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f2251	Gloucestershire v Middlesex
	County Match 1879
Venue	Clifton College Close Ground, Clifton on 14th, 15th, 16th August 1879 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	CK Pullin, RA Thoms
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 439/8 (Studd 18, Stratford 34)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (1) 314/9 (Gribble 10*)

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+A Lyttelton	c and b Midwinter	20
CI Thornton	c EM Grace b Midwinter	41
WJ Ford	c EM Grace b Gilbert	74
AJ Webbe	c Midwinter b Townsend	122
*ID Walker	c Bush b Midwinter	55
TS Pearson	b WG Grace	8
HR Webbe	lbw b Townsend	52
CT Studd	lbw b Midwinter	33
AFJ Ford	c Gilbert b Midwinter	2
AH Stratford	not out	55
J Robertson	b WG Grace	0
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb, 2 w)	14
Total	(all out, 212.2 overs)	476
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-73, 3-171, 4-279, 5-296, 6-382, 7-387, 8-390, 9-471, 10-476 (212.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
WG Grace	58.2	11	151	2	-	-
GF Grace	12	3	30	0	-	-
Midwinter	81	38	106	5	-	-
Townsend	21	5	40	2	-	-
Gilbert	32	7	95	1	-	-
EM Grace	8	0	40	0	-	-

Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	c Robertson b WJ Ford	85
WR Gilbert	b Studd	99
WE Midwinter	c Pearson b Stratford	28
EM Grace	c Pearson b AFJ Ford	22
WO Moberly	c AFJ Ford b Robertson	28
GF Grace	c Lyttelton b AFJ Ford	14
F Townsend	b AFJ Ford	0
J Cranston	st Lyttelton b Studd	23
P Hattersley-Smith	b Robertson	0
HWR Gribble	not out	10
+JA Bush	b Studd	6
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(all out, 155.3 overs)	320
Fall of wickets:
1-160, 2-213, 3-213, 4-253, 5-279, 6-281, 7-281, 8-281, 9-314, 10-320 (155.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Studd	40.3	15	74	3	-	-
AFJ Ford	29	14	45	3	-	-
Stratford	25	5	65	1	-	-
Robertson	27	6	51	2	-	-
Walker	21	4	47	0	-	-
WJ Ford	9	3	16	1	-	-
Pearson	4	0	17	0	-	-

Gloucestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EM Grace	b AFJ Ford	5
GF Grace	c WJ Ford b Studd	0
F Townsend	lbw b WJ Ford	71
HWR Gribble	c Pearson b Studd	10
WO Moberly	c Studd b AFJ Ford	32
*WG Grace	not out	81
WR Gilbert	run out	20
WE Midwinter	c WJ Ford b Studd	14
J Cranston	not out	18
P Hattersley-Smith	did not bat
+JA Bush	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	16
Total	(7 wickets, 144 overs)	267
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-5, 3-37, 4-118, 5-132, 6-165, 7-197

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Studd	54	21	84	3	-	-
AFJ Ford	58	17	102	2	-	-
Stratford	7	0	15	0	-	-
Robertson	13	4	25	0	-	-
WJ Ford	12	3	25	1	-	-

Notes
--> WJ Ford (1) passed his previous highest score of 51 in First-Class matches
--> AJ Webbe (1) passed his previous highest score of 120 in First-Class matches
--> CT Studd (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in First-Class matches
--> AH Stratford (1) passed his previous highest score of 48 in First-Class matches
--> WR Gilbert (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> AFJ Ford reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings