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Gloucestershire 1905 cricket statistics and records

Gloucestershire in County Championship: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover County Championship 1905; Tests are excluded.

GL Jessop leads the displayed batting table with 942 runs. EG Dennett leads the bowling table with 131 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 18
Recorded players: 25
Wins: 8
Recorded venues: 12

Selected season match starts: 1905-05-08 to 1905-09-01. Player counts cover recorded batting or bowling innings, not a registered squad. Latest update among the displayed statistics and match source rows: 2026-05-26.

County Championship standings · 1905

League table for 1905. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

County Championship 1905 Single Division standings
Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
1	Yorkshire	28	18	3	7	15
2	Lancashire	26	12	3	10	9
3	Sussex	28	13	4	11	9
4	Surrey	28	14	6	6	8
5	Leicestershire	22	8	5	9	3
6	Kent	22	10	7	4	3
7	Warwickshire	22	5	4	13	1
8	Gloucestershire	18	8	8	2	0
9	Worcestershire	18	5	5	8	0
10	Nottinghamshire	20	6	7	7	-1
11	Middlesex	18	4	7	7	-3
12	Essex	20	3	10	7	-7
13	Northamptonshire	12	2	8	2	-6
14	Derbyshire	20	3	14	3	-11
15	Somerset	18	1	10	7	-9
16	Hampshire	20	1	12	7	-11

Points are the recorded competition points, including any recorded bonuses or deductions. Source-table update: 2026-09-28.

Source table notes

Source:[1]

Recorded table source 1

Season leaders · County Championship 1905

Figures earned for Gloucestershire only. Top five by recorded total; equal totals are ordered by player ID. Cross-year editions retain their full season.

Leading run scorers

Gloucestershire County Championship 1905 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
GL Jessop	18	942
JH Board	18	881
H Wrathall	18	748
WSA Brown	16	518
EP Barnett	13	441

Recorded innings through 1905-09-01. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Gloucestershire County Championship 1905 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
EG Dennett	17	131
HJ Huggins	16	54
GL Jessop	15	47
WSA Brown	14	17
PT Mills	6	9

Recorded innings through 1905-09-01. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1905

All recorded players for Gloucestershire in this competition and season. Ordered by runs or wickets, then player ID for ties. Figures include only recorded innings.

Batting · 25 players

Gloucestershire 1905 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
GL Jessop	Gloucestershire	18	34	1	942	234	28.55	—	7	1	16	0
JH Board	Gloucestershire	18	34	3	881	119*	28.42	—	3	1	0	0
H Wrathall	Gloucestershire	18	34	2	748	102	23.38	—	5	1	0	0
WSA Brown	Gloucestershire	16	30	2	518	80	18.50	—	2	0	0	0
EP Barnett	Gloucestershire	13	25	3	441	52*	20.05	—	1	0	0	0
COH Sewell	Gloucestershire	6	11	2	384	130	42.67	—	1	2	0	0
RT Godsell	Gloucestershire	9	17	1	356	98*	22.25	—	2	0	0	0
T Langdon	Gloucestershire	14	26	2	310	63	12.92	—	1	0	7	1
EG Dennett	Gloucestershire	17	32	10	271	45	12.32	—	0	0	0	0
LD Brownlee	Gloucestershire	14	26	1	234	38	9.36	—	0	0	0	0
HJ Huggins	Gloucestershire	16	30	5	214	47	8.56	—	0	0	0	0
WH Hale	Gloucestershire	4	8	0	188	85	23.50	—	1	0	0	0
EJ Spry	Gloucestershire	7	14	0	169	36	12.07	—	0	0	0	0
CL Townsend	Gloucestershire	3	5	0	130	69	26.00	—	1	0	0	0
DC Robinson	Gloucestershire	2	4	0	126	83	31.50	—	1	0	0	0
PT Mills	Gloucestershire	6	11	5	61	20*	10.17	—	0	0	0	0
FE Thomas	Gloucestershire	3	6	0	49	29	8.17	—	0	0	0	0
TH Fowler	Gloucestershire	3	6	0	42	15	7.00	—	0	0	0	0
CS Barnett	Gloucestershire	2	4	0	35	12	8.75	—	0	0	0	0
AFM Townsend	Gloucestershire	3	5	0	33	21	6.60	—	0	0	0	0
O Scott	Gloucestershire	2	4	1	29	23*	9.67	—	0	0	0	0
FG Roberts	Gloucestershire	1	2	1	14	11*	14.00	—	0	0	0	0
CWL Parker	Gloucestershire	1	2	0	2	2	1.00	—	0	0	0	0
AW Hill	Gloucestershire	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0
FA Watts	Gloucestershire	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	0

