f4938 cc788	Essex v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1898
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 7th, 8th, 9th July 1898 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 1 wicket
Points	Essex -1; Gloucestershire 1
Umpires	G Burton, A Chester
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 230/8 (Board 0*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 81/3 (Grace 36*, Townsend 4*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HA Carpenter	b Jessop	14
*HGP Owen	b Grace	10
PA Perrin	c and b Grace	7
CP McGahey	b Grace	0
AJ Turner	st Board b Grace	9
AP Lucas	c Board b Jessop	31
+TM Russell	c Board b Roberts	0
CJ Kortright	lbw b Grace	2
W Mead	c Bateman-Champain b Grace	34
FG Bull	st Board b Grace	14
HI Young	not out	2
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 45.1 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-30, 3-30, 4-39, 5-56, 6-57, 7-66, 8-112, 9-112, 10-128 (45.1 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jessop	16	3	37	2	-	-
Townsend	6	1	18	0	-	-
Grace	16.1	4	44	7	-	-
Roberts	7	1	24	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	c Russell b Bull	126
H Wrathall	c Russell b Kortright	0
W Troup	c Kortright b Mead	3
COH Sewell	c Russell b Mead	5
CL Townsend	b Mead	51
FH Bateman-Champain	c and b Kortright	13
GL Jessop	b Kortright	10
WSA Brown	b Kortright	5
+JH Board	not out	1
EC Wright	b Kortright	0
FG Roberts	b Bull	0
Extras	(13 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 88 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-39, 3-53, 4-184, 5-203, 6-218, 7-225, 8-230, 9-230, 10-231 (88 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kortright	24	8	41	5	-	-
Bull	16	4	47	2	-	-
Mead	21	6	45	3	-	-
Young	14	4	38	0	-	-
McGahey	3	0	20	0	-	-
Carpenter	5	2	12	0	-	-
Turner	5	2	11	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HA Carpenter	c Brown b Wrathall	54
*HGP Owen	b Townsend	0
PA Perrin	c Grace b Wright	81
CP McGahey	b Brown	1
AJ Turner	lbw b Townsend	39
AP Lucas	c Board b Brown	22
+TM Russell	st Board b Wright	10
CJ Kortright	c Brown b Wright	4
W Mead	c Jessop b Wright	12
FG Bull	not out	7
HI Young	b Jessop	11
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 103.2 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-93, 3-96, 4-180, 5-182, 6-196, 7-208, 8-226, 9-231, 10-250 (103.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jessop	13.2	2	41	1	-	-
Townsend	13	3	39	2	-	-
Grace	20	9	25	0	-	-
Roberts	7	1	20	0	-	-
Brown	26	8	52	2	-	-
Wrathall	9	0	32	1	-	-
Wright	15	3	32	4	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	b Kortright	49
+JH Board	b Kortright	0
W Troup	b Kortright	0
COH Sewell	c Lucas b Kortright	34
CL Townsend	b Kortright	15
FH Bateman-Champain	c Russell b Mead	24
GL Jessop	not out	14
H Wrathall	c Carpenter b Mead	4
WSA Brown	b Kortright	1
EC Wright	lbw b Kortright	0
FG Roberts	not out	1
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb)	9
Total	(9 wickets, 50.3 overs)	151
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-1, 3-71, 4-96, 5-129, 6-129, 7-145, 8-146, 9-146

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kortright	20.3	5	57	7	-	-
Bull	14	4	49	0	-	-
Mead	10	8	23	2	-	-
Young	6	0	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> W Mead (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 2
--> WG Grace (1) passed 47500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 40
--> WG Grace achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 7-59)
--> EC Wright achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 1-7)
--> CJ Kortright reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings

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