f31641 cc15231	Essex v Gloucestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea on 6th, 7th, 8th July 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 5 wickets
Points	Essex 5 (Batting 3, Bowling 2); Gloucestershire 18 (Batting 4, Bowling 2)
Umpires	JF Crapp, BJ Meyer
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 126/1 (Sadiq Mohammad 44*, Zaheer Abbas 52*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 136/9 (Fletcher 56*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	c Sadiq Mohammad b Childs	56
MK Fosh	lbw b Childs	56
KS McEwan	not out	106
*KWR Fletcher	c Partridge b Shackleton	27
GA Gooch	b Procter	30
KR Pont	c Zaheer Abbas b Brain	11
S Turner	not out	3
MH Denness	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
+N Smith	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	294
Fall of wickets:
1-101, 2-132, 3-215, 4-265, 5-286

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	35	10	94	1	-	-
Brain	17	4	42	1	-	-
Shackleton	17	5	72	1	-	-
Childs	31	6	81	2	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Sadiq Mohammad	c Smith b Acfield	56
+AW Stovold	b East	22
Zaheer Abbas	c Gooch b Turner	82
*MJ Procter	c Smith b Gooch	35
DR Shepherd	c East b Pont	68
AJ Hignell	not out	44
JC Foat	b Acfield	0
MD Partridge	not out	6
JH Shackleton	did not bat
BM Brain	did not bat
JH Childs	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 9 nb)	20
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	333
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-165, 3-181, 4-235, 5-317, 6-319

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Turner	25	4	93	1	-	-
Pont	18	2	61	1	-	-
East	18	6	50	1	-	-
Acfield	33	9	90	2	-	-
Gooch	6	1	19	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BR Hardie	b Procter	14
MK Fosh	c Hignell b Shackleton	15
KS McEwan	lbw b Procter	0
GA Gooch	lbw b Procter	0
*KWR Fletcher	b Procter	67
MH Denness	lbw b Procter	16
KR Pont	lbw b Procter	0
S Turner	c Shackleton b Brain	7
RE East	c Procter b Brain	2
+N Smith	b Procter	20
DL Acfield	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 53.1 overs)	147
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-23, 3-23, 4-47, 5-78, 6-78, 7-92, 8-108, 9-136, 10-147 (53.1 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	17.1	6	45	7	-	-
Brain	20	2	49	2	-	-
Shackleton	11	5	25	1	-	-
Childs	5	1	22	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Sadiq Mohammad	c Fletcher b Pont	9
+AW Stovold	c Smith b Pont	22
Zaheer Abbas	lbw b Acfield	27
*MJ Procter	c Gooch b East	5
AJ Hignell	c Fletcher b East	17
DR Shepherd	not out	15
JC Foat	not out	9
MD Partridge	did not bat
JH Shackleton	did not bat
BM Brain	did not bat
JH Childs	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(5 wickets, 44.1 overs)	109
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-36, 3-60, 4-68, 5-90

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Turner	3	0	15	0	-	-
Pont	6	0	30	2	-	-
East	16	7	34	2	-	-
Acfield	19.1	8	25	1	-	-

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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
--> MK Fosh made his debut in County Championship matches
--> MJ Procter (1) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 8
--> MJ Procter reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> BM Brain reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings
--> BM Brain reached 600 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> MJ Procter reached 1000 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> MJ Procter reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> MJ Procter achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 7-65)
--> MJ Procter completed a hat-trick in the Essex second innings (Hardie, McEwan, Gooch)

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