(r>) Gloucestershire r. Notts. Clifton, Aug. 14, 15, and 16. Tiu* livsi of tlio liome matches of Gloucestershire, and played on as per- f.u t a wi ebt as even the Clifton College ground coqld produce. The Western **«v. i m m I o little trouble of the bowling of Notts, although the sting had all been taken out of it by Mr. W. G. Grace before some of them had to occupy the wickets. The great batsman scored 177 out of 202 for four v irkots, and in his total were a square leg hit from Tye for 7 and two 6’s. At tin end of the first day 830 runs had been made by Gloucestershire for tie* loss of only four wickets, but the innings only reached 400, Mr. G. F Grace’s 78 also including a square-leg hit from Selby for 7. Daft and 0: croft, tlio two iirst batsmen of Notts, made it warm for the bowling of Gloucestershire, as 151 runs had been recorded when the first wicket fell, Daft 62 and Oscroft 81, two fine innings, each inclusive of a hit for 6. The s<roinl day ended with 212 runs to Notts for the loss of only two wickets. 612 runs for 12 wickets formed the result of the two first days, but no one could have foreseen the issue of the third. The last eight wickets of Notts only added 43 runs, and at the end of the innings Gloucestershire was 135 runs to the good. Even then, when Notts, followed on at one o'clock on the third day, few would have predicted the finish. Seven wickets fell for 98, and it was only a well hit score of 48 not out by Tye, in which was one item of seven, that enabled Notts to make a fair show of 165. Gloucester- -hire won by ten wickets. Gloucestershire, 400 and 33 (no wickets); total, 433. Notts 265 and 165 ; total, 430. Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. W. G. Grace (2nd Innings) . . . . 34 5 69 8 (C) Gloucestershire v. Yorkshire. Cheltenham, Aug. 17, 18, and 19. T he H ighest S core in a C ounty M atch . A match memorable as that in which Mr. W. G. Grace attained the largest innings ever made by a batsman in a county match. The exceptional imturo of the feat merits the reproduction of the entire score with a few brief notes. The wicket that James Lillywhite had provided on the College ground was as worthy of him as it was fitting for a meeting between such skil­ ful opponents. Mr. W. G. Grace went in on the first morning and was not out at the end of the Gloucestershire innings at four p.m. on the second day. He was at the wickets eight hours and five minutes and contributed 318 not out to an aggregate of 528, only giving one chance when ho had made 201. Hr had eight bowlers, and among them three of the best in England, against him, to wit, Hill, Armitage, Eastwood, Emmett, Lockwood, Myers, Clayton, and Ulyett. His figures were one 7, two 6’s, two 5’s, twenty-eight 4’s, twelve 3's, thirty 2’s, and twenty-eight singles, and it is worthy of note that in three consecutive innings at this time he had scored 839 runs. Mr. g U i b y played a good, but not faultless, innings of 103, and three of the i ’e, it will be seen, contributed 493 out of 504 runs from the bat, seven baGnn ii realising 11 runs. Lain prevented the completion of even an innings by Yorkshire. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. \V. G. Grace, not out.................... 318 Dr. E. M. Grace, c sub., b Anni- tage................... .......................... 5 I W. O. Moberley, c Myers, 1) W. if. Gilbert, b Armitage......... 40 Emmett ....................................... F.Townsend, st Pinder, bArmitage 0 G. F. Grace, b Emmett................. 0 103