f28812 cc14223	Gloucestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1971
Venue	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 24th, 26th, 27th July 1971 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Gloucestershire 5 (Bowling 5); Essex 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4)
Umpires	WL Budd, C Cook
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 34/0 (Edmeades 20*, Francis 10*; 9 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 77/2 (Francis 25*, Fletcher 13*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB Nicholls	c Hobbs b Boyce	24
CA Milton	retired hurt	4
RDV Knight	b Lever	15
MJ Procter	c Taylor b Lever	0
DR Shepherd	c Taylor b Lever	3
M Bissex	b Lever	33
*AS Brown	c Taylor b Turner	0
JP Sullivan	c Taylor b Lever	15
JB Mortimore	b Lever	0
+BJ Meyer	not out	15
J Davey	run out	2
Extras	(1 b, 12 lb, 7 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 57 overs)	131
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-46, 3-52, 4-67, 5-70, 6-99, 7-105, 8-116, 9-131 (57 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	17	3	40	1	-	-
Lever	23	7	42	6	-	-
Turner	17	7	29	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Procter	27
BC Francis	b Procter	25
GJ Saville	b Brown	5
KWR Fletcher	c Shepherd b Brown	48
B Ward	c sub b Davey	6
KD Boyce	c Nicholls b Mortimore	39
*+B Taylor	lbw b Mortimore	0
S Turner	c Meyer b Procter	24
RNS Hobbs	b Procter	0
RE East	not out	7
JK Lever	c sub b Brown	2
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 75.2 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-57, 3-77, 4-87, 5-136, 6-137, 7-170, 8-170, 9-190, 10-194 (75.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	17	5	30	4	-	-
Davey	18	4	42	1	-	-
Brown	19.2	4	42	3	-	-
Mortimore	21	4	69	2	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB Nicholls	c Fletcher b Boyce	3
JP Sullivan	lbw b Lever	4
RDV Knight	c East b Hobbs	57
MJ Procter	c Francis b Hobbs	36
DR Shepherd	c Fletcher b East	2
M Bissex	not out	13
*AS Brown	not out	4
CA Milton	did not bat
JB Mortimore	did not bat
+BJ Meyer	did not bat
J Davey	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	8
Total	(5 wickets, 54 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-16, 3-87, 4-93, 5-117

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	8	2	23	1	-	-
Lever	9	2	24	1	-	-
Turner	8	2	25	0	-	-
Hobbs	13	4	22	2	-	-
East	16	8	25	1	-	-

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Notes
--> BEA Edmeades (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> BC Francis (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 2
--> BC Francis (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 2
--> MJ Procter (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 33
--> JK Lever achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Gloucestershire first innings (previous best was 6-72)
--> JK Lever achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Gloucestershire first innings (previous best was 5-66)
--> JB Mortimore reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> JB Mortimore reached 1600 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> CA Milton retired hurt in the Gloucestershire first innings having scored 4 (team score 14/0)

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