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| Venue | Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 30th August, 1st, 2nd September 1947 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Gloucestershire won by 317 runs |
| Points | Gloucestershire 12; Essex 0 |
| Umpires | D Davies, JJ Hills |
| Close of play day 1 | Essex (1) 143/4 (Horsfall 27*, Insole 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (2) 24/2 (Horsfall 10*) |
| Gloucestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *BO Allen | b TPB Smith | 39 | |||||
| +AE Wilson | c Insole b Morris | 66 | |||||
| WL Neale | b R Smith | 2 | |||||
| CJ Barnett | c Dodds b TPB Smith | 85 | |||||
| JF Crapp | c and b TPB Smith | 33 | |||||
| GM Emmett | lbw b TPB Smith | 54 | |||||
| LM Cranfield | b R Smith | 1 | |||||
| GEE Lambert | st Wade b TPB Smith | 14 | |||||
| CJ Scott | c and b TPB Smith | 0 | |||||
| TWJ Goddard | b TPB Smith | 17 | |||||
| C Cook | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (11 b, 2 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 91.2 overs) | 324 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-69, 2-78, 3-186, 4-221, 5-252, 6-257, 7-280, 8-282, 9-313, 10-324 (91.2 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| R Smith | 35 | 8 | 93 | 2 | - | - | |
| Dines | 4 | 1 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| TPB Smith | 33.2 | 3 | 102 | 7 | - | - | |
| Vigar | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Morris | 11 | 0 | 52 | 1 | - | - | |
| Greensmith | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TC Dodds | c Allen b Cook | 41 | |||||
| HP Crabtree | c Allen b Cook | 23 | |||||
| R Horsfall | b Cook | 35 | |||||
| FH Vigar | c Wilson b Goddard | 1 | |||||
| R Smith | c Neale b Goddard | 51 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | b Cook | 3 | |||||
| TPB Smith | b Cook | 50 | |||||
| WJ Dines | lbw b Goddard | 10 | |||||
| WB Morris | not out | 0 | |||||
| +TH Wade | b Goddard | 1 | |||||
| WT Greensmith | b Goddard | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 67.3 overs) | 215 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-64, 2-71, 3-74, 4-138, 5-148, 6-159, 7-214, 8-214, 9-215, 10-215 (67.3 ov) | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lambert | 6 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Scott | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Goddard | 29.3 | 5 | 106 | 5 | - | - | |
| Cook | 28 | 6 | 83 | 5 | - | - | |
| Gloucestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *BO Allen | b Dines | 26 | |||||
| +AE Wilson | st Wade b TPB Smith | 72 | |||||
| JF Crapp | c Crabtree b Vigar | 16 | |||||
| CJ Barnett | c Insole b Vigar | 7 | |||||
| GM Emmett | c and b TPB Smith | 10 | |||||
| WL Neale | c Morris b R Smith | 63 | |||||
| LM Cranfield | c Crabtree b TPB Smith | 90 | |||||
| GEE Lambert | b R Smith | 10 | |||||
| CJ Scott | c TPB Smith b R Smith | 22 | |||||
| TWJ Goddard | c Vigar b R Smith | 21 | |||||
| C Cook | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (19 b, 9 lb) | 28 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 95.3 overs) | 365 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-48, 2-81, 3-97, 4-126, 5-143, 6-247, 7-268, 8-310, 9-358, 10-365 (95.3 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| R Smith | 30 | 6 | 117 | 4 | - | - | |
| TPB Smith | 33.3 | 5 | 123 | 3 | - | - | |
| Dines | 10 | 4 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| Greensmith | 4 | 1 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Vigar | 14 | 1 | 54 | 2 | - | - | |
| Morris | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TC Dodds | c and b Cook | 12 | |||||
| HP Crabtree | b Lambert | 0 | |||||
| R Horsfall | c Wilson b Cook | 31 | |||||
| FH Vigar | c Crapp b Cook | 22 | |||||
| R Smith | b Cook | 7 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | b Cook | 25 | |||||
| TPB Smith | c and b Goddard | 10 | |||||
| WJ Dines | c and b Goddard | 27 | |||||
| WB Morris | c Cook b Goddard | 10 | |||||
| +TH Wade | b Goddard | 4 | |||||
| WT Greensmith | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 1 lb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 46.3 overs) | 157 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-24, 3-63, 4-71, 5-78, 6-97, 7-139, 8-141, 9-146, 10-157 (46.3 ov) | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lambert | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 | - | - | |
| Scott | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cook | 21 | 3 | 73 | 5 | - | - | |
| Goddard | 20.3 | 4 | 57 | 4 | - | - | |
Notes
--> WT Greensmith made his debut in County Championship matches
--> WT Greensmith made his debut in First-Class matches
--> HP Crabtree made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> HP Crabtree made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> TC Dodds (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 27
--> HP Crabtree (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 19
--> BO Allen (2) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> LM Cranfield (2) passed his previous highest score of 59 in County Championship matches
--> LM Cranfield (2) passed his previous highest score of 67 in First-Class matches
--> TPB Smith reached 1300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> TPB Smith reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 7th wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> TWJ Goddard reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> TPB Smith reached 1150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings
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