James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual 1886

T H EC O U N T I E SIN 1 8 8 5. 7 3 (12) Gloucestershire v. Middlesex. Clifton , August24, 25, and26. Mr. W .G. Grace's match in every sense , and his all -round cricket fairly gave the victory to Gloucestershire . Hewent in first , and at the finish of the innings at one o'clock on the second daywas still in, having scored 221 out of a total of 348. H ewasbatting for six hours and twenty minutes , and his long innings contained but three chances--one at 20 ; anotherhardone at 72 ; a n dthe third at 182. His 221 was the second highest innings of the year in a countymatch, and, further , his best score since his 261 for the South against t h eN o r t hat Prince'sin 1877. I nadditionh etookeleven M i d d l e s e xwickets at a cost of 120 runs. Westhit freely for 67 in the second innings of Middlesex , and Mr. Webbeand he were responsible for 134 of 224 from the bat. Glou- cestershire wonbyaninnings and five runs . Gloucestershire , 348. Middlesex , 110 and233. Total, 343. (13) Gloucestershirev. Somersetshire. Taunton, August 27 and 28. Though the wicket at the outset was not in the best condition owingto rain some fair scoring was recorded in the later stages of the game. Thoughin aminority of 147 runs on the first hands Somersetshire made a good show in the second innings , thanks to the vigorous hitting of Messrs . Roe (76), Hewett (66), and the good cricket of Mr. Challen . Gloucestershire , however , had no difficulty in getting the 110 runs wanted to win, and the number required was obtained in just over an hour, Mr. Brain contributing 66not out by fine hitting . Gloucestershire wonbynine wickets . Gloucestershire , 242 and 110 (one wicket ) ; total , 352. Somersetshire , 105 and 246 ; total , 351. W o o f(Gloucestershire ) Wickets. 7 5 Overs. Maidens. R u n s. 1 1 4 3 5 1 1 B A T T I N G A V E R A G E S . T i m e s M o s tin I n n s. N o to u t. R u n s. a nInns. Average. W .G .G r a c e F .T o w n s e n d 2 6 2 1 0 3 4 *2 2 1 4 3 . 2 2 0 3 4 2 7 6 9 2 5 . 2 W .R .Gilbert. 2 4 1 5 6 1 1 0 2 2 4 . 9 J. H .Brain. 2 2 2 4 7 2 *6 6 23.12 H .V. P a g e 1 8 0 3 9 4 1 1 6 2 1 . 1 6 P a i n t e r ... 2 5 1 4 3 5 7 7 1 8 . 3 E .P e a k e 3 0 5 1 3 3 1 7 W .W .F.Pullen 1 7 3 2 2 4 *7 0 1 6 G r e g g 2 2 2 2 6 7 6 2 1 3 . 7 E . L. Griffiths 1 9 3 2 2 2 *4 0 13.14 A .S. W i n t e r b o t h a m 5 1 5 3 3 5 13.1 E .J. Taylor 3 0 3 9 2 5 1 3 J.A .B u s h 1 7 6 1 1 4 3 2 1 0 . 4 G .Francis 3 0 3 2 1 6 1 0 . 2 G .B. Nichols 4 0 4 2 3 6 10.2 W o o f . 2 2 7 1 4 2 *1 6 9 . 7 W .O. Vizard. 4 0 1 2 7 3 A. S. Croome(5) batted in one innings only . B O W L I N GA V E R A G E S . Overs. Maidens. R u n s. G .B. Nichols. P a i n t e r G r e g g...... F . T o w n s e n d W .R .Gilbert. W .G .G r a c e H .V .Page W o o f . A . S. Winterbotham Wickets. Average. 5 9 2 1 8 2 1 8 2 2 1 6 4 5 1 4 5 236.2 7 2 4 4 5 1 2 3 7 . 1 5 2 . 3 1 8 1 6 1 6 2 6 . 5 114.3 3 4 2 5 6 1 2 2 1 . 4 922.1 4 1 1 1 4 0 3 6 8 2 0 . 4 3 275.3 9 3 5 4 2 2 6 2 0 . 2 2 1060.2 5 0 0 1 5 2 2 9 2 16.50 1 8 8 2 8 0 Gilbert bowled 10 wides, and BushandGreggone each. Thefollowing bowled in one innings only :- J. H. Brain , 2, 0, 4, 0 ; J. A. Bush, 12, 3, 29, 0; E. L. Griffiths , 4, 1, 11,0 ; E. Peake, 6, 1, 13, 0,