f21740 cc10848	Essex v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1957
Venue	Gidea Park Sports Ground, Romford on 29th, 30th, 31st May 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 6 wickets
Points	Essex 14 (Batting 2); Gloucestershire 0
Umpires	P Corrall, N Oldfield
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 112/6 (Bear 24*, Ralph 13*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 178/9 (Meyer 26*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	b Preston	24
D Carpenter	c Smith b Preston	1
W Knightley-Smith	c King b Palmer	36
RB Nicholls	b Palmer	9
*GM Emmett	c Taylor b Ralph	37
DG Hawkins	st Taylor b King	14
+BJ Meyer	not out	18
GEE Lambert	c Taylor b Ralph	0
DR Smith	b Ralph	2
C Cook	run out	0
BD Wells	b Ralph	12
Extras	(11 b, 2 lb, 2 w)	15
Total	(all out, 66.3 overs)	168
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-60, 3-77, 4-84, 5-132, 6-142, 7-142, 8-144, 9-145, 10-168 (66.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	18	4	50	2	-	-
Palmer	15	6	35	2	-	-
Ralph	13.3	6	34	4	-	-
King	20	10	34	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*TC Dodds	c Nicholls b Lambert	0
G Barker	c Carpenter b Lambert	9
+B Taylor	lbw b Lambert	14
GJ Smith	run out	8
SC Eve	b Smith	22
MJ Bear	c Meyer b Wells	123
WT Greensmith	c Lambert b Wells	16
LHR Ralph	lbw b Wells	30
KC Preston	c Young b Smith	33
IM King	c and b Cook	33
EJ Palmer	not out	9
Extras	(6 lb, 3 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 103.1 overs)	306
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-16, 3-27, 4-53, 5-58, 6-90, 7-171, 8-242, 9-294, 10-306 (103.1 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	26	2	98	3	-	-
Smith	35	5	97	2	-	-
Wells	32	10	64	3	-	-
Cook	10.1	2	38	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	lbw b Ralph	28
D Carpenter	b Preston	2
W Knightley-Smith	c Taylor b Preston	37
RB Nicholls	c Taylor b Ralph	8
*GM Emmett	c Smith b Ralph	0
DG Hawkins	b Preston	15
+BJ Meyer	not out	30
GEE Lambert	st Taylor b King	21
DR Smith	b King	0
C Cook	c Preston b King	13
BD Wells	b King	10
Extras	(23 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	28
Total	(all out, 77.4 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-57, 3-75, 4-79, 5-97, 6-112, 7-158, 8-158, 9-178, 10-192 (77.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	32	10	71	3	-	-
Palmer	3	0	13	0	-	-
Ralph	22	8	42	3	-	-
King	11.4	4	25	4	-	-
Greensmith	9	4	13	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*TC Dodds	c and b Smith	1
G Barker	c Hawkins b Lambert	6
+B Taylor	lbw b Wells	20
GJ Smith	b Lambert	1
SC Eve	not out	22
MJ Bear	not out	2
WT Greensmith	did not bat
LHR Ralph	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
IM King	did not bat
EJ Palmer	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 1 w)	3
Total	(4 wickets, 21.4 overs)	55
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-7, 3-16, 4-46

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	9	2	22	2	-	-
Smith	4	1	14	1	-	-
Wells	6	3	8	1	-	-
Cook	2	1	5	0	-	-
Emmett	0.4	0	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> BJ Meyer made his debut in County Championship matches
--> BJ Meyer made his debut in First-Class matches
--> EJ Palmer made his debut in First-Class matches
--> EJ Palmer made his debut in County Championship matches
--> SC Eve made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> SC Eve made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> SC Eve (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> MJ Bear (1) passed his previous highest score of 98 in First-Class matches
--> MJ Bear (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> MJ Bear (1) passed his previous highest score of 98 in County Championship matches
--> MJ Bear (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> WT Greensmith (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 15
--> IM King (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in County Championship matches
--> IM King (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in First-Class matches
--> LHR Ralph reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings

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