f22158 cc11045	Gloucestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1958
Venue	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 7th, 8th May 1958 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by an innings and 71 runs
Points	Gloucestershire 14 (Batting 2); Essex 0
Umpires	HG Baldwin, DE Davies
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 285/4 (Graveney 146*, Brown 10*)

---

Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	c Dodds b Bailey	0
CA Milton	b Phelan	81
TW Graveney	c Phelan b Preston	156
RB Nicholls	b Phelan	5
*GM Emmett	c Preston b Bailey	38
AS Brown	b Preston	15
JB Mortimore	b Bailey	0
DR Smith	not out	7
+BJ Meyer	did not bat
C Cook	did not bat
BD Wells	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 101.1 overs)	307
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-160, 3-186, 4-265, 5-296, 6-297, 7-307 (101.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	26	8	79	3	-	-
Preston	28.1	11	60	2	-	-
Ralph	11	2	42	0	-	-
Phelan	20	2	87	2	-	-
Greensmith	16	5	34	0	-	-

---

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c and b Smith	10
G Barker	lbw b Wells	37
+B Taylor	c Brown b Cook	5
*DJ Insole	b Cook	8
TE Bailey	c Graveney b Cook	25
LA Savill	run out	19
MJ Bear	c and b Cook	17
WT Greensmith	b Cook	0
LHR Ralph	st Meyer b Cook	6
KC Preston	c Graveney b Mortimore	0
PJ Phelan	not out	1
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 52.5 overs)	131
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-35, 3-61, 4-61, 5-101, 6-120, 7-122, 8-127, 9-128, 10-131 (52.5 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	8	2	19	1	-	-
Brown	6	3	11	0	-	-
Cook	18.5	5	43	6	-	-
Wells	12	6	29	1	-	-
Mortimore	8	2	26	1	-	-

---

Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	run out	28
G Barker	c Graveney b Cook	40
+B Taylor	c Meyer b Wells	0
*DJ Insole	b Wells	1
TE Bailey	b Mortimore	10
LA Savill	c Smith b Wells	11
MJ Bear	c Smith b Mortimore	6
WT Greensmith	b Wells	0
LHR Ralph	st Meyer b Cook	0
KC Preston	c Meyer b Wells	0
PJ Phelan	not out	4
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 58.3 overs)	105
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-64, 3-68, 4-70, 5-86, 6-101, 7-101, 8-101, 9-101, 10-105 (58.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	4	1	15	0	-	-
Brown	3	0	10	0	-	-
Cook	16.3	11	17	2	-	-
Wells	21	12	29	5	-	-
Mortimore	14	4	29	2	-	-

---

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> PJ Phelan made his debut in County Championship matches
--> PJ Phelan made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CA Milton (1) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 55
--> DJ Insole (1) passed 20000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> LA Savill (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> TE Bailey (2) passed 16000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6

---