f22881 cc11454	Essex v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1959
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 5th, 6th, 7th August 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match tied
Points	Essex 8 (Batting 2); Gloucestershire 6
Umpires	AE Fagg, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 31/1 (Milton 12*, Nicholls 5*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 23/2 (Taylor 2*, Ralph 1*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LA Savill	c Brown b Allen	25
G Barker	c Mortimore b Brown	6
+B Taylor	c Brown b Allen	74
*DJ Insole	not out	177
TE Bailey	c Meyer b Bernard	50
CCP Williams	b Brown	3
J Milner	c Milton b Brown	6
BR Knight	not out	17
LHR Ralph	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
A Hurd	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 118 overs)	364
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-101, 3-114, 4-289, 5-305, 6-325

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	23	2	86	0	-	-
Brown	24	4	66	3	-	-
Milton	2	0	13	0	-	-
Cook	20	11	38	0	-	-
Mortimore	28	7	82	0	-	-
Allen	8	4	6	2	-	-
Bernard	13	1	67	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	b Knight	14
*CA Milton	c Ralph b Knight	99
RB Nicholls	c Taylor b Hurd	64
JB Mortimore	c Taylor b Hurd	30
D Carpenter	c and b Greensmith	1
AS Brown	b Knight	35
JR Bernard	c Insole b Bailey	9
DA Allen	c Bailey b Greensmith	37
DR Smith	c Williams b Knight	1
+BJ Meyer	c Taylor b Greensmith	21
C Cook	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 12 lb, 3 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 125.2 overs)	329
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-133, 3-199, 4-211, 5-238, 6-263, 7-267, 8-276, 9-326, 10-329 (125.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	29	5	74	1	-	-
Knight	25	4	69	4	-	-
Ralph	23	6	56	0	-	-
Greensmith	30.2	4	80	3	-	-
Hurd	18	6	32	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LA Savill	b Brown	10
J Milner	c Meyer b Brown	11
LHR Ralph	b Bernard	13
+B Taylor	b Brown	6
*DJ Insole	c Cook b Brown	90
TE Bailey	c Milton b Bernard	10
CCP Williams	c Meyer b Smith	1
BR Knight	c Meyer b Smith	0
WT Greensmith	not out	28
G Barker	did not bat
A Hurd	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 3 nb)	7
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 62.5 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-22, 3-31, 4-59, 5-82, 6-83, 7-109, 8-176 (62.5 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	22	8	44	2	-	-
Brown	18.5	2	60	4	-	-
Cook	8	1	22	0	-	-
Allen	6	0	20	0	-	-
Bernard	8	1	23	2	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	c Ralph b Bailey	0
*CA Milton	run out	23
RB Nicholls	c Milner b Knight	41
JB Mortimore	c Williams b Ralph	12
D Carpenter	b Greensmith	13
AS Brown	c Taylor b Bailey	91
DR Smith	c Taylor b Greensmith	6
JR Bernard	b Knight	1
DA Allen	lbw b Knight	5
+BJ Meyer	not out	13
C Cook	c Milner b Knight	0
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 46.4 overs)	211
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-61, 3-73, 4-82, 5-104, 6-110, 7-111, 8-131, 9-209, 10-211 (46.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	14	1	46	2	-	-
Knight	17.4	2	64	4	-	-
Ralph	7	1	30	1	-	-
Greensmith	8	1	65	2	-	-

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Notes
--> CCP Williams made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CCP Williams made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> AS Brown (2) passed his previous highest score of 66 in County Championship matches
--> AS Brown (2) passed his previous highest score of 66 in First-Class matches
--> AS Brown reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> WT Greensmith reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> BR Knight reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings

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