f9245 cc3548	Gloucestershire v Surrey
	County Championship 1914
Venue	College Ground, Cheltenham on 17th, 18th August 1914 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by an innings and 25 runs
Points	Gloucestershire 0; Surrey 5
Umpires	J Blake, GP Harrison
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 76/3 (Hayes 4*, Platt 0*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Dipper	c Harrison b Hitch	8
T Langdon	b Hitch	5
FB Roberts	c Harrison b Abel	12
CS Barnett	c Platt b Hitch	27
+H Smith	c Knight b Platt	31
LL Cranfield	lbw b Abel	10
HW Tayler	run out	23
FH Bateman-Champain	b Platt	5
*COH Sewell	c and b Hitch	37
CWL Parker	not out	15
EG Dennett	c Hayward b Rushby	0
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 69.4 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-13, 3-42, 4-68, 5-80, 6-109, 7-122, 8-147, 9-181, 10-182 (69.4 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hitch	25	5	72	4	-	-
Rushby	18.4	3	34	1	-	-
Platt	11	2	36	2	-	-
Abel	15	5	31	2	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*TW Hayward	lbw b Dennett	23
JB Hobbs	c Bateman-Champain b Dennett	48
EG Hayes	st Smith b Dennett	4
+H Strudwick	b Parker	0
GJW Platt	lbw b Dennett	5
DJ Knight	c Smith b Dennett	58
A Ducat	c and b Parker	74
HS Harrison	not out	21
WJ Abel	st Smith b Dennett	12
JW Hitch	c Cranfield b Dennett	50
T Rushby	c Parker b Roberts	8
Extras	(3 b, 8 lb, 3 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 124 overs)	317
Fall of wickets:
1-72, 2-75, 3-76, 4-81, 5-84, 6-214, 7-231, 8-247, 9-309, 10-317 (124 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dennett	56	24	102	7	-	-
Parker	39	14	112	2	-	2
Cranfield	22	8	56	0	-	-
Dipper	2	0	11	0	-	-
Roberts	5	1	22	1	-	1

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Dipper	b Hitch	6
T Langdon	c Hitch b Rushby	3
FB Roberts	c Strudwick b Hitch	1
CS Barnett	c Strudwick b Platt	12
+H Smith	c Hitch b Platt	23
LL Cranfield	b Platt	0
HW Tayler	b Hitch	5
FH Bateman-Champain	b Hitch	0
*COH Sewell	b Rushby	48
CWL Parker	not out	7
EG Dennett	b Rushby	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 42.2 overs)	110
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-10, 3-11, 4-41, 5-41, 6-47, 7-51, 8-53, 9-110, 10-110 (42.2 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hitch	12	3	32	4	-	1
Rushby	11.2	2	25	3	-	-
Abel	7	1	10	0	-	-
Platt	12	4	38	3	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> GJW Platt made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GJW Platt made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> H Smith (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> H Smith (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 9
--> TW Hayward (1) passed 43500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> DJ Knight (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 12
--> CWL Parker reached 450 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey first innings

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