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| Venue | Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester on 19th, 20th, 21st August 1998 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Gloucestershire won by an innings and 281 runs |
| Points | Essex 2 (Bowling 2); Gloucestershire 24 (Batting 4, Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | A Clarkson, MJ Kitchen |
| Scorers | CF Driver (Essex), KT Gerrish (Gloucestershire) |
| Close of play day 1 | Gloucestershire (1) 401/5 (Windows 69*, Russell 6*; 104 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (2) 16/0 (Robinson 9*, Flanagan 4*; 5 overs) |
| Gloucestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RJ Cunliffe | c Hyam b Grove | 7 | 17 | 22 | 1 | - | |
| THC Hancock | c and b Law | 135 | 211 | 237 | 21 | 1 | |
| DR Hewson | c Hyam b Grove | 44 | 88 | 116 | 3 | 1 | |
| *MW Alleyne | c Peters b Law | 47 | 75 | 106 | 5 | 1 | |
| MGN Windows | c Law b Grayson | 151 | 248 | 308 | 22 | - | |
| RI Dawson | b Ilott | 46 | 105 | 124 | 4 | 1 | |
| +RC Russell | c Ilott b Law | 28 | 56 | 63 | 4 | - | |
| MCJ Ball | c Hodgson b Grayson | 32 | 67 | 97 | 2 | - | |
| J Lewis | c Flanagan b Such | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | - | |
| AM Smith | not out | 6 | 7 | 12 | - | - | |
| CA Walsh | c Robinson b Such | 7 | 5 | 5 | - | 1 | |
| Extras | (15 b, 18 lb, 22 nb, 2 w) | 57 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 145.4 overs) | 564 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21 (Cunliffe), 2-144 (Hewson), 3-253 (Hancock), 4-258 (Alleyne), 5-382 (Dawson), 6-448 (Russell), 7-536 (Ball), 8-546 (Lewis), 9-552 (Windows), 10-564 (Walsh, 145.4 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ilott | 22 | 1 | 81 | 1 | - | - | |
| Grove | 27 | 4 | 119 | 2 | - | - | |
| Irani | 16 | 5 | 39 | 0 | - | - | |
| Law | 17 | 0 | 77 | 3 | - | - | |
| Such | 48.4 | 7 | 168 | 2 | - | - | |
| Grayson | 15 | 4 | 47 | 2 | - | - | |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DDJ Robinson | c Alleyne b Lewis | 16 | 38 | 45 | 2 | - | |
| IN Flanagan | c Ball b Hancock | 29 | 70 | 99 | 5 | - | |
| TP Hodgson | c Russell b Lewis | 5 | 15 | 20 | - | - | |
| RC Irani | c Ball b Lewis | 36 | 54 | 79 | 6 | - | |
| *AP Grayson | b Hancock | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| SD Peters | c Walsh b Hancock | 1 | 4 | 7 | - | - | |
| DR Law | c Alleyne b Ball | 3 | 5 | 4 | - | - | |
| +BJ Hyam | c Alleyne b Ball | 33 | 67 | 81 | 3 | 1 | |
| MC Ilott | not out | 35 | 48 | 67 | 6 | - | |
| JO Grove | lbw b Dawson | 3 | 9 | 9 | - | - | |
| PM Such | b Dawson | 8 | 5 | 7 | - | 1 | |
| Extras | (3 lb, 2 nb, 2 w) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 52.4 overs) | 176 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21 (Robinson), 2-37 (Hodgson), 3-61 (Flanagan), 4-61 (Grayson), 5-67 (Peters), 6-70 (Law), 7-106 (Irani), 8-157 (Hyam), 9-166 (Grove), 10-176 (Such, 52.4 ov) | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Walsh | 11 | 2 | 40 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 9 | 2 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lewis | 11 | 1 | 51 | 3 | - | - | |
| Ball | 13 | 4 | 29 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hancock | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | - | - | |
| Dawson | 5.4 | 0 | 34 | 2 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DDJ Robinson | lbw b Walsh | 40 | 126 | 170 | 4 | - | |
| IN Flanagan | c Dawson b Walsh | 6 | 23 | 23 | - | - | |
| TP Hodgson | c Russell b Hancock | 4 | 31 | 41 | - | - | |
| RC Irani | c and b Hancock | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | |
| *AP Grayson | b Ball | 28 | 40 | 60 | 4 | - | |
| SD Peters | b Ball | 3 | 8 | 6 | - | - | |
| DR Law | c Cunliffe b Ball | 0 | 7 | 9 | - | - | |
| +BJ Hyam | c Windows b Walsh | 3 | 10 | 12 | - | - | |
| MC Ilott | c Walsh b Ball | 3 | 14 | 29 | - | - | |
| JO Grove | c Windows b Walsh | 1 | 19 | 15 | - | - | |
| PM Such | not out | 0 | 3 | 3 | - | - | |
| Extras | (5 b, 1 lb, 12 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 46.1 overs) | 107 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19 (Flanagan), 2-28 (Hodgson), 3-34 (Irani), 4-79 (Grayson), 5-85 (Peters), 6-85 (Law), 7-92 (Hyam), 8-101 (Robinson), 9-107 (Grove), 10-107 (Ilott, 46.1 ov) | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ball | 11.1 | 4 | 26 | 4 | - | - | |
| Dawson | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 7 | 5 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Walsh | 12 | 4 | 18 | 4 | - | - | |
| Hancock | 9 | 4 | 24 | 2 | - | - | |
| Lewis | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> Gloucestershire score at 120 overs in the first innings was 474-6
--> THC Hancock (1) passed his previous highest score of 123 in First-Class matches
--> THC Hancock (1) passed his previous highest score of 123 in County Championship matches
--> MGN Windows (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 112
--> RI Dawson (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 41
--> RC Russell (1) passed 13500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> THC Hancock achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 3-10)
--> THC Hancock achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 3-10)
--> MCJ Ball reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when he dismissed SD Peters, his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings
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