f4773 cc692	Gloucestershire v Kent
	County Championship 1897
Venue	College Ground, Cheltenham on 9th, 10th, 11th August 1897 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 63 runs
Points	Gloucestershire 1; Kent -1
Umpires	J Potter, J Street
Close of play day 1	Kent (1) 47/4 (Wright 0*, Easby 5*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 190/6 (Townsend 18*, Richardson 2*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace sen	b Hearne	11
RW Rice	c Shine b Wright	57
H Wrathall	b Hearne	0
FH Bateman-Champain	c Bradley b Wright	28
GL Jessop	b Wright	0
CL Townsend	b Bradley	5
+JH Board	c Marchant b Bradley	0
AG Richardson	c Marchant b Martin	51
WG Grace jun	hit wkt b Easby	22
HS Goodwin	not out	8
WSA Brown	b Shine	17
Extras	(4 b, 1 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 107.2 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-37, 3-71, 4-71, 5-89, 6-89, 7-124, 8-170, 9-176, 10-205 (107.2 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Martin	26	10	50	1	-	-
Shine	29.2	16	46	1	-	-
Hearne	14	6	38	2	-	-
Wright	13	6	28	3	-	-
Mason	8	3	12	0	-	-
Bradley	13	7	13	2	-	-
Easby	4	1	12	1	-	-

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Mason	c WG Grace jun b Brown	19
A Hearne	b Brown	14
SH Day	b Jessop	8
F Martin	b Jessop	0
W Wright	b Jessop	29
JW Easby	c Goodwin b Brown	5
HC Stewart	c and b Townsend	64
*F Marchant	c Bateman-Champain b Brown	28
WM Bradley	c Brown b Townsend	0
+FH Huish	b Townsend	5
EB Shine	not out	7
Extras	(1 b, 9 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 94 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-35, 3-41, 4-41, 5-47, 6-125, 7-161, 8-161, 9-?, 10-190 (94 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jessop	37	13	71	3	-	-
Townsend	12	0	49	3	-	-
Brown	33	19	39	4	-	-
WG Grace jun	7	4	8	0	-	-
WG Grace sen	5	1	12	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace sen	b Martin	58
RW Rice	b Mason	24
H Wrathall	c Hearne b Shine	32
FH Bateman-Champain	c and b Martin	13
GL Jessop	st Huish b Wright	13
CL Townsend	b Mason	25
+JH Board	b Martin	22
AG Richardson	b Mason	13
WG Grace jun	c Bradley b Wright	25
HS Goodwin	c Hearne b Mason	0
WSA Brown	not out	14
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 105.3 overs)	249
Fall of wickets:
1-61, 2-119, 3-121, 4-135, 5-159, 6-181, 7-?, 8-211, 9-215, 10-249 (105.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Martin	30	11	60	3	-	-
Shine	28	8	51	1	-	-
Wright	9.3	1	35	2	-	-
Mason	23	10	49	4	-	-
Bradley	14	5	44	0	-	-
Easby	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Mason	c Jessop b Brown	20
A Hearne	st Board b Townsend	3
SH Day	not out	101
F Martin	b Townsend	7
W Wright	b Jessop	5
JW Easby	b Jessop	2
HC Stewart	c Brown b WG Grace sen	2
*F Marchant	c WG Grace sen b Brown	37
WM Bradley	c WG Grace jun b Townsend	4
+FH Huish	c WG Grace sen b Townsend	0
EB Shine	b Jessop	5
Extras	(13 b, 2 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 86.1 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-47, 3-54, 4-84, 5-86, 6-89, 7-176, 8-190, 9-192, 10-201 (86.1 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jessop	25.1	3	41	3	-	-
Townsend	26	6	69	4	-	-
Brown	15	7	35	2	-	-
WG Grace jun	5	1	16	0	-	-
WG Grace sen	15	3	25	1	-	-

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Notes
--> SH Day made his debut in First-Class matches
--> SH Day made his debut in County Championship matches
--> JW Easby (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> RW Rice (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 22
--> WG Grace (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> SH Day (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> SH Day (2) made his first century in First-Class matches

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