Middlesex Cricket Archive

f2391	Middlesex v Gloucestershire
	County Match 1881
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 13th, 14th June 1881 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 6 wickets
Umpires	G Howitt, CK Pullin
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (2) 86/10 (Walker 30*)

Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	b Burton	64
EM Grace	c Law b Robertson	47
LM Day	lbw b Burton	19
WE Midwinter	run out	2
WR Gilbert	c Ford b Clarke	8
J Cranston	b Burton	1
AD Greene	run out	2
HWR Gribble	b Burton	0
JR Painter	b Burton	0
+JA Bush	not out	6
WA Woof	c O'Brien b Burton	8
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 99 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-117, 3-120, 4-137, 5-138, 6-143, 7-143, 8-145, 9-146, 10-160 (99 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Burton	33	11	45	6	-	-
Clarke	42	16	69	1	-	-
Robertson	17	3	26	1	-	-
Ford	7	2	17	0	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Webbe	b WG Grace	4
*ID Walker	c Gilbert b Woof	2
G Law	c Greene b WG Grace	19
TS Pearson	lbw b WG Grace	5
GF Vernon	b WG Grace	14
AFJ Ford	b Woof	0
+TC O'Brien	b Woof	0
J Robertson	b WG Grace	14
C Robson	b WG Grace	5
G Burton	not out	6
WB Clarke	b WG Grace	0
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 45.1 overs)	77
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-11, 3-32, 4-47, 5-47, 6-47, 7-56, 8-64, 9-71, 10-77 (45.1 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Woof	23	9	39	3	-	-
WG Grace	22.1	10	30	7	-	-

Middlesex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Webbe	c Woof b Midwinter	25
*ID Walker	c Painter b Woof	30
C Robson	run out	6
G Law	lbw b Midwinter	7
TS Pearson	c Woof b Midwinter	13
GF Vernon	b Midwinter	88
AFJ Ford	c Gribble b Midwinter	1
G Burton	b Midwinter	7
+TC O'Brien	c Bush b Woof	0
J Robertson	b WG Grace	5
WB Clarke	not out	6
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 79.1 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-59, 3-72, 4-86, 5-88, 6-93, 7-131, 8-134, 9-159, 10-195 (79.1 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Woof	18	3	59	2	-	-
WG Grace	11	1	54	1	-	-
Midwinter	32.1	16	53	6	-	-
Gilbert	18	9	22	0	-	-

Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	c and b Burton	4
EM Grace	lbw b Ford	35
WE Midwinter	b Clarke	25
LM Day	c Clarke b Ford	0
J Cranston	not out	35
WR Gilbert	not out	12
AD Greene	did not bat
HWR Gribble	did not bat
JR Painter	did not bat
+JA Bush	did not bat
WA Woof	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(4 wickets, 62 overs)	114
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-47, 3-53, 4-82

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Burton	20	8	41	1	-	-
Clarke	23	10	38	1	-	-
Robertson	8	4	11	0	-	-
Ford	11	4	21	2	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> AJ Webbe (1) passed 4500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 1
--> TC O'Brien made his debut in first-class matches
--> G Burton achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Gloucestershire first innings (previous best was 5-20)