	-	-
Hill	1	0	4	0	-	-
Braund	0.1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> CWL Parker (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in First-Class matches
--> CWL Parker (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in County Championship matches
--> EP Barnett (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 43
--> PT Mills reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings

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