f6869 cc1998	Essex v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1906
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 4th, 5th June 1906 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by an innings and 82 runs
Points	Essex 1; Gloucestershire -1
Umpires	W Attewell, TA Brown
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 254/5 (Gillingham 32*, Reeves 40*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EP Barnett	b Mead	4
H Wrathall	c Freeman b Buckenham	31		40
+JH Board	lbw b Mead	0
RT Godsell	c Carpenter b Mead	1
*GL Jessop	c Mead b Buckenham	34		25
FE Thomas	c Perrin b Buckenham	12
HJ Huggins	b Mead	28
WH Hale	b Mead	19
T Langdon	c Fane b Buckenham	11
EJ Spry	b Buckenham	15
EG Dennett	not out	3
Extras	(9 b, 6 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 52.2 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Barnett), 2-11 (Board), 3-41 (Godsell), 4-47 (Wrathall), 5-76 (Jessop), 6-94 (Thomas), 7-133, 8-144, 9-158, 10-173 (52.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buckenham	22.2	4	79	5	-	-
Mead	26	6	70	5	-	-
Reeves	4	2	9	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CP McGahey	b Huggins	0	2	1	-	-
HA Carpenter	b Dennett	41
PA Perrin	c Jessop b Dennett	110		110	16	-
*FL Fane	lbw b Dennett	15
WMF Turner	st +Langdon b Dennett	2
FH Gillingham	c and b Huggins	37
W Reeves	c Jessop b Huggins	53		55
JWHT Douglas	lbw b Spry	66
CP Buckenham	c Barnett b Thomas	66		80
+JR Freeman	not out	9
W Mead	st +Langdon b Dennett	9
Extras	(18 b)	18
Total	(all out, 127.3 overs)	426
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (McGahey, 0.2 ov), 2-108 (Carpenter), 3-166 (Fane), 4-171 (Perrin), 5-172 (Turner), 6-265 (Reeves), 7-270 (Gillingham), 8-382 (Buckenham), 9-417 (Douglas), 10-426 (Mead, 127.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Huggins	40	9	99	3	-	-
Dennett	49.3	7	172	5	-	-
Spry	21	0	74	1	-	-
Jessop	6	0	25	0	-	-
Hale	8	3	21	0	-	-
Thomas	3	1	17	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EP Barnett	c Freeman b Mead	13
H Wrathall	c Mead b Reeves	62		155		1
RT Godsell	c Freeman b Reeves	24
*GL Jessop	c Turner b Reeves	4
FE Thomas	b Buckenham	28
HJ Huggins	c Freeman b Mead	0
WH Hale	b Douglas	11
T Langdon	b Mead	9
EJ Spry	c Freeman b Buckenham	1
EG Dennett	not out	1
+JH Board	absent hurt
Extras	(13 b, 5 lb)	18
Total	(all out, 57.1 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-26 (Barnett), 2-71 (Godsell), 3-98 (Jessop), 4-115 (Wrathall), 5-141, 6-141, 7-167, 8-171, 9-171 (57.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buckenham	13.1	5	26	2	-	-
Mead	22	4	53	3	-	-
Reeves	15	3	44	3	-	-
Douglas	7	0	30	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> EG Dennett (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> PA Perrin (1) passed 12500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 65
--> W Reeves (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 43
--> JWHT Douglas (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> FE Thomas (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 4
--> W Mead reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings

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In the Essex first innings Langdon kept wicket instead of Board, who severely strained his side while batting

 

 

 

 

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