Russell: Fine knock was not enough

Their respective contributions of 39 and 73 were crucial, giving their bowlers enough runs to play with.

Alex Tudor, who took two of the last three wickets, drew an edge from Jeremy Snape in the 44th over, thereby removing the last of the opposition's recognised batsmen.

And he had previously taken the prized scalp of Jack Russell, whose fighting knock of 62 briefly threatened to change the course of the match.

But Tudor's effort merely capped a strong all-round bowling performance led by Ed Giddins and Saqlain Mushtaq, both of whom took three wickets.

Giddins, sporting a new peroxide blonde hairstyle, claimed his third wicket of the day when he bowled Matt Windows.

He had earlier claimed Surrey's first wicket when he bowled veteran Kim Barnett, then immediately struck again when he removed dangerman Ian Harvey.

Barnett: Skittled by Giddins

Saqlain dismissed Dominic Hewson when he deceived him with his infamous delivery that turns the other way.

Gloucestershire, who had opened with veterans Russell and Barnett, made a tentative start against Alex Tudor and Martin Bicknell, and found runs very difficult come by.

Having taken 16 overs to register their first 50 runs, only Russell, who watched wickets tumble from the non-striker's end, kept his side in the hunt with a half-century.

But his knock proved insufficient.

Earlier, a fine innings of 73 from Ben Hollioake helped Surrey to 244 after they had looked to have lost momentum against the trophy holders.

The all-rounder put on 84 with brother Adam in a seventh-wicket partnership after Mark Ramprakash and Ian Ward made a positive start.

Despite losing Mark Butcher LBW to Ian Harvey with his seventh ball - England hopeful Ramprakash counter-attacked with a flurry of boundaries.

The Hollioakes put Surrey back on track

He raced to a fluent 39 in 33 balls before bringing about his own downfall off Mark Alleyne and the Gloucestershire captain then removed Alec Stewart and Alistair Brown in quick succession.

Mark Hardinges struck with his second ball to have Ian Ward caught behind and Surrey were an unimpressive 118 for five after losing Alec Stewart and Ali Brown cheaply.

But the Hollioake brothers got their side back on track as Ben produced a range fluent strokes on both sides of the wicket - including two huge sixes - to revive his side's innings.

The stand was eventually broken when Adam threw his wicket away attempting to reverse sweep Martyn Ball.

But Hollioake junior's hopes of accelerating in the final 10 overs were hit when off-spinner Ball removed Alex Tudor LBW for one.

As Gloucestershire applied the breaks in the last 10 overs, Hollioake became more frustrated and he eventually succumbed when he holed Jon Averis straight to Mark Alleyne at mid-wicket.

But he managed to put on 38 valuable runs with Martin Bicknell for the eighth wicket before his dismissal in the last few overs.

Harvey traps Butcher for a duck

The start was delayed for 30 minutes before Surrey captain Adam Hollioake won the toss and surprised many by deciding to bat first on a seam-friendly surface.

Butcher fell when a full-length ball from Harvey swung in to catch Butcher on the back foot and he was out for a duck.

Ramprakash, set for an England recall on Sunday, began by driving James Averis through the covers for consecutive boundaries.

Ian Ward, who had begun shakily, received a let off in the 10th over when he was missed in the slips off Averis.

Ramprakash greeted Mark Alleyne by driving him twice through the covers to take his boundary tally to six.

But then Ramprakash pulled a tame long hop from the Gloucestershire captain straight to Chris Taylor on the mid-wicket boundary to end a 64-run partnership for the second wicket.

Surrey were well set on 88 for two and set for a big score when Alleyne was gifted another wicket as Stewart (8) drove straight to Jeremy Snape at mid on.

Brown did not last long either - in Alleyne's next over he edged a drive to Harvey at slip to leave Surrey 97 for four.

Ramprakash raced to 39 at Lord's

After his first over had cost 13, Alleyne had bowled his next four at a cost of eight runs with three wickets.

Ward reached his 50 with a quick single off Alleyne. The England left-hander reached the mark in 54 balls with five fours.

But he added only four more before he prodded at a wide ball from Hardinges, playing only his seventh one-day game, and was caught by Jack Russell.

Alleyne was the pick of the Gloucestershire bowlers, finishing with figures of three for 51.

Surrey have to do without Graham Thorpe. The England batsman has resumed training after being out of action since the start of June with a calf injury, but is not yet fit to play.

Gloucestershire: D R Hewson, K J Barnett, M G N Windows M W Alleyne (Capt), I J Harvey, C G Taylor, R C Russell (Wkt) J N Snape, M C J Ball, M A Hardinges, J M M Averis.

Surrey: I J Ward, M A Butcher, M R Ramprakash, A J Stewart (Wkt) A D Brown, A J Hollioake (Capt), B C Hollioake, A J Tudor M P Bicknell, Saqlain Mushtaq, E S H Giddins.