f2815	Gloucestershire v Australians
	Australia in England 1884
Venue	College Ground, Cheltenham on 18th, 19th, 20th August 1884 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by an innings and 136 runs
Umpires	L Greenwood, CK Pullin
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 176/2 (Murdoch 65*, Scott 65*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 38/7 (Brain 8*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EM Grace	b Midwinter	56
JH Brain	st Blackham b Cooper	5
WWF Pullen	st Blackham b Cooper	4
*WG Grace	c McDonnell b Cooper	0
JR Painter	c Blackham b Giffen	34
F Townsend	c and b Giffen	27
HV Page	c Scott b Giffen	13
FA Curteis	b Giffen	13
EJ Taylor	not out	20
WA Woof	c Midwinter b Giffen	6
+JA Bush	c Cooper b Giffen	0
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 71.1 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-26, 3-26, 4-80, 5-128, 6-128, 7-142, 8-170, 9-178, 10-183 (71.1 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cooper	28	2	79	3	-	-
Palmer	18	6	33	0	-	-
Giffen	21.1	2	58	6	-	-
Midwinter	4	2	8	1	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PS McDonnell	b WG Grace	3
AC Bannerman	c WG Grace b Woof	27
*WL Murdoch	b Townsend	89
HJH Scott	run out	65
G Giffen	c Brain b Woof	91
GJ Bonnor	c Painter b WG Grace	53
WE Midwinter	c and b Woof	6
+JM Blackham	c WG Grace b Woof	20
GE Palmer	c Painter b WG Grace	16
FR Spofforth	st Bush b Woof	2
WH Cooper	not out	2
Extras	(15 b, 8 lb, 5 w)	28
Total	(all out, 181.2 overs)	402
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-65, 3-176, 4-259, 5-341, 6-349, 7-372, 8-390, 9-392, 10-402 (181.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Woof	61	17	138	5	-	-
WG Grace	51.2	14	121	3	-	-
Curteis	13	6	21	0	-	-
Page	18	6	33	0	-	-
EM Grace	8	2	22	0	-	-
Townsend	16	5	31	1	-	-
Painter	14	10	8	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	c Murdoch b Spofforth	2
JR Painter	st Blackham b Palmer	4
EJ Taylor	b Palmer	5
WWF Pullen	c Cooper b Palmer	5
F Townsend	c Scott b Spofforth	5
EM Grace	b Palmer	5
+JA Bush	b Palmer	0
JH Brain	c McDonnell b Palmer	26
HV Page	b Palmer	20
FA Curteis	c Scott b Spofforth	4
WA Woof	not out	2
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 59.2 overs)	83
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-10, 3-16, 4-25, 5-25, 6-27, 7-38, 8-67, 9-79, 10-83 (59.2 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	29.2	15	31	7	-	-
Spofforth	30	11	47	3	-	-

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Notes
--> G Giffen (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 87
--> WA Woof reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Australians first innings
--> FR Spofforth reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings

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