f21443 cc10722	Gloucestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 25th, 26th, 27th July 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 140 runs
Points	Gloucestershire 12; Essex 0
Umpires	E Cooke, CS Elliott
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 43/3 (Barker 15*, Insole 12*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 186/7 (Nicholls 36*, Allen 0*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CA Milton	c Dodds b Preston	23
DM Young	b Bailey	0
W Knightley-Smith	lbw b Greensmith	35
*GM Emmett	st Taylor b Greensmith	13
JF Crapp	c Barker b Greensmith	41
RB Nicholls	c Dodds b Greensmith	43
GEE Lambert	c Dodds b Greensmith	14
JB Mortimore	c Savill b Greensmith	18
DA Allen	not out	5
+P Rochford	c Dodds b Greensmith	0
C Cook	b Greensmith	1
Extras	(17 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 97 overs)	212
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-51, 3-76, 4-83, 5-163, 6-185, 7-188, 8-209, 9-210, 10-212 (97 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	27	12	45	1	-	-
Bailey	22	6	61	1	-	-
Greensmith	37	15	59	8	-	-
Smith	11	5	28	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Lambert	3
G Barker	c Emmett b Cook	43
+B Taylor	lbw b Milton	3
CCP Williams	b Lambert	5
*DJ Insole	lbw b Allen	24
LA Savill	c Knightley-Smith b Cook	18
GJ Smith	c Lambert b Cook	3
BR Knight	c Lambert b Allen	8
WT Greensmith	not out	9
JA Bailey	lbw b Allen	0
KC Preston	c Rochford b Lambert	8
Extras	(10 b, 4 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 88.2 overs)	138
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-7, 3-20, 4-67, 5-101, 6-108, 7-113, 8-118, 9-126, 10-138 (88.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	22.2	11	30	3	-	-
Milton	4	2	9	1	-	-
Cook	27	16	34	3	-	-
Mortimore	18	8	19	0	-	-
Allen	16	4	31	3	-	-
Nicholls	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CA Milton	hit wkt b Greensmith	21
DM Young	c and b Preston	21
W Knightley-Smith	c Taylor b Smith	19
*GM Emmett	b Preston	13
JF Crapp	c Barker b Preston	59
RB Nicholls	not out	44
GEE Lambert	c Insole b Preston	3
JB Mortimore	b Preston	2
DA Allen	c Insole b Greensmith	4
+P Rochford	did not bat
C Cook	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 1 lb)	12
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 82.1 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-45, 3-69, 4-116, 5-167, 6-181, 7-185, 8-198 (82.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	33	8	67	5	-	-
Bailey	12	1	24	0	-	-
Greensmith	30.1	6	69	2	-	-
Smith	7	2	26	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Milton	1
G Barker	c Nicholls b Cook	10
+B Taylor	c and b Mortimore	42
CCP Williams	b Cook	0
*DJ Insole	c Crapp b Cook	4
LA Savill	b Cook	6
GJ Smith	c Mortimore b Allen	19
BR Knight	lbw b Cook	2
WT Greensmith	c Milton b Allen	13
JA Bailey	not out	2
KC Preston	b Cook	18
Extras	(10 b, 5 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 63 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-42, 3-46, 4-54, 5-76, 6-76, 7-86, 8-112, 9-113, 10-132 (63 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	6	2	15	0	-	-
Milton	4	3	3	1	-	-
Cook	26	15	46	6	-	-
Mortimore	11	6	12	1	-	-
Allen	16	4	41	2	-	-

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Notes
--> G Barker (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 19
--> DM Young (2) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> WT Greensmith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Gloucestershire first innings (previous best was 6-44)
--> WT Greensmith reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 7th wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> WT Greensmith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Gloucestershire first innings (previous best was 6-44)
--> C Cook reached 1000 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings

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