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f43858 cc19095	Middlesex v Gloucestershire
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1998
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 9th, 10th, 11th September 1998 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Gloucestershire won by 96 runs
Points	Middlesex 4 (Bowling 4); Gloucestershire 21 (Batting 1, Bowling 4)
Umpires	KE Palmer, DR Shepherd
Scorers	KT Gerrish (Gloucestershire), MJ Smith (Middlesex)
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 232/9 (Ball 67, Walsh 14; 86 overs)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 49/4 (Alleyne 26, Smith 0; 18 overs)

Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJ Cunliffe	b Fraser	26	71	98	3	-
THC Hancock	b Fraser	23	90	114	2	-
DR Hewson	c Shah b Johnson	5	25	48	1	-
*MW Alleyne	b Johnson	6	19	18	-	-
MGN Windows	lbw b Johnson	0	2	2	-	-
RI Dawson	b Johnson	31	71	88	4	-
+RC Russell	c Brown b Hewitt	40	107	158	4	-
MCJ Ball	not out	67	99	122	9	1
J Lewis	c Weekes b Hewitt	0	3	3	-	-
AM Smith	c Brown b Hewitt	0	6	7	-	-
CA Walsh	lbw b Fraser	20	39	49	1	-
Extras	(8 lb, 12 w)	20
Total	(all out, 88.4 overs)	238
Fall of wickets:
1-50 (Cunliffe), 2-53 (Hancock), 3-60 (Alleyne), 4-60 (Windows), 5-67 (Hewson), 6-132 (Dawson), 7-186 (Russell), 8-186 (Lewis), 9-186 (Smith), 10-238 (Walsh, 88.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fraser	25.4	7	48	3	-	-
Hewitt	22	5	61	3	-	-
Johnson	23	6	56	4	-	-
Tufnell	12	3	42	0	-	-
Kettleborough	5	0	19	0	-	-
Weekes	1	0	4	0	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Strauss	lbw b Lewis	24	70	87	3	-
RA Kettleborough	c Alleyne b Smith	0	3	6	-	-
*MR Ramprakash	b Walsh	10	18	23	2	-
MW Gatting	c Alleyne b Walsh	35	89	124	4	-
OA Shah	c Russell b Walsh	36	66	78	5	-
PN Weekes	c Alleyne b Smith	21	38	67	3	-
+KR Brown	c Ball b Smith	9	39	43	1	-
JP Hewitt	c Ball b Smith	0	2	2	-	-
RL Johnson	not out	9	13	24	2	-
ARC Fraser	lbw b Smith	0	3	2	-	-
PCR Tufnell	c Alleyne b Walsh	1	7	11	-	-
Extras	(5 lb, 8 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 57.2 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Kettleborough), 2-23 (Ramprakash), 3-57 (Strauss), 4-109 (Gatting), 5-120 (Shah), 6-146 (Brown), 7-146 (Hewitt), 8-147 (Weekes), 9-147 (Fraser), 10-158 (Tufnell, 57.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Walsh	19.2	5	41	4	-	-
Smith	15	5	40	5	-	-
Lewis	11	2	35	1	-	-
Alleyne	9	0	31	0	-	-
Ball	3	1	6	0	-	-

Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJ Cunliffe	lbw b Johnson	4	34	38	-	-
THC Hancock	lbw b Fraser	15	14	26	2	-
DR Hewson	c Weekes b Johnson	0	9	14	-	-
*MW Alleyne	lbw b Fraser	27	34	46	5	-
J Lewis	lbw b Hewitt	4	12	21	-	-
AM Smith	c sub b Fraser	29	26	62	4	-
MGN Windows	c Weekes b Fraser	3	14	16	-	-
RI Dawson	b Hewitt	2	11	14	-	-
+RC Russell	c Strauss b Fraser	3	13	19	-	-
MCJ Ball	b Fraser	0	1	2	-	-
CA Walsh	not out	0	2	7	-	-
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 28.2 overs)	88
Fall of wickets:
1-17 (Hancock), 2-19 (Cunliffe), 3-22 (Hewson), 4-37 (Lewis), 5-58 (Alleyne), 6-78 (Windows), 7-83 (Dawson), 8-87 (Smith), 9-87 (Ball), 10-88 (Russell, 28.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fraser	13.2	4	23	6	-	-
Hewitt	7	3	14	2	-	-
Johnson	8	0	50	2	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Strauss	c Cunliffe b Walsh	6	18	19	-	-
RA Kettleborough	c Russell b Smith	11	42	74	1	-
OA Shah	c Cunliffe b Walsh	4	7	8	-	-
PN Weekes	c Windows b Smith	5	25	33	-	-
+KR Brown	c Russell b Smith	0	3	3	-	-
*MR Ramprakash	c Russell b Lewis	8	24	40	1	-
MW Gatting	lbw b Walsh	2	20	26	-	-
RL Johnson	c Smith b Walsh	4	6	11	1	-
JP Hewitt	not out	3	15	30	-	-
ARC Fraser	c Hancock b Lewis	0	6	6	-	-
PCR Tufnell	c Ball b Lewis	16	13	17	2	-
Extras	(1 lb, 10 nb, 2 w)	13
Total	(all out, 29.2 overs)	72
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Strauss), 2-12 (Shah), 3-28 (Weekes), 4-28 (Brown), 5-33 (Kettleborough), 6-49 (Gatting), 7-53 (Ramprakash), 8-55 (Johnson), 9-56 (Fraser), 10-72 (Tufnell, 29.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Walsh	10	3	22	4	-	-
Smith	10	2	17	3	-	-
Lewis	9.2	2	32	3	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> THC Hancock (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> MW Gatting (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 30
--> THC Hancock (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 9
--> RL Johnson reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> J Lewis reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when he dismissed AJ Strauss, his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> ARC Fraser reached 750 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings
--> CA Walsh reached 850 wickets in County Championship matches when he dismissed AJ Strauss, his 1st wicket in the Middlesex second innings