f30101 cc14653	Gloucestershire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1974
Venue	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 22nd, 23rd, 24th May 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Gloucestershire 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Middlesex 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3)
Umpires	A Jepson, H Yarnold
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 120/4 (Procter 59*, Shepherd 0*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 8/0 (Smith 2*, Featherstone 4*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	c Brown b Knight	12
NG Featherstone	b Davey	10
*JM Brearley	lbw b Knight	56
CT Radley	lbw b Brown	18
HA Gomes	b Procter	6
NPD Ross	c and b Knight	30
+JT Murray	b Brown	24
PH Edmonds	b Brown	11
KV Jones	c Milton b Brown	12
FJ Titmus	c Procter b Brown	4
MJ Vernon	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 64.3 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-42, 3-79, 4-94, 5-130, 6-137, 7-166, 8-177, 9-185, 10-188 (64.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	13	4	33	1	-	-
Davey	11	0	29	1	-	-
Brown	18.3	4	49	5	-	-
Knight	18	3	60	3	-	-
Mortimore	4	1	12	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Sadiq Mohammad	run out	5
CA Milton	b Jones	26
RDV Knight	c and b Jones	0
MJ Procter	lbw b Titmus	157
Zaheer Abbas	c Brearley b Edmonds	22
DR Shepherd	c Radley b Edmonds	13
*AS Brown