Bowling · 17 players

Gloucestershire 1905 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
EG Dennett	Gloucestershire	17	27	5,523	236	2,553	131	19.49	42.16	2.77	17	8/101
HJ Huggins	Gloucestershire	16	26	3,514	186	1,504	54	27.85	65.07	2.57	2	6/89
GL Jessop	Gloucestershire	15	25	2,198	105	1,110	47	23.62	46.77	3.03	1	6/33
WSA Brown	Gloucestershire	14	20	1,261	61	573	17	33.71	74.18	2.73	0	4/79
PT Mills	Gloucestershire	6	9	509	20	266	9	29.56	56.56	3.14	0	3/33
FA Watts	Gloucestershire	1	1	162	2	125	3	41.67	54.00	4.63	0	3/125
COH Sewell	Gloucestershire	1	1	38	1	37	2	18.50	19.00	5.84	0	2/37
CL Townsend	Gloucestershire	2	2	126	6	91	1	91.00	126.00	4.33	0	1/67
CWL Parker	Gloucestershire	1	1	30	1	27	1	27.00	30.00	5.40	0	1/27
WH Hale	Gloucestershire	2	2	60	3	37	1	37.00	60.00	3.70	0	1/27
AFM Townsend	Gloucestershire	1	1	18	0	25	1	25.00	18.00	8.33	0	1/25
EJ Spry	Gloucestershire	7	8	258	8	143	1	143.00	258.00	3.33	0	1/17
LD Brownlee	Gloucestershire	2	2	66	3	27	0	—	—	2.45	0	0/1
TH Fowler	Gloucestershire	1	1	6	1	0	0	—	—	0.00	0	0/0
AW Hill	Gloucestershire	1	1	18	0	7	0	—	—	2.33	0	0/7
FG Roberts	Gloucestershire	1	1	150	9	44	0	—	—	1.76	0	0/44
O Scott	Gloucestershire	1	1	12	0	11	0	—	—	5.50	0	0/11

Statistics definitions and missing data

Mat = matches with a recorded innings in that discipline; Inns = recorded innings; NO = not out; HS = highest innings (* means not out). Batting Avg = runs per dismissal; batting SR = runs per 100 balls. 50s excludes centuries; 100s includes all scores of 100 or more.

Bowling Runs excludes byes and leg byes where the source does. Avg = runs conceded per wicket; SR = balls per wicket; Econ = runs per six balls, including historical seasons with different over lengths. 5W = innings with at least five wickets; BBI = best innings, by wickets then fewer runs conceded. Balls are deliveries, not decimal overs.

— means unavailable or undefined, including a zero denominator. Rates requiring balls are omitted if any innings is missing its ball count. Historical boundary and ball counts may be incomplete. Tests and figures for other teams or competitions are excluded. Full methodology

Team season summary

Match outcomes and team scorecards for 1905. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Gloucestershire 1905 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Other	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Gloucestershire	18	8	8	2	0	6,491	296	21.93	521	6,834	285	23.98

Team runs include extras; wickets include dismissals not credited to a bowler, so these totals can differ from the player tables. Bat avg = team runs per wicket lost; Bowl avg = opposition runs per wicket taken. Other includes ties, abandoned games and unavailable results. Totals cover available scorecards only.

Recent recorded matches · 1905

Latest 12 of 18 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1905-09-01 to 0001-01-01 · College Ground, Cheltenham

Gloucestershire: 148 & 231
Middlesex: 100 & 105

Gloucestershire won by 174 runs

1905-08-21 to 1905-08-23 · Ashley Down Ground, Bristol

Gloucestershire: 296 & 57/2
Surrey: 110 & 242

Gloucestershire won by 8 wickets

1905-08-17 to 1905-08-19 · County Ground, New Road, Worcester

Worcestershire: 220 & 68/2
Gloucestershire: 160 & 126

Worcestershire won by 8 wickets

1905-08-14 to 1905-08-16 · Ashley Down Ground, Bristol

Gloucestershire: 374 & 105/5
Lancashire: 209 & 269

Gloucestershire won by 5 wickets

1905-08-07 to 1905-08-09 · Ashley Down Ground, Bristol

Gloucestershire: 181 & 153/5
Sussex: 238 & 95

Gloucestershire won by 5 wickets

1905-08-03 to 1905-08-05 · Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Nottinghamshire: 195
Gloucestershire: 25/2

Match drawn

1905-08-01 to 1905-08-31 · Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford

Yorkshire: 504/7d
Gloucestershire: 245 & 141

Yorkshire won by an innings and 118 runs

1905-07-27 to 1905-07-28 · Old Trafford, Manchester

Lancashire: 348 & 53/0
Gloucestershire: 201 & 198

Lancashire won by 10 wickets

1905-07-24 to 1905-07-26 · Private Banks Sports Ground, Catford

Kent: 408 & 279/6d
Gloucestershire: 252 & 293

Kent won by 142 runs

1905-07-06 to 1905-07-07 · Spa Ground, Gloucester

Gloucestershire: 143 & 186
Kent: 491

Kent won by an innings and 162 runs

1905-07-03 to 1905-07-05 · Spa Ground, Gloucester

Gloucestershire: 87 & 359
Worcestershire: 167 & 133

Gloucestershire won by 146 runs

1905-06-26 to 1905-06-28 · Ashley Down Ground, Bristol

Gloucestershire: 521
Somerset: 169 & 287

Gloucestershire won by an innings and 65 runs

Recorded venues

Gloucestershire 1905 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Ashley Down Ground, Bristol	6
Spa Ground, Gloucester	2
College Ground, Cheltenham	1
County Ground, Hove	1
County Ground, New Road, Worcester	1
Kennington Oval, Kennington	1
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1
Old Trafford, Manchester	1
Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford	1
Private Banks Sports Ground, Catford	1
Recreation Ground, Bath	1
Trent Bridge, Nottingham	1

Venue names follow the match catalogue; renamed grounds may appear separately.

Season innings records

Highest individual innings and best bowling innings in County Championship 1905 for Gloucestershire, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

County Championship 1905 batting innings records for Gloucestershire
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
GL Jessop	234	Somerset	1905-06-26
COH Sewell	130	Lancashire	1905-08-14
JH Board	119*	Middlesex	1905-05-11
COH Sewell	114*	Sussex	1905-08-07
H Wrathall	102	Kent	1905-07-24

Best bowling innings

County Championship 1905 bowling innings records for Gloucestershire
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
EG Dennett	8/101	Somerset	1905-06-01
EG Dennett	7/44	Middlesex	1905-09-01
EG Dennett	7/66	Nottinghamshire	1905-08-03
EG Dennett	7/67	Surrey	1905-06-08
EG Dennett	7/111	Sussex	1905-06-12

* means not out. Batting sorts by runs; bowling sorts by wickets, then fewer runs conceded. Ties then use earlier match date and source row ID. Five rows are shown, so equal performances may extend beyond the cutoff. Matches count distinct recorded matches in each discipline.

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Recorded coverage

The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for Gloucestershire in County Championship. The selected season range is shown above. These can differ from innings-table coverage and do not establish a complete historical record.

Recorded match dates: 1890-05-12 to 2026-09-24. Date spans do not imply complete coverage. Career aggregates may cover a different set of matches.

Displayed source rows last updated: unavailable. Figures retrieved: 2026-10-01. This is not a live score feed.

Source: Redball’s recorded statistics. Methodology, definitions and coverage.

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Season overview

County Championship standings · 1905

Single Division

Season leaders · County Championship 1905

Leading run scorers

Leading wicket takers

Player statistics · 1905

Batting · 25 players

Bowling · 17 players

Team season summary

Recent recorded matches · 1905

Gloucestershire v Middlesex

Gloucestershire v Surrey

Worcestershire v Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire v Lancashire

Gloucestershire v Sussex

Nottinghamshire v Gloucestershire

Yorkshire v Gloucestershire

Lancashire v Gloucestershire

Kent v Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire v Kent

Gloucestershire v Worcestershire

Gloucestershire v Somerset