f4207 cc341	Gloucestershire v Somerset
	County Championship 1895
Venue	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 16th, 17th, 18th May 1895 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 9 wickets
Points	Gloucestershire 1; Somerset -1
Umpires	WF Collishaw, J Street
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 58/2 (Grace 32*, Townsend 20*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 45/0 (Fowler 32*, Stanley 8*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LCH Palairet	c Bracher b Roberts	80
G Fowler	st Board b Grace	118
JB Challen	b Grace	6
RCN Palairet	c Board b Murch	26
HT Stanley	c Board b Murch	29
*SMJ Woods	c Board b Murch	6
DL Evans	lbw b Grace	11
GB Nichols	c Board b Grace	0
EJ Tyler	c Ferris b Grace	0
+AP Wickham	c Thomas b Murch	3
J Bucknell	not out	10
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb, 3 w)	14
Total	(all out, 129.2 overs)	303
Fall of wickets:
1-205, 2-209, 3-216, 4-254, 5-270, 6-279, 7-279, 8-279, 9-282, 10-303 (129.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Townsend	11	2	31	0	-	-
Roberts	29	7	51	1	-	-
Sewell	7	0	38	0	-	-
Murch	35.2	14	72	4	-	-
Ferris	2	0	10	0	-	-
Grace	45	16	87	5	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	c Tyler b Woods	288
JJ Ferris	b Tyler	4
COH Sewell	c and b Woods	2
CL Townsend	lbw b Bucknell	95
JR Painter	lbw b Tyler	34
H Wrathall	b Fowler	6
EL Thomas	b Woods	3
FC Bracher	b Bucknell	20
WH Murch	c Stanley b Tyler	5
+JH Board	not out	2
FG Roberts	c sub b Tyler	9
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 127.4 overs)	474
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-15, 3-238, 4-309, 5-358, 6-369, 7-443, 8-459, 9-463, 10-474 (127.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyler	42.4	7	160	4	-	-
Woods	40	3	145	3	-	-
Nichols	10	4	21	0	-	-
Bucknell	17	2	68	2	-	-
Fowler	14	2	56	1	-	-
LCH Palairet	4	0	18	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Fowler	lbw b Townsend	33
HT Stanley	b Murch	31
LCH Palairet	c Board b Murch	1
JB Challen	c Wrathall b Townsend	16
RCN Palairet	c Roberts b Murch	23
*SMJ Woods	c Painter b Murch	47
DL Evans	c Board b Murch	2
J Bucknell	b Murch	0
EJ Tyler	not out	17
GB Nichols	c Board b Murch	6
+AP Wickham	b Murch	0
Extras	(9 b, 4 w)	13
Total	(all out, 100 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-47, 3-64, 4-96, 5-160, 6-162, 7-162, 8-?, 9-189, 10-189 (100 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Townsend	34	16	63	2	-	-
Roberts	13	2	29	0	-	-
Murch	44	16	68	8	-	-
Wrathall	9	2	16	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Wrathall	not out	6
EL Thomas	lbw b Bucknell	12
+JH Board	not out	1
*WG Grace	did not bat
JJ Ferris	did not bat
COH Sewell	did not bat
CL Townsend	did not bat
JR Painter	did not bat
FC Bracher	did not bat
WH Murch	did not bat
FG Roberts	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 7.3 overs)	19
Fall of wickets:
1-17 (Thomas)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bucknell	4	1	5	1	-	-
Fowler	3.3	0	14	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 2 Lunch: Gloucestershire (1) ?/? (Grace 159*, [unknown] ?*)
--> J Bucknell made his debut in County Championship matches
--> COH Sewell made his debut in First-Class matches
--> COH Sewell made his debut in County Championship matches
--> EL Thomas made his debut in First-Class matches
--> EL Thomas made his debut in County Championship matches
--> FC Bracher made his debut in First-Class matches
--> FC Bracher made his debut in County Championship matches
--> G Fowler (1) passed his previous highest score of 54 in County Championship matches
--> G Fowler (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> G Fowler (1) passed his previous highest score of 54 in First-Class matches
--> G Fowler (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> G Fowler (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 61
--> WG Grace (1) passed his previous highest score of 109 in County Championship matches
--> CL Townsend (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in County Championship matches
--> CL Townsend (1) passed his previous highest score of 79 in First-Class matches
--> HT Stanley (2) passed his previous highest score of 29 in County Championship matches
--> WH Murch reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> WH Murch achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 8-74)
--> WH Murch achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 8-74)

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