f30125 cc14670	Gloucestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1974
Venue	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 5th, 6th, 7th June 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Gloucestershire 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4); Essex 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4)
Umpires	KE Palmer, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 14/1 (Edmeades 7*, Cooke 6*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 76/2 (Zaheer Abbas 6*, Knight 26*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Sadiq Mohammad	c East b Edmeades	20
CA Milton	c Smith b Edmeades	27
RDV Knight	c Smith b Turner	48
MJ Procter	c Smith b Edmeades	2
Zaheer Abbas	b Turner	3
DR Shepherd	b Turner	4
*AS Brown	lbw b Turner	0
DA Graveney	b Gooch	14
+R Swetman	b Turner	1
JB Mortimore	b East	28
J Davey	not out	19
Extras	(1 b, 11 lb, 6 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 71.4 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-65, 3-71, 4-90, 5-110, 6-114, 7-121, 8-124, 9-147, 10-184 (71.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	16	3	39	0	-	-
Turner	29	6	74	5	-	-
Edmeades	13	4	19	3	-	-
Gooch	13	2	29	1	-	-
East	0.4	0	5	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	b Brown	53
BR Hardie	lbw b Davey	0
RMO Cooke	c Milton b Procter	12
KS McEwan	c Milton b Davey	40
GA Gooch	b Brown	0
KR Pont	b Procter	20
S Turner	c Knight b Procter	0
RE East	b Davey	11
+N Smith	run out	28
*RNS Hobbs	c Swetman b Procter	10
JK Lever	not out	12
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 59.2 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-32, 3-93, 4-97, 5-131, 6-131, 7-132, 8-150, 9-163, 10-197 (59.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	17	4	52	4	-	-
Davey	17.2	3	59	3	-	-
Brown	13	2	37	2	-	-
Mortimore	2	0	6	0	-	-
Knight	10	2	32	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Sadiq Mohammad	c Hobbs b Edmeades	19
CA Milton	lbw b Turner	22
RDV Knight	c Turner b East	88
Zaheer Abbas	c Smith b Turner	16
MJ Procter	b Edmeades	1
DR Shepherd	run out	21
*AS Brown	c Gooch b East	62
DA Graveney	not out	8
+R Swetman	not out	3
JB Mortimore	did not bat
J Davey	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 92 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-61, 3-87, 4-92, 5-129, 6-200, 7-237

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	21	3	56	0	-	-
Turner	22	9	46	2	-	-
Edmeades	15	1	43	2	-	-
Gooch	5	0	20	0	-	-
East	18	2	49	2	-	-
Pont	11	1	26	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	not out	54
BR Hardie	c Sadiq Mohammad b Mortimore	41
RMO Cooke	c Sadiq Mohammad b Mortimore	0
KS McEwan	b Mortimore	0
GA Gooch	lbw b Mortimore	0
KR Pont	not out	3
S Turner	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
*RNS Hobbs	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	14
Total	(4 wickets, 46 overs)	112
Fall of wickets:
1-107, 2-107, 3-107, 4-107

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	5	0	16	0	-	-
Davey	3	1	5	0	-	-
Brown	5	1	16	0	-	-
Mortimore	15	5	26	4	-	-
Graveney	13	6	20	0	-	-
Sadiq Mohammad	5	1	15	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> RDV Knight (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 28
--> J Davey (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in First-Class matches
--> J Davey (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in County Championship matches
--> KS McEwan (1) passed his previous highest score of 24 in County Championship matches
--> N Smith (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> S Turner reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> AS Brown reached 1050 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> JB Mortimore reached 1500 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex second innings

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