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ESS flag ESSWon toss. Elected to bat
294-5 & 147 Series badge GLO
333-6 & 109-5 GLO flag
Overs: 53.1 RR: 2.76 vs spin: 4.40
vs seam: 2.39
 Overs: 44.1 RR: 2.47 vs spin: 1.68
vs seam: 5.00
Wed 06/07/77 Essex v Gloucestershire at Southend-on-Sea, Schweppes County Championship, Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea
GLOUCESTERSHIRE WIN Gloucestershire won by 5 wickets
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Essex - 1st Inns 294-5 (100.0; RR: 2.94)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
BR Hardie c Sadiq Mohammad b Childs 56 0 0 0
MK Fosh lbw b Childs 56 0 0 0
KS McEwan not out 106 0 0 0
KWR Fletcher c Partridge b Shackleton 27 0 0 0
GA Gooch b Procter 30 0 0 0
KR Pont c Zaheer Abbas b Brain 11 0 0 0
S Turner not out 3 0 0 0
MH Denness  
RE East  
N Smith  
DL Acfield  
Extras (2b, 3lb, 0w, 0nb) 5  
TOTAL 294-5 (100.0 overs; RR: 2.94)

Fall of wickets

101-1 (0.0 ov), 132-2 (0.0 ov), 215-3 (0.0 ov), 265-4 (0.0 ov), 286-5 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MJ Procter 35.0 10 94 1 2.69 0 0
BM Brain 17.0 4 42 1 2.47 0 0
JH Shackleton 17.0 5 72 1 4.24 0 0
JH Childs 31.0 6 81 2 2.61 0 0

Gloucestershire - 1st Inns 333-6 (100.0; RR: 3.33)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
Sadiq Mohammad c Smith b Acfield 56 0 0 0
AW Stovold b East 22 0 0 0
Zaheer Abbas c Gooch b Turner 82 0 0 0
MJ Procter c Smith b Gooch 35 0 0 0
DR Shepherd c East b Pont 68 0 0 0
AJ Hignell not out 44 0 0 0
JC Foat b Acfield 0 0 0 0
MD Partridge not out 6 0 0 0
JH Shackleton  
BM Brain  
JH Childs  
Extras (4b, 7lb, 0w, 9nb) 20  
TOTAL 333-6 (100.0 overs; RR: 3.33)

Fall of wickets

34-1 (0.0 ov), 165-2 (0.0 ov), 181-3 (0.0 ov), 235-4 (0.0 ov), 317-5 (0.0 ov), 319-6 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
S Turner 25.0 4 93 1 3.72 0 0
KR Pont 18.0 2 61 1 3.39 0 0
RE East 18.0 6 50 1 2.78 0 0
DL Acfield 33.0 9 90 2 2.73 0 0
GA Gooch 6.0 1 19 1 3.17 0 0

Essex - 2nd Inns 147 (53.1; RR: 2.76)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
BR Hardie b Procter 14 0 0 0
MK Fosh c Hignell b Shackleton 15 0 0 0
KS McEwan lbw b Procter 0 0 0 0
GA Gooch lbw b Procter 0 0 0 0
KWR Fletcher b Procter 67 0 0 0
MH Denness lbw b Procter 16 0 0 0
KR Pont lbw b Procter 0 0 0 0
S Turner c Shackleton b Brain 7 0 0 0
RE East c Procter b Brain 2 0 0 0
N Smith b Procter 20 0 0 0
DL Acfield not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (4b, 2lb, 0w, 0nb) 6  
TOTAL 147 all out (53.1 overs; RR: 2.76)

Fall of wickets

23-1 (0.0 ov), 23-2 (0.0 ov), 23-3 (0.0 ov), 47-4 (0.0 ov), 78-5 (0.0 ov), 78-6 (0.0 ov), 92-7 (0.0 ov), 108-8 (0.0 ov), 136-9 (0.0 ov), 147-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MJ Procter 17.1 6 45 7 2.65 0 0
BM Brain 20.0 2 49 2 2.45 0 0
JH Shackleton 11.0 5 25 1 2.27 0 0
JH Childs 5.0 1 22 0 4.40 0 0

Gloucestershire - 2nd Inns 109-5 (44.1; RR: 2.47)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
Sadiq Mohammad c Fletcher b Pont 9 0 0 0
AW Stovold c Smith b Pont 22 0 0 0
Zaheer Abbas lbw b Acfield 27 0 0 0
MJ Procter c Gooch b East 5 0 0 0
AJ Hignell c Fletcher b East 17 0 0 0
DR Shepherd not out 15 0 0 0
JC Foat not out 9 0 0 0
MD Partridge  
JH Shackleton  
BM Brain  
JH Childs  
Extras (1b, 3lb, 0w, 1nb) 5  
TOTAL 109-5 (44.1 overs; RR: 2.47)

Fall of wickets

28-1 (0.0 ov), 36-2 (0.0 ov), 60-3 (0.0 ov), 68-4 (0.0 ov), 90-5 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
S Turner 3.0 0 15 0 5.00 0 0
KR Pont 6.0 0 30 2 5.00 0 0
RE East 16.0 7 34 2 2.13 0 0
DL Acfield 19.1 8 25 1 1.32 0 0

Match Info

Match

Essex v Gloucestershire at Southend-on-Sea, Schweppes County Championship

Date

Wednesday July 6, 1977

Toss

Essex won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea

Umpires

JF Crapp, BJ Meyer

Essex Team

Playing XI

KWR Fletcher, MH Denness, GA Gooch, DL Acfield, RE East, MK Fosh, BR Hardie, KS McEwan, N Smith, S Turner, KR Pont

Gloucestershire Team

Playing XI

MJ Procter, Sadiq Mohammad, Zaheer Abbas, JH Childs, DR Shepherd, AJ Hignell, JH Shackleton, AW Stovold, BM Brain, JC Foat, MD Partridge