f31191 cc15089	Gloucestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1976
Venue	College Ground, Cheltenham on 31st July, 2nd August 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by an innings and 64 runs
Points	Gloucestershire 18 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Essex 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3)
Umpires	HD Bird, P Rochford
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 211/4 (Zaheer Abbas 117*, Procter 6*; 52 overs)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	b Procter	0
BR Hardie	c Brassington b Brain	5
KS McEwan	c Brassington b Brain	8
GA Gooch	c Shepherd b Childs	79
*KWR Fletcher	c Graveney b Procter	21
KR Pont	b Procter	4
S Turner	lbw b Childs	7
RE East	c Hignell b Brain	1
+N Smith	b Childs	22
JK Lever	lbw b Childs	2
DL Acfield	not out	1
Extras	(1 lb, 8 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 51.4 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-7, 3-14, 4-66, 5-76, 6-110, 7-130, 8-134, 9-152, 10-160 (51.4 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	13	6	25	3	-	-
Brain	16	3	55	3	-	-
Brown	15	2	47	0	-	-
Childs	5.4	1	19	4	-	-
Graveney	2	1	4	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Sadiq Mohammad	c McEwan b Lever	9
AW Stovold	c McEwan b Lever	19
Zaheer Abbas	c Pont b Lever	153
AJ Hignell	c Fletcher b East	50
DR Shepherd	b East	0
MJ Procter	c Smith b Lever	10
DA Graveney	c Smith b Lever	25
*AS Brown	c Smith b Lever	43
+AJ Brassington	c Hardie b Lever	0
BM Brain	c East b Lever	57
JH Childs	not out	7
Extras	(2 b, 12 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(all out, 120.2 overs)	391
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-62, 3-164, 4-164, 5-219, 6-264, 7-309, 8-309, 9-336, 10-391 (120.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	44.2	10	127	8	-	-
Turner	18	2	81	0	-	-
Edmeades	3	0	22	0	-	-
Acfield	20	5	85	0	-	-
East	35	15	58	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	retired hurt	20
BR Hardie	lbw b Procter	0
KS McEwan	b Childs	11
GA Gooch	b Procter	0
*KWR Fletcher	c and b Childs	4
KR Pont	c Stovold b Procter	21
S Turner	c Graveney b Procter	20
RE East	not out	66
+N Smith	c Sadiq Mohammad b Graveney	19
JK Lever	c Brassington b Childs	0
DL Acfield	c Sadiq Mohammad b Childs	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 3 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 55.2 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-30, 3-31, 4-42, 5-80, 6-86, 7-154, 8-163, 9-167 (55.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	18	8	36	4	-	-
Brain	5	1	17	0	-	-
Childs	13.2	4	52	4	-	-
Graveney	16	3	46	1	-	-
Sadiq Mohammad	3	0	10	0	-	-

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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
--> Zaheer Abbas (1) passed 15000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> BM Brain (1) passed his previous highest score of 38 in First-Class matches
--> BM Brain (1) passed his previous highest score of 38 in County Championship matches
--> MJ Procter reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> JK Lever achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Gloucestershire first innings (previous best was 7-90)
--> JK Lever reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 6th wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> RE East reached 600 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> JK Lever achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Gloucestershire first innings (previous best was 7-90)
--> MJ Procter reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex second innings
--> BEA Edmeades retired hurt in the Essex second innings having scored 20 (team score 24/1)

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