There are photographs around the ground, featuring some of the notable players who have played for Gloucestershire. Perhaps the most notable of them all is W G Grace, who, over a long career, attracted crowds wherever he played. Though notionally an amateur, he knew his worth and made sure he got paid. Once, when given out LBW, he said "They came to see me bat, not you umpire," and carried on batting!
England women batted first, but, losing wickets, weren’t able to put together a big partnership. It was left to the lower order batters to get the score up to 258 for 8, which I thought was about forty runs short of a decent score. Australia looked favourites to win throughout most of their innings, though they lost regular wickets too. When there were just five overs left, Australia still needed about 55 runs; despite some big hitting and frenzied running between the wickets, they fell three runs short. The crowd - large and by now well-lubricated - went wild...
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