f22802 cc11389	Gloucestershire v Lancashire
	County Championship 1959
Venue	Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester on 4th, 6th, 7th July 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 111 runs
Points	Gloucestershire 0; Lancashire 14 (Batting 2)
Umpires	WFF Price, H Yarnold
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 14/0 (Young 3*, Milton 6*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 30/0 (Barber 15*, Wharton 13*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Barber	c Meyer b Smith	74
A Wharton	c Meyer b Allen	48
JD Bond	c Milton b Cook	24
KJ Grieves	c Brown b Smith	68
*C Washbrook	lbw b Smith	39
BJ Booth	b Brown	4
J Dyson	c Young b Cook	8
+G Clayton	b Brown	3
MJ Hilton	st Meyer b Brown	5
JB Statham	b Brown	28
K Higgs	not out	6
Extras	(12 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 5 w)	19
Total	(all out, 133.1 overs)	326
Fall of wickets:
1-104, 2-138, 3-171, 4-268, 5-275, 6-275, 7-281, 8-291, 9-293, 10-326 (133.1 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	32	8	65	3	-	-
Brown	36.1	7	82	4	-	-
Allen	29	11	67	1	-	-
Cook	33	13	77	2	-	-
Hawkins	3	1	16	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	b Statham	8
CA Milton	c Wharton b Higgs	115
CTM Pugh	c Clayton b Higgs	0
*TW Graveney	c Clayton b Higgs	48
RB Nicholls	c Booth b Statham	33
DG Hawkins	b Higgs	8
DA Allen	c Clayton b Statham	3
AS Brown	not out	17
DR Smith	c Hilton b Dyson	6
+BJ Meyer	c Clayton b Higgs	5
C Cook	c Clayton b Higgs	6
Extras	(2 b, 9 lb, 5 w)	16
Total	(all out, 114.2 overs)	265
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-25, 3-127, 4-214, 5-222, 6-225, 7-227, 8-242, 9-247, 10-265 (114.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	30	9	61	3	-	-
Higgs	28.2	6	56	6	-	-
Dyson	31	17	47	1	-	-
Hilton	15	6	44	0	-	-
Booth	5	0	28	0	-	-
Barber	5	1	13	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Barber	c Young b Allen	79
A Wharton	b Allen	31
JD Bond	run out	3
KJ Grieves	b Allen	3
*C Washbrook	b Allen	28
MJ Hilton	b Allen	4
BJ Booth	c Hawkins b Allen	0
+G Clayton	c Milton b Cook	12
JB Statham	c Graveney b Allen	6
K Higgs	c Allen b Cook	0
J Dyson	not out	0
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 55.2 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-76, 2-117, 3-120, 4-120, 5-126, 6-142, 7-169, 8-173, 9-174, 10-175 (55.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	7	1	23	0	-	-
Brown	3	1	9	0	-	-
Allen	22.2	9	66	7	-	-
Cook	23	7	68	2	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	c Clayton b Statham	0
CA Milton	st Clayton b Hilton	19
CTM Pugh	run out	1
*TW Graveney	c Clayton b Statham	60
RB Nicholls	c Washbrook b Dyson	1
DG Hawkins	b Statham	15
DA Allen	lbw b Hilton	5
AS Brown	c Booth b Dyson	8
DR Smith	c Statham b Dyson	4
+BJ Meyer	not out	4
C Cook	c Clayton b Dyson	0
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 60.3 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-3, 3-31, 4-54, 5-94, 6-103, 7-113, 8-117, 9-121, 10-125 (60.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	11	3	13	3	-	-
Higgs	4	2	6	0	-	-
Dyson	14.3	6	23	4	-	-
Hilton	19	12	35	2	-	-
Booth	3	0	11	0	-	-
Barber	9	1	29	0	-	-

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Notes
--> KJ Grieves (1) passed 14500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 42
--> TW Graveney (1) passed 27000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 40
--> RB Nicholls (1) passed 4000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 25
--> RW Barber (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 9
--> DR Smith reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> AS Brown reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> K Higgs reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> K Higgs reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> J Dyson reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> DA Allen achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Lancashire second innings (previous best was 6-13)
--> DA Allen achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Lancashire second innings (previous best was 6-13)
--> C Cook reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire second innings
--> DA Allen reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Lancashire second innings
--> MJ Hilton reached 1000 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings
--> J Dyson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Gloucestershire second innings (previous best was 4-75)

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