f32081 cc15371	Gloucestershire v Essex
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester on 10th, 12th, 13th June 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 2 wickets
Points	Gloucestershire 5 (Batting 4, Bowling 1); Essex 18 (Batting 4, Bowling 2)
Umpires	AGT Whitehead, TG Wilson
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 51/1 (Denness 19*, McEwan 23*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 129/3 (Shepherd 15*, Procter 6*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Stovold	c and b Lever	26
A Tait	c Fletcher b Lever	4
Zaheer Abbas	lbw b Lever	23
DR Shepherd	c East b Acfield	11
*MJ Procter	b Lever	203
JC Foat	st Smith b East	56
MD Partridge	not out	5
DA Graveney	not out	1
+AJ Brassington	did not bat
BM Brain	did not bat
JH Childs	did not bat
Extras	(14 lb, 7 nb)	21
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	350
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-45, 3-70, 4-100, 5-319, 6-347

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	23	5	79	4	-	-
Phillip	23	4	69	0	-	-
Turner	24	8	76	0	-	-
East	20	9	55	1	-	-
Acfield	10	3	50	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c and b Graveney	81
GA Gooch	b Brain	7
KS McEwan	c and b Graveney	73
*KWR Fletcher	not out	73
BR Hardie	not out	52
N Phillip	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(10 lb, 9 nb)	19
Total	(3 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	305
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-162, 3-169

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brain	19	5	51	1	-	-
Procter	15	1	50	0	-	-
Childs	27	5	76	0	-	-
Partridge	9	1	37	0	-	-
Graveney	30	8	72	2	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Stovold	c Smith b Lever	18
A Tait	c Denness b East	36
Zaheer Abbas	c Hardie b Acfield	49
DR Shepherd	run out	16
*MJ Procter	c McEwan b Acfield	43
JC Foat	not out	53
MD Partridge	c Smith b Phillip	1
DA Graveney	not out	34
+AJ Brassington	did not bat
BM Brain	did not bat
JH Childs	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 6 nb, 2 w)	17
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 97 overs)	267
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-93, 3-118, 4-144, 5-180, 6-191

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	18	2	66	1	-	-
Phillip	16	3	48	1	-	-
Turner	7	1	18	0	-	-
East	25	11	33	1	-	-
Acfield	31	11	85	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	lbw b Procter	8
GA Gooch	run out	50
KS McEwan	b Childs	38
*KWR Fletcher	st +Stovold b Childs	14
BR Hardie	b Procter	29
N Phillip	c and b Procter	134
S Turner	b Brain	9
+N Smith	b Brain	0
RE East	not out	20
JK Lever	not out	2
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb)	9
Total	(8 wickets, 63.4 overs)	313
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-84, 3-104, 4-120, 5-226, 6-255, 7-255, 8-311

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brain	11	1	40	2	-	-
Procter	12.4	4	38	3	-	-
Childs	20	0	134	2	-	-
Graveney	20	7	92	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> MJ Procter (1) passed his previous highest score of 167 in County Championship matches
--> MJ Procter (1) passed 16500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> N Phillip (2) passed his previous highest score of 22 in County Championship matches
--> N Phillip (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> N Phillip (2) passed his previous highest score of 99 in First-Class matches
--> N Phillip (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> RE East reached 700 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings

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