f10374 cc4287	Gloucestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1922
Venue	College Ground, Cheltenham on 19th, 21st August 1922 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 6 wickets
Points	Gloucestershire 5; Essex 0
Umpires	T Fenwick, JP Whiteside
Close of play day 1	Essex (2) 37/2 (Russell 13*, O'Connor 9*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FW Gilligan	b Parker	2
CAG Russell	c Dipper b Mills	21
+JR Freeman	c Robinson b Parker	6
CT Ashton	lbw b Mills	12
PA Perrin	lbw b Mills	11
*JWHT Douglas	b Mills	6
JG Dixon	b Parker	9
J O'Connor	lbw b Mills	3
FWH Nicholas	run out	7
HW Smith	b Parker	1
LC Eastman	not out	0
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 42.5 overs)	79
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-21, 3-33, 4-48, 5-53, 6-62, 7-67, 8-78, 9-79, 10-79 (42.5 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Parker	21.5	10	32	4	-	-
Mills	21	6	46	5	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CS Barnett	c Douglas b Eastman	19
AE Dipper	lbw b Douglas	2
+H Smith	c O'Connor b Douglas	5
MA Green	b Douglas	0
*FG Robinson	b Douglas	71
BH Lyon	lbw b Douglas	18
CJ King-Turner	c Douglas b Russell	0
CWL Parker	b Douglas	0
PT Mills	b Douglas	1
EG Dennett	b Douglas	4
JGWT Bessant	not out	17
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 40.3 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-18, 3-18, 4-71, 5-105, 6-118, 7-118, 8-119, 9-120, 10-141 (40.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Douglas	15.3	3	45	8	-	-
Dixon	5	1	12	0	-	-
Eastman	9	1	37	1	-	-
Russell	11	1	43	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FW Gilligan	lbw b Parker	10
CAG Russell	b Parker	18
+JR Freeman	lbw b Parker	5
J O'Connor	lbw b Mills	9
CT Ashton	hit wkt b Parker	3
PA Perrin	b Bessant	33
*JWHT Douglas	lbw b Parker	16
JG Dixon	b Parker	0
FWH Nicholas	b Mills	13
HW Smith	not out	0
LC Eastman	c and b Parker	1
Extras	(1 nb, 1 w)	2
Total	(all out, 64.1 overs)	110
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-23, 3-43, 4-45, 5-50, 6-90, 7-93, 8-105, 9-109, 10-110 (64.1 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Parker	32.1	17	44	7	1	1
Mills	28	9	57	2	-	-
Dennett	1	0	2	0	-	-
Bessant	3	0	5	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Dipper	c O'Connor b Douglas	0
CS Barnett	not out	18
+H Smith	b Douglas	28
MA Green	c Ashton b Douglas	0
*FG Robinson	c Eastman b Smith	1
BH Lyon	not out	0
CJ King-Turner	did not bat
CWL Parker	did not bat
PT Mills	did not bat
EG Dennett	did not bat
JGWT Bessant	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(4 wickets, 20 overs)	50
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-44, 3-44, 4-47

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Douglas	10	3	23	3	-	-
Dixon	3	2	6	0	-	-
Smith	7	2	18	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> CT Ashton (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> FG Robinson (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> CAG Russell (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 7
--> JWHT Douglas reached 1050 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 8th wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> JWHT Douglas reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings

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