f29244 cc14392	Essex v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1972
Venue	Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea on 15th, 17th, 18th July 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 107 runs
Points	Essex 6 (Batting 1, Bowling 5); Gloucestershire 16 (Batting 1, Bowling 5)
Umpires	WL Budd, AGT Whitehead
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 81/3 (Edmeades 40*; 24.4 overs)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 184/6 (Procter 85*, Brown 4*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB Nicholls	c Taylor b Lever	8
JC Foat	c Turner b Boyce	0
RDV Knight	c Turner b Lever	16
MJ Procter	c Taylor b Turner	51
Sadiq Mohammad	c Taylor b Lever	2
DR Shepherd	c Saville b Turner	59
M Bissex	lbw b Turner	0
*AS Brown	b Boyce	5
+R Swetman	c Taylor b Lever	10
JB Mortimore	not out	22
J Davey	b Turner	4
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 3 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 62.3 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-17, 3-28, 4-42, 5-98, 6-98, 7-113, 8-139, 9-174, 10-184 (62.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	21	3	59	2	-	-
Lever	16	3	39	4	-	-
Turner	21.3	4	67	4	-	-
Hobbs	4	1	12	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	c Procter b Brown	72
GJ Saville	c Swetman b Procter	1
KWR Fletcher	c Swetman b Davey	20
B Ward	run out	13
KD Boyce	c Foat b Brown	14
*+B Taylor	c Knight b Procter	15
S Turner	c Shepherd b Brown	17
RNS Hobbs	b Procter	4
RE East	c Knight b Brown	1
JK Lever	not out	9
DL Acfield	run out	0
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 7 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 52.4 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-57, 3-81 (24.4 ov), 4-97, 5-123, 6-163, 7-164, 8-168, 9-177, 10-178 (52.4 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	15.4	4	43	3	-	-
Davey	15	2	70	1	-	-
Brown	22	6	53	4	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB Nicholls	lbw b Boyce	9
Sadiq Mohammad	hit wkt b Lever	48
RDV Knight	run out	10
MJ Procter	c Edmeades b Turner	102
DR Shepherd	lbw b Acfield	4
M Bissex	c Taylor b Acfield	9
JC Foat	c Saville b Acfield	6
*AS Brown	c Saville b Boyce	4
+R Swetman	not out	14
JB Mortimore	c East b Turner	12
J Davey	b Lever	0
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 9 nb, 1 w)	20
Total	(all out, 82.4 overs)	238
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-55, 3-94, 4-109, 5-135, 6-171, 7-192, 8-216, 9-236, 10-238 (82.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	27	8	59	2	-	-
Lever	17.4	2	60	2	-	-
Turner	23	5	45	2	-	-
Acfield	15	2	54	3	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Procter	8
GJ Saville	lbw b Procter	1
KWR Fletcher	c Bissex b Davey	40
B Ward	lbw b Procter	0
KD Boyce	lbw b Procter	0
*+B Taylor	b Brown	37
S Turner	c Swetman b Knight	11
RNS Hobbs	b Procter	12
RE East	lbw b Brown	19
JK Lever	c Nicholls b Sadiq Mohammad	1
DL Acfield	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 nb, 5 w)	8
Total	(all out, 53.2 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-17, 3-17, 4-17, 5-51, 6-80, 7-89, 8-128, 9-137, 10-137 (53.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	16	4	30	5	-	-
Davey	11	0	38	1	-	-
Brown	16.2	6	36	2	-	-
Knight	6	2	14	1	-	-
Mortimore	1	0	5	0	-	-
Sadiq Mohammad	3	2	6	1	-	-

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Notes
--> M Bissex made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> M Bissex made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> KD Boyce reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> JK Lever reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings
--> KD Boyce reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings
--> MJ Procter reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> MJ Procter reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> MJ Procter completed a hat-trick in the Essex second innings (Edmeades, Ward, Boyce)
--> B Taylor retired hurt in the Essex second innings (team had lost 4 wickets) and later returned
--> S Turner retired hurt in the Essex second innings (team had lost 4 wickets) and later returned

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