f30230 cc14753	Gloucestershire v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1974
Venue	College Ground, Cheltenham on 3rd, 5th, 6th August 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by an innings and 126 runs
Points	Gloucestershire 2 (Bowling 2); Worcestershire 18 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	R Aspinall, AE Fagg
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 57/0 (Stovold 33*, Nicholls 20*; 17 overs)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 87/8 (Thorn 8*, Mortimore 6*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	b Thorn	181
KW Wilkinson	b Brown	46
JA Ormrod	c Stovold b Procter	20
JM Parker	c Knight b Thorn	61
BL D'Oliveira	not out	43
TJ Yardley	c Thorn b Procter	3
+HG Wilcock	not out	9
*N Gifford	did not bat
VA Holder	did not bat
JD Inchmore	did not bat
BM Brain	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 17 lb, 4 nb)	27
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	390
Fall of wickets:
1-148, 2-215, 3-306, 4-359, 5-366

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	20	5	55	2	-	-
Shackleton	17	6	60	0	-	-
Brown	25	5	87	1	-	-
Knight	11	1	53	0	-	-
Mortimore	16	3	55	0	-	-
Thorn	11	1	53	2	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+AW Stovold	c Gifford b Holder	44
RB Nicholls	c Wilcock b Holder	35
RDV Knight	c Parker b D'Oliveira	18
MJ Procter	lbw b Gifford	6
DR Shepherd	b D'Oliveira	20
JC Foat	c Ormrod b Gifford	1
AJ Hignell	c Ormrod b Gifford	2
*AS Brown	c Gifford b D'Oliveira	4
PL Thorn	c Inchmore b Gifford	1
JB Mortimore	c Yardley b Gifford	0
JH Shackleton	not out	0
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb, 3 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 63.3 overs)	142
Fall of wickets:
1-78, 2-89, 3-109, 4-117, 5-123, 6-137, 7-137, 8-142, 9-142, 10-142 (63.3 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	18	4	37	2	-	-
Brain	12	3	41	0	-	-
Inchmore	3	0	11	0	-	-
Gifford	18.3	7	27	5	-	-
D'Oliveira	12	6	15	3	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+AW Stovold	c Wilcock b Holder	0
RB Nicholls	c Ormrod b D'Oliveira	15
RDV Knight	c Yardley b Gifford	6
MJ Procter	b Gifford	9
DR Shepherd	c Gifford b D'Oliveira	0
JC Foat	c Holder b D'Oliveira	0
AJ Hignell	c Yardley b D'Oliveira	12
*AS Brown	c Yardley b Gifford	14
PL Thorn	c Ormrod b Gifford	25
JB Mortimore	c Inchmore b D'Oliveira	10
JH Shackleton	not out	10
Extras	(14 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	21
Total	(all out, 53.2 overs)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-30, 3-34, 4-34, 5-35, 6-45, 7-69, 8-74, 9-93, 10-122 (53.2 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	6	4	3	1	-	-
Brain	4	2	9	0	-	-
Gifford	22.2	6	40	4	-	-
D'Oliveira	21	7	49	5	-	-

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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
--> GM Turner (1) passed his previous highest score of 170 in County Championship matches
--> DR Shepherd (1) passed 7500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 2
--> RDV Knight (2) passed 8000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 4
--> PL Thorn (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in County Championship matches
--> PL Thorn (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in first-class matches
--> N Gifford reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings

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