f21803 cc10894	Gloucestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1957
Venue	Erinoid Ground, Stroud on 22nd, 24th, 25th June 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by an innings and 21 runs
Points	Gloucestershire 0; Essex 14 (Batting 2)
Umpires	HG Baldwin, TJ Bartley
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 10/0 (Young 6*, Knightley-Smith 4*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 73/4 (Nicholls 11*, Brown 4*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*TC Dodds	lbw b Allen	85
G Barker	c Nicholls b Smith	10
+B Taylor	lbw b Allen	25
LA Savill	run out	89
MJ Bear	c Nicholls b Allen	4
GJ Smith	b Cook	1
WT Greensmith	b Brown	48
LHR Ralph	lbw b Smith	8
KC Preston	b Smith	2
IM King	c Nicholls b Smith	1
EJ Palmer	not out	0
Extras	(10 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 99.2 overs)	288
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-104, 3-137, 4-157, 5-168, 6-260, 7-284, 8-287, 9-287, 10-288 (99.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	20.2	4	67	4	-	-
Wiltshire	5	2	20	0	-	-
Cook	27	13	57	1	-	-
Mortimore	12	3	33	0	-	-
Allen	23	8	61	3	-	-
Brown	12	2	35	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	c Ralph b Palmer	17
W Knightley-Smith	c and b Preston	35
RB Nicholls	c Palmer b Ralph	13
*GM Emmett	lbw b Preston	5
AS Brown	c Taylor b Greensmith	3
JB Mortimore	run out	21
DA Allen	c Preston b Greensmith	0
DR Smith	c Preston b Greensmith	0
+BJ Meyer	c Bear b Greensmith	17
GGM Wiltshire	b King	1
C Cook	not out	4
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 52.4 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-58, 3-69, 4-76, 5-83, 6-83, 7-83, 8-103, 9-104, 10-124 (52.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	16	4	28	2	-	-
Ralph	10	1	31	1	-	-
Palmer	10	3	26	1	-	-
Greensmith	10.4	3	19	4	-	-
King	6	3	12	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	c Greensmith b Palmer	25
W Knightley-Smith	c Taylor b Palmer	5
RB Nicholls	b Preston	20
*GM Emmett	c Taylor b Preston	13
JB Mortimore	lbw b Preston	13
AS Brown	not out	41
+BJ Meyer	c Preston b Greensmith	1
DA Allen	b Greensmith	5
DR Smith	b Greensmith	2
GGM Wiltshire	run out	11
C Cook	lbw b Preston	0
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 60.2 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-41, 3-49, 4-60, 5-91, 6-92, 7-108, 8-123, 9-139, 10-143 (60.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	25.2	8	60	4	-	-
Ralph	1	1	0	0	-	-
Palmer	16	4	39	2	-	-
Greensmith	13	5	32	3	-	-
King	5	3	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> EJ Palmer made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> EJ Palmer made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> TC Dodds (1) passed 17000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 70
--> JB Mortimore (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> AS Brown (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> WT Greensmith reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> KC Preston reached 600 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings
--> WT Greensmith reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings

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