First-Class Cricket Matches 1908

GLOUCESTERSHIRE v ESSEX Played at County Ground, Bristol, August 3, 4, 5, 1908. Gloucestershire won by 48 runs. GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1 †J.H.Board b Douglas 50 b Buckenham 12 2 T.Langdon c J.R.Freeman b Douglas 5 c Read b Mead 30 3 L.D.Brownlee c Douglas b Benham 35 b Mead 3 4 A.E.Winstone lbw b Mead 32 c J.R.Freeman b Mead 0 5 *G.L.Jessop b Benham 47 b Douglas 68 6 F.B.Roberts not out 103 c Perrin b Douglas 2 7 E.G.Dennett c Perrin b Douglas 2 c J.R.Freeman b Read 7 8 E.J.Spry b Mead 12 c and b Douglas 45 9 C.W.L.Parker st J.R.Freeman b Read 25 b Benham 25 10 P.H.Ford run out 17 not out 17 11 A.E.Penduck b Douglas 8 Extras b 7, lb 3 10 lb 4, w 1 5 —— —— 346 (9 wickets, declared) 214 FoW (1): 1-12, 2-55, 3-118, 4-174, 5-176, 6-178, 7-203, 8-250, 9-306, 10-346 FoW (2): 1-24, 2-42, 3-42, 4-47, 5-72, 6-119, 7-125, 8-161, 9-214 ESSEX 1 J.W.H.T.Douglas c and b Spry 22 st Board b Spry 30 2 W.Reeves b Ford 37 lbw b Dennett 53 3 P.A.Perrin lbw b Dennett 48 c Brownlee b Dennett 88 4 W.Mead b Penduck 4 (11) not out 10 5 F.H.Gillingham c Jessop b Spry 31 c Ford b Dennett 85 6 †J.R.Freeman b Parker 0 (4) lbw b Dennett 5 7 C.A.G.Russell b Parker 12 (6) run out 21 8 E.J.Freeman lbw b Parker 4 (7) lbw b Dennett 0 9 A.H.Read c Jessop b Dennett 2 (10) c Winstone b Spry 1 10 C.E.Benham c Jessop b Parker 9 (9) lbw b Spry 10 11 C.P.Buckenham not out 3 (8) b Dennett 21 Extras b 7, lb 1, nb 1 9 b 2, lb 3, nb 2 7 —— —— 181 331 FoW (1): 1-57, 2-67, 3-71, 4-142, 5-143, 6-143, 7-152, 8-157, 9-178, 10-181 FoW (2): 1-58, 2-148, 3-160, 4-173, 5-200, 6-232, 7-258, 8-285, 9-293, 10-331 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Buckenham 16 3 74 0 9 1 35 1 1w Douglas 21.5 1 79 4 (3) 11.2 1 45 3 Benham 13 2 60 2 (5) 6 0 21 1 Reeves 7 1 35 0 (6) 7 2 15 0 Mead 18 4 58 2 (2) 25 10 62 3 Read 8 0 30 1 (4) 8 2 31 1 Gloucestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Parker 24.4 11 39 4 33 13 78 0 Dennett 41 15 61 2 57.2 25 119 6 Ford 10 4 31 1 1nb (5) 8 2 26 0 2nb Spry 5 1 11 2 21 5 55 3 Penduck 14 4 30 1 (3) 10 2 36 0 Roberts (6) 4 2 2 0 Brownlee (7) 2 0 8 0 Umpires: H.Baldwin and W.Richards. Toss: Gloucestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 69-2 (Perrin 7*, Mead 2*); 2nd day: Gloucestershire (2) 192-8 (Spry 35*, Ford 5*). F.B.Roberts’s 103 took 135 minutes and included 15 fours. 204