f43079 cc18830	Gloucestershire v Essex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1997
Venue	Archdeacon Meadow, Gloucester on 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th May 1997 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Gloucestershire 9 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Essex 10 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	DJ Constant, B Leadbeater
Scorers	CF Driver (Essex), KT Gerrish (Gloucestershire)
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (1) 84/7 (Russell 0*)
Close of play day 3	Essex (1) 136/4 (SG Law 60*, Grayson 15*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Wright	c Gooch b Irani	26	69	80	4	-
NJ Trainor	c DR Law b Ilott	0	17	19	-	-
RJ Cunliffe	b Ilott	0	2	2	-	-
MA Lynch	c Gooch b Irani	15	30	34	3	-
S Young	lbw b Cowan	27	62	90	3	-
*MW Alleyne	c Grayson b Ilott	16	50	51	2	-
RP Davis	lbw b Ilott	0	1	1	-	-
+RC Russell	not out	91	188	259	12	-
THC Hancock	c Grayson b Cowan	62	139	165	8	-
MCJ Ball	c Prichard b DR Law	38	63	78	6	-
AM Smith	lbw b DR Law	0	1	1	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 10 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	15
Total	(all out, 103.3 overs)	290
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Trainor), 2-3 (Cunliffe), 3-30 (Lynch), 4-43 (Wright), 5-80 (Alleyne), 6-80 (Davis), 7-84 (Young), 8-192 (Hancock), 9-290 (Ball), 10-290 (Smith, 103.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ilott	27	7	82	4	-	-
Cowan	25	9	47	2	-	-
Irani	20	7	49	2	-	-
Such	23	5	57	0	-	-
DR Law	5.3	0	34	2	-	-
Grayson	3	0	10	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	lbw b Smith	20	48	55	1	-
*PJ Prichard	lbw b Young	1	3	6	-	-
N Hussain	c Russell b Smith	8	28	32	1	-
SG Law	c Cunliffe b Davis	84	134	146	16	-
RC Irani	b Alleyne	21	24	30	5	-
AP Grayson	st Russell b Alleyne	81	199	207	8	1
DR Law	st Russell b Davis	24	43	43	3	1
+BJ Hyam	run out	6	12	17	1	-
MC Ilott	b Smith	16	91	90	-	-
AP Cowan	b Hancock	34	49	65	4	-
PM Such	not out	2	17	20	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 107.5 overs)	310
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Prichard), 2-25 (Hussain), 3-36 (Gooch), 4-72 (Irani), 5-177 (SG Law), 6-217 (DR Law), 7-236 (Hyam), 8-263 (Grayson), 9-298 (Ilott), 10-310 (Cowan, 107.5 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	22	3	68	3	-	-
Young	16	4	34	1	-	-
Hancock	6.5	0	28	1	-	-
Alleyne	13	4	41	2	-	-
Ball	28	3	65	0	-	-
Davis	22	8	63	2	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Wright	not out	24	89	110	3	-
NJ Trainor	lbw b Ilott	0	28	37	-	-
RJ Cunliffe	lbw b Ilott	0	2	2	-	-
MA Lynch	c Grayson b Such	20	17	20	4	-
S Young	not out	14	40	48	3	-
*MW Alleyne	did not bat
+RC Russell	did not bat
THC Hancock	did not bat
MCJ Ball	did not bat
RP Davis	did not bat
AM Smith	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 4 nb)	6
Total	(3 wickets, 29 overs)	64
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (Trainor), 2-15 (Cunliffe), 3-42 (Lynch)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ilott	7	4	22	2	-	-
Cowan	6	6	0	0	-	-
Such	5	0	7	1	-	-
DR Law	5	2	29	0	-	-
SG Law	3	2	1	0	-	-
Grayson	3	2	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> THC Hancock (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 22
--> AP Cowan (1) equalled his previous highest score of 34 in First-Class matches
--> AP Cowan (1) equalled his previous highest score of 34 in County Championship matches
--> AP Cowan reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when he dismissed THC Hancock, his 2nd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> DR Law reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when he dismissed MCJ Ball, his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> MW Alleyne reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when he dismissed RC Irani, his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings

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