f20508 cc10197	Gloucestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1954
Venue	Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester on 26th, 28th, 29th June 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 8 wickets
Points	Gloucestershire 12; Essex 0
Umpires	TJ Bartley, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 31/3 (Graveney 14*, Wiltshire 0*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 175/9 (Smith 68*, Avery 0*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Carpenter b Cook	29
AV Avery	lbw b Wiltshire	20
+PA Gibb	c Graveney b Wells	43
R Horsfall	b Wells	48
*DJ Insole	c and b Graveney	22
B Taylor	b Wells	11
R Smith	c Graveney b Wells	19
WT Greensmith	not out	38
JA Bailey	c Emmett b Cook	10
KC Preston	c Milton b McHugh	6
P Cousens	b McHugh	0
Extras	(6 b, 8 lb, 1 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 117.4 overs)	261
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-128, 3-139, 4-155, 5-188, 6-202, 7-229, 8-243, 9-255, 10-261 (117.4 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McHugh	19.4	2	41	2	-	-
Wiltshire	11	3	25	1	-	-
Cook	33	15	44	2	-	-
Wells	36	8	70	4	-	-
Mortimore	10	0	41	0	-	-
Graveney	8	1	25	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	b Bailey	1
D Carpenter	c Insole b Smith	6
TW Graveney	c and b Cousens	80
CA Milton	c Taylor b Preston	8
GGM Wiltshire	lbw b Greensmith	18
*GM Emmett	st Gibb b Bailey	47
+AE Wilson	b Cousens	66
JB Mortimore	b Bailey	11
C Cook	c sub b Greensmith	3
BD Wells	c Gibb b Cousens	11
FP McHugh	not out	0
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 88.3 overs)	264
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-10, 3-27, 4-119, 5-133, 6-207, 7-225, 8-252, 9-264, 10-264 (88.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	21	3	49	3	-	-
Smith	17	4	59	1	-	-
Preston	11	4	27	1	-	-
Greensmith	20	3	73	2	-	-
Cousens	19.3	5	43	3	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Wilson b McHugh	6
+PA Gibb	b Mortimore	29
WT Greensmith	c Milton b McHugh	11
R Horsfall	c Carpenter b Wells	7
*DJ Insole	b Mortimore	35
B Taylor	lbw b Cook	2
R Smith	not out	74
JA Bailey	b Mortimore	2
KC Preston	b Cook	0
P Cousens	b Cook	2
AV Avery	c Emmett b Cook	0
Extras	(11 b, 4 w)	15
Total	(all out, 68.4 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-28, 3-37, 4-83, 5-90, 6-106, 7-116, 8-129, 9-175, 10-183 (68.4 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McHugh	17	4	37	2	-	-
Wiltshire	4	0	15	0	-	-
Cook	22.4	10	43	4	-	-
Wells	13	6	17	1	-	-
Mortimore	12	1	56	3	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	b Cousens	18
D Carpenter	b Smith	0
TW Graveney	not out	111
CA Milton	not out	42
GGM Wiltshire	did not bat
*GM Emmett	did not bat
+AE Wilson	did not bat
JB Mortimore	did not bat
C Cook	did not bat
BD Wells	did not bat
FP McHugh	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(2 wickets, 71.3 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-59

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	7	2	23	0	-	-
Smith	9	4	25	1	-	-
Preston	4	1	13	0	-	-
Greensmith	23	4	48	0	-	-
Cousens	22	4	40	1	-	-
Insole	2	2	0	0	-	-
Dodds	3	0	13	0	-	-
Horsfall	1	0	5	0	-	-
Taylor	0.3	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AV Avery made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AV Avery made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> TW Graveney (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 54
--> GGM Wiltshire (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in First-Class matches
--> TW Graveney (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 46
--> TW Graveney (2) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 94
--> BD Wells reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> JA Bailey reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> JB Mortimore reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings
--> FP McHugh reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings
--> AV Avery retired not out in the Essex first innings having scored 16 and later returned

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