Allenby and Goodwin lead the Glamorgan fightback at Bristol

The Bristol ground, which is currently being redeveloped, still resembles a building site and when play began there two large cranes moving around and hovering over the outfield at the Ashley Down End. It was not though a case of crane stopped play as play began with building work continuing - nor was it a case of rain stopped play as the ground was bathed in sunshine under the clear blue skies. Many of the old features of the Nevil Road ground have consequently disappeared in the course of the past few months, but whilst there might not be much of a Hammond Room any more, there was room in the Gloucestershire side for Miles Hammond, a seventeen year-old off-spinner who is still in the Lower Sixth at St. Edward's, Oxford.

For Glamorgan, Dean Cosker returned to the side in place of Graham Wagg, as Will Bragg and Ben Wright opened the batting against James Fuller and another fresh-faced youngster, eighteen year-old Craig Miles. After a loud shout for leg before against Wright by fuller, Bragg clipped Miles to the leg-side ropes in his opening over, before Wright crisply cut a short ball through backward point as the over yielded a third boundary. The opener then did the same to Miles' next delivery before splicing a later delivery over the head of gully.

Bragg greeted the introduction of David Payne into the attack by steering the left-armer through extra cover before clipping Fuller to the square-leg boundary. But the switch of Miles to the Ashley Down End produced immediate dividends as the youngster induced an outside edge from Wright's bat which Gareth Roderick safely pouched. 36/1 then became 43/2 as in Miles' next over he had Bragg caught in the gully by Dan Housego.

A booming off-drive from Stewart Walters and a leg-glance for four by Marcus North saw Glamorgan past the fifty-mark, but six runs later, Payne switched to the Ashley Down End and had North caught behind as Gloucestershire claimed their first bonus point in the 19th over. Murray Goodwin duly joined Walters who unfurled a glorious cover drive for four against Graham McCarter shortly before lunch.

Resuming on 80/3 after lunch, Stewart Walters and Murray Goodwin looked to continue rebuilding the Glamorgan innings, with the visiting supporters hoping that the batsmen's efforts would replicate those of the construction staff who continued to labour away as play continued. Their hopes though looked like being swiftly dashed as Walters on 28 edged David Payne's second delivery of the session to Alex Gidman at first slip, but the former Gloucestershire captain fumbled the chance. But it did not prove to be an expensive miss as two overs later Walters edged again and was caught by Roderick.

With Glamorgan on 85/4, Jim Allenby joined Goodwin who twice steered Miles to the offside boundary before his new partner unleashed a couple of rasping strokes through extra cover against Payne. Goodwin then clipped Benny Howell to mid-wicket for four before Allenby repeated the stroke against Payne as well as pulling Fuller for four. He continued to counter-attack as he then swatted the seamer square of the wicket before doing the same to Howell as the fifty partnership came up in just 33 minutes.

Allenby continued in assertive mode as he pulled Fuller for four high over the fielder at mid-wicket, and this flurry of runs duly led to the introduction of teenage spinner Miles Hammond at the Pavilion End. Allenby though continued to score freely as Goodwin continued his role as sheet anchor, and the all-rounder completed a 66-ball fifty by driving the schoolboy spinner through mid-off.

Allenby also pulled Miles for four before Goodwin deftly swept Hammond to the ropes at square-leg. The veteran then glanced McCarter to fine-leg as the century stand came up in the 60th over, before clipping the seamer to mid-wicket . He then reached his fifty - from 126 balls - as he cover drove Hammond with Glamorgan reaching 200/4 at tea.

Rebuilding has been the watchword at Bristol this summer and, as the shell of Gloucestershire's new headquarters continued to be worked upon around the boundary's edge so the rebuilding took place on the field during the afternoon session as Allenby and Goodwin added 115 between lunch and tea to see Glamorgan towards a position of prosperity.

The post-tea session began with Allenby - who scored an unbeaten 138 in the last match at Leicester - continuing his rich vein of form by swatting Payne for four to long-leg before drilling McCarter to the extra cover boundary. Goodwin also soon found the boundary ropes as he leg-glanced Payne before Miles Hammond returned to the attack as the home side tried to hurry through to the new ball. The runs though continued to come, in one's and two's as the pair cleverly worked the ball around and in the process brought up the 150-run stand.

Goodwin celebrated by pulling Hammond for four as Glamorgan secured a second batting point in the 78th over before Allenby drilled Benny Howell through extra cover, and another lofted drive against Hammond saw the all-rounder record his second century in succession as he struck his 15th four having faced 149 balls.

Gloucestershire then took the new ball but the runs continued to flow as Allenby cover drove Payne as the stand approached the Club record for that wicket against Gloucestershire set by Mike Powell and James Franklin at Cheltenham in 2006 when the pair added 188 to lay the foundation for a comprehensive victory. But three runs short of this landmark James Fuller ended their doughty efforts and Allenby's three-hour innings as he had an l.b.w. appeal upheld.

With Mark Wallace as his new partner, Goodwin steered Glamorgan to the 300-mark in the 90th over as he on-drove Fuller for four. Wallace then struck Hammond for two fours in the penultimate over before the watchful Goodwin ended the day on 96* and just four runs short of his first century - his first for his new employers and the 68th of his first-class career.