f32672 cc15618	Essex v Gloucestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1979
Venue	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester on 28th, 30th July 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 4 wickets
Points	Essex 17 (Batting 1, Bowling 4); Gloucestershire 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	JG Langridge, DO Oslear
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (2) 66/1 (Stovold 18*, Zaheer Abbas 25*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Sadiq Mohammad	c Fletcher b Phillip	5
AW Stovold	c Smith b East	47
Zaheer Abbas	c Gooch b Lever	0
AJ Hignell	c Denness b Lever	0
*MJ Procter	c Fletcher b Lever	8
P Bainbridge	lbw b Lever	0
MD Partridge	c Denness b Phillip	8
DA Graveney	c Gooch b Acfield	7
+AJ Brassington	b Acfield	3
BM Brain	st Smith b East	3
JH Childs	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 5 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 36 overs)	92
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-20, 3-20, 4-43, 5-47, 6-74, 7-80, 8-89, 9-92, 10-92 (36 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	10	2	37	4	-	-
Phillip	12	0	28	2	-	-
Turner	5	1	11	0	-	-
East	5	4	1	2	-	-
Acfield	4	2	4	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	lbw b Brain	6
MH Denness	c Hignell b Brain	1
KS McEwan	c Stovold b Childs	10
*KWR Fletcher	c Hignell b Brain	0
BR Hardie	c Hignell b Brain	14
+N Smith	c Partridge b Brain	0
N Phillip	c Brassington b Graveney	62
S Turner	c Sadiq Mohammad b Childs	35
RE East	b Childs	15
JK Lever	st Brassington b Childs	9
DL Acfield	not out	5
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 3 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 42.1 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-7, 3-7, 4-37, 5-37, 6-37, 7-106, 8-132, 9-148, 10-170 (42.1 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brain	9	0	33	5	-	-
Procter	6	2	10	0	-	-
Childs	18	4	82	4	-	-
Graveney	9.1	0	32	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Sadiq Mohammad	lbw b East	15
AW Stovold	c Acfield b Lever	52
Zaheer Abbas	c Smith b Turner	29
AJ Hignell	c Hardie b Acfield	30
*MJ Procter	c Fletcher b Acfield	0
P Bainbridge	c Hardie b Acfield	4
MD Partridge	c Fletcher b Acfield	0
DA Graveney	b Acfield	23
+AJ Brassington	c Smith b Acfield	4
BM Brain	c Gooch b Phillip	24
JH Childs	not out	2
Extras	(8 b, 9 lb, 5 nb)	22
Total	(all out, 100.5 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-71, 3-138, 4-140, 5-144, 6-144, 7-145, 8-159, 9-194, 10-205 (100.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	11	3	30	1	-	-
Phillip	5.5	1	16	1	-	-
Turner	6	1	19	1	-	-
East	38	18	62	1	-	-
Acfield	40	15	56	6	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	c Hignell b Partridge	7
MH Denness	c Sadiq Mohammad b Graveney	44
KS McEwan	c Brassington b Graveney	1
*KWR Fletcher	c sub b Childs	33
BR Hardie	c and b Graveney	11
RE East	not out	10
N Phillip	c Hignell b Graveney	0
S Turner	not out	8
+N Smith	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	15
Total	(6 wickets, 42.5 overs)	129
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-28, 3-89, 4-108, 5-119, 6-119

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brain	2	0	7	0	-	-
Procter	7	1	16	0	-	-
Childs	14	5	28	1	-	-
Graveney	17.5	3	58	4	-	-
Partridge	2	0	5	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> AW Stovold (1) passed 6500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 7
--> RE East (2) passed 5500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 4
--> N Phillip reached 300 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings
--> DA Graveney reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings

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