f29654 cc14519	Gloucestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1973
Venue	Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester on 16th, 18th, 19th June 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Gloucestershire 8 (Batting 3, Bowling 5); Essex 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4)
Umpires	WE Alley, AGT Whitehead
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 23/1 (Francis 10*, Taylor 5*; 4 overs)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 124/1 (Nicholls 56*, Knight 9*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Sadiq Mohammad	b Edmeades	32
RB Nicholls	c Taylor b Lever	39
RDV Knight	c Turner b Edmeades	2
MJ Procter	c Taylor b Turner	8
Zaheer Abbas	c Taylor b Hobbs	80
CA Milton	lbw b Lever	3
*AS Brown	c Turner b Pont	85
+R Swetman	not out	35
DA Graveney	not out	17
JB Mortimore	did not bat
J Davey	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 10 lb, 4 nb)	17
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 108 overs)	318
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-62, 3-73, 4-100, 5-106, 6-221, 7-290

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edmeades	16	4	50	2	-	-
Lever	27	7	63	2	-	-
Turner	26	1	64	1	-	-
East	23	6	70	0	-	-
Hobbs	10	1	35	1	-	-
Pont	6	2	19	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Swetman b Sadiq Mohammad	7
BC Francis	c Graveney b Davey	12
*+B Taylor	b Brown	36
KWR Fletcher	c Nicholls b Mortimore	38
RMO Cooke	c Graveney b Mortimore	12
KR Pont	c Swetman b Brown	8
GJ Saville	lbw b Brown	8
S Turner	c Nicholls b Mortimore	4
RNS Hobbs	c Brown b Davey	33
RE East	run out	23
JK Lever	not out	3
Extras	(1 b, 10 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 78.1 overs)	196
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-32, 3-91, 4-99, 5-107, 6-122, 7-127, 8-129, 9-180, 10-196 (78.1 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	2	1	9	0	-	-
Davey	17.1	1	48	2	-	-
Sadiq Mohammad	4	0	17	1	-	-
Brown	22	6	45	3	-	-
Knight	5	0	14	0	-	-
Mortimore	27	4	50	3	-	-
Graveney	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Sadiq Mohammad	c Lever b East	55
RB Nicholls	c Saville b Lever	56
RDV Knight	not out	11
Zaheer Abbas	not out	6
MJ Procter	did not bat
CA Milton	did not bat
*AS Brown	did not bat
+R Swetman	did not bat
DA Graveney	did not bat
JB Mortimore	did not bat
J Davey	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 5 nb)	6
Total	(2 wickets, 49.2 overs)	134
Fall of wickets:
1-108, 2-125

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	12	1	37	1	-	-
Turner	12.2	2	31	0	-	-
East	10	1	30	1	-	-
Hobbs	15	4	30	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Sadiq Mohammad (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> AS Brown (1) passed 10000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 22
--> RNS Hobbs (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21

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