f4487 cc523	Somerset v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1896
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 29th, 30th June 1896 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by an innings and 83 runs
Points	Somerset -1; Gloucestershire 1
Umpires	GW Littlewood, JJ Tuck
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 13/1 (Stanley 8*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	c RCN Palairet b Woods	186
H Wrathall	c RCN Palairet b Woods	4
CL Townsend	c LCH Palairet b Tyler	53
EL Thomas	b Woods	7
HF Bateman-Champain	c Newton b Tyler	19
+JH Board	b LCH Palairet	83
FN Townsend	b LCH Palairet	1
JWA Stephenson-Jellie	b Nichols	5
FC Bracher	lbw b Tyler	15
FG Roberts	b Woods	1
G Pepall	not out	4
Extras	(14 b)	14
Total	(all out, 125.4 overs)	392
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-138, 3-153, 4-198, 5-311, 6-313, 7-342, 8-386, 9-387, 10-392 (125.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyler	50	5	186	3	-	-
Woods	20.4	10	57	4	-	-
Nichols	26	11	52	1	-	-
Robson	9	1	26	0	-	-
LCH Palairet	20	4	57	2	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HT Stanley	c Board b Grace	25
W Trask	c Board b CL Townsend	5
LCH Palairet	b Roberts	11
DJ Smith	c Wrathall b Grace	8
RCN Palairet	b Roberts	14
*SMJ Woods	c FN Townsend b Grace	11
GB Nichols	c and b Grace	32
RB Porch	c Board b Roberts	3
E Robson	c Bateman-Champain b Roberts	1
+AE Newton	c Stephenson-Jellie b Roberts	2
EJ Tyler	not out	4
Extras	(2 b, 1 w)	3
Total	(all out, 57.1 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-40, 3-48, 4-51, 5-69, 6-84, 7-111, 8-113, 9-115, 10-119 (57.1 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
CL Townsend	10	3	34	1	-	-
Grace	25	8	47	4	-	-
Roberts	22.1	11	35	5	1	-

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Somerset second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LCH Palairet	c Wrathall b Roberts	58
HT Stanley	c Board b Grace	2
W Trask	b Pepall	0
GB Nichols	c Wrathall b Grace	6
RCN Palairet	c Wrathall b CL Townsend	32
*SMJ Woods	c Board b Roberts	0
DJ Smith	c Board b CL Townsend	41
RB Porch	not out	21
E Robson	c Bracher b CL Townsend	19
+AE Newton	c Wrathall b Roberts	0
EJ Tyler	c Grace b CL Townsend	4
Extras	(4 b, 3 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 69 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-49, 3-62, 4-84, 5-84, 6-111, 7-158, 8-186, 9-186, 10-190 (69 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
CL Townsend	12	1	56	4	-	-
Grace	23	15	17	2	-	-
Roberts	20	6	73	3	-	3
Pepall	14	1	37	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> WG Grace (1) passed 44500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 170
--> JH Board (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 24
--> FN Townsend made his debut in County Championship matches
--> FN Townsend made his debut in first-class matches

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