Lancashire Cricket Club

f20201 cc10064	Gloucestershire v Lancashire
	County Championship 1953
Venue	College Ground, Cheltenham on 15th, 17th August 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by an innings and 19 runs
Points	Gloucestershire 0; Lancashire 12
Umpires	WFF Price, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 118/5 (Milton 16, Hawkins 0)

Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Emmett	c Grieves b Ikin	38
DM Young	c Grieves b Statham	44
*JF Crapp	c Ikin b Statham	1
CA Milton	lbw b Berry	29
+AE Wilson	b Tattersall	14
GEE Lambert	b Tattersall	2
DG Hawkins	lbw b Tattersall	4
JB Mortimore	b Tattersall	11
JVC Griffiths	c Grieves b Berry	1
C Cook	b Tattersall	0
FP McHugh	not out	1
Extras	(9 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 82.3 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-72, 2-81, 3-84, 4-101, 5-115, 6-133, 7-143, 8-153, 9-153, 10-154 (82.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	19	5	31	2	-	-
Wharton	5	1	15	0	-	-
Berry	23	9	35	2	-	-
Tattersall	25.3	8	48	5	-	-
Ikin	10	6	16	1	-	-

Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Washbrook	c Milton b Cook	31
JT Ikin	b McHugh	32
W Place	c Wilson b Griffiths	30
KJ Grieves	c Emmett b Cook	2
A Wharton	b Griffiths	39
*ND Howard	c Lambert b Cook	13
PT Marner	b Mortimore	3
+FD Parr	c Hawkins b Mortimore	7
JB Statham	c and b Mortimore	21
R Tattersall	c Hawkins b Mortimore	11
R Berry	not out	27
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(all out, 79.1 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-74, 3-76, 4-130, 5-153, 6-153, 7-161, 8-180, 9-189, 10-222 (79.1 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	11	2	42	0	-	-
McHugh	8	1	19	1	-	-
Mortimore	27.1	9	70	4	-	-
Cook	19	7	43	3	-	-
Griffiths	11	3	23	2	-	-
Hawkins	3	0	19	0	-	-

Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	c Berry b Statham	4
CA Milton	b Statham	5
*JF Crapp	c Wharton b Tattersall	8
+AE Wilson	run out	0
GEE Lambert	c Statham b Berry	1
DG Hawkins	c Howard b Ikin	0
JB Mortimore	c Tattersall b Berry	0
JVC Griffiths	not out	14
C Cook	c Marner b Berry	0
GM Emmett	c Tattersall b Berry	7
FP McHugh	st Parr b Berry	0
Extras	(10 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 27 overs)	49
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-13, 3-23, 4-26, 5-28, 6-28, 7-28, 8-28, 9-35, 10-49 (27 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	7	3	15	2	-	-
Wharton	2	2	0	0	-	-
Berry	7	5	17	5	-	-
Tattersall	8	4	7	1	-	-
Ikin	3	3	0	1	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> GM Emmett (1) passed 17000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 29
--> W Place (1) passed 14500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 19
--> A Wharton (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 3
--> R Berry (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in County Championship matches
--> R Berry (1) equalled his previous highest score of 27 in first-class matches
--> JVC Griffiths (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in County Championship matches