f4533 cc556	Gloucestershire v Sussex
	County Championship 1896
Venue	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 3rd, 4th, 5th August 1896 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by an innings and 123 runs
Points	Gloucestershire 1; Sussex -1
Umpires	A Chester, GW Littlewood
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 341/3 (WG Grace sen 193*, Townsend 29*)
Close of play day 2	Sussex (1) 132/3 (Ranjitsinhji 31*, Newham 9*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace sen	b Collins	301		510	29	-
WG Grace jun	b Hartley	1
RW Rice	c Parris b Ranjitsinhji	84
WM Hemingway	c Killick b Hartley	30
CL Townsend	c and b Tate	30
H Wrathall	c Parris b Tate	0
COH Sewell	b Parris	4
GL Jessop	lbw b Parris	2
+JH Board	c and b Parris	0
SAP Kitcat	not out	77
FG Roberts	c Parris b Killick	2
Extras	(17 b, 3 lb)	20
Total	(all out, 246.2 overs)	551
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-215, 3-285, 4-344, 5-344, 6-353, 7-355, 8-355, 9-548, 10-551 (246.2 ov)

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tate	65	24	134	2	-	-
Hartley	37	5	115	2	-	-
Collins	24	7	48	1	-	-
Parris	63	30	103	3	-	-
Killick	32.2	11	57	1	-	-
Bean	13	4	34	0	-	-
Ranjitsinhji	12	1	40	1	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FW Marlow	c Hemingway b Townsend	57
EH Killick	b Jessop	13
KS Ranjitsinhji	b Roberts	38
*WL Murdoch	b Townsend	12
W Newham	not out	63
G Bean	c Jessop b Townsend	8
A Collins	c and b Roberts	23
JC Hartley	c WG Grace sen b Roberts	0
F Parris	c Townsend b WG Grace sen	1
FW Tate	b Roberts	4
+RW Fox	b Roberts	9
Extras	(13 b, 5 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	22
Total	(all out, 87 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-86, 3-108, 4-141, 5-150, 6-201, 7-201, 8-210, 9-225, 10-250 (87 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Townsend	27	4	88	3	-	-
Roberts	27	7	50	5	-	-
Jessop	19	4	52	1	-	-
WG Grace sen	10	3	30	1	-	-
WG Grace jun	4	0	8	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FW Marlow	c and b Townsend	21
EH Killick	b Jessop	20
KS Ranjitsinhji	c WG Grace jun b Jessop	54
*WL Murdoch	run out	9
W Newham	lbw b WG Grace sen	11
G Bean	c Wrathall b WG Grace sen	6
A Collins	not out	14
JC Hartley	b WG Grace sen	0
F Parris	b Roberts	3
FW Tate	lbw b Roberts	30
+RW Fox	lbw b Townsend	0
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 3 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 83.3 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-75, 3-105, 4-121, 5-127, 6-130, 7-130, 8-133, 9-177, 10-178 (83.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Townsend	26.3	3	67	2	-	-
Roberts	24	10	38	2	-	-
Jessop	14	7	40	2	-	-
WG Grace sen	19	11	23	3	-	-

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Notes
--> RW Fox made his debut in County Championship matches
--> WG Grace (1) passed his previous highest score of 288 in County Championship matches
--> WG Grace (1) 300 in 510 minutes
--> WG Grace (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 73
--> WG Grace (1) passed 45000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 135
--> RW Rice (1) passed his previous highest score of 67 in First-Class matches
--> RW Rice (1) passed his previous highest score of 67 in County Championship matches
--> SAP Kitcat (1) passed his previous highest score of 56 in County Championship matches
--> SAP Kitcat (1) passed his previous highest score of 56 in First-Class matches
--> SAP Kitcat (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 53
--> KS Ranjitsinhji (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> W Newham (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 60
--> FW Marlow (2) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> KS Ranjitsinhji (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 42
--> RW Fox made his debut for Sussex in First-Class matches
--> F Parris reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> CL Townsend reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Sussex first innings
--> WG Grace reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Sussex second innings

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