f21887 cc10958	Worcestershire v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1957
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 20th, 22nd, 23rd July 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Worcestershire 0; Gloucestershire 4 (Batting 2)
Umpires	P Corrall, CS Elliott
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 38/2 (Dews 0*, DW Richardson 2*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (1) 134/5 (Milton 0*, Eagar 1*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	lbw b Smith	24
*PE Richardson	c Nicholls b Smith	12
G Dews	c Brown b Smith	4
DW Richardson	c Etheridge b Mortimore	60
RG Broadbent	c Eagar b Mortimore	42
+R Booth	run out	1
MJ Horton	b Smith	20
RO Jenkins	not out	20
R Berry	did not bat
JA Flavell	did not bat
LJ Coldwell	did not bat
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 94.3 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-36, 3-45, 4-140, 5-145, 6-145, 7-189 (94.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	23.3	8	40	4	-	-
Brown	21	6	47	0	-	-
Cook	26	14	41	0	-	-
Mortimore	23	7	47	2	-	-
Nicholls	1	0	8	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GM Emmett	c Booth b Coldwell	45
DM Young	c Booth b Flavell	56
RB Nicholls	lbw b Berry	22
TW Graveney	b Berry	1
+RJ Etheridge	c Dews b Berry	0
CA Milton	not out	18
MA Eagar	c DW Richardson b Berry	18
AS Brown	not out	23
JB Mortimore	did not bat
DR Smith	did not bat
C Cook	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb)	9
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 80.5 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-121, 3-133, 4-133, 5-133, 6-155

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flavell	22	4	63	1	-	-
Coldwell	22.5	8	56	1	-	-
Berry	32	16	57	4	-	-
Jenkins	4	0	7	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	b Smith	14
*PE Richardson	b Smith	20
G Dews	b Mortimore	24
DW Richardson	c Mortimore b Cook	3
RG Broadbent	not out	60
+R Booth	c Graveney b Cook	14
MJ Horton	c and b Nicholls	0
RO Jenkins	not out	12
R Berry	did not bat
JA Flavell	did not bat
LJ Coldwell	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 65 overs)	151
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-45, 3-53, 4-71, 5-112, 6-113

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	15	4	41	2	-	-
Brown	6	3	17	0	-	-
Cook	14	8	23	2	-	-
Mortimore	18	10	23	1	-	-
Nicholls	5	0	28	1	-	-
Young	4	1	14	0	-	-
Milton	3	2	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RG Broadbent (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 22
--> JB Mortimore reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> R Berry reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings

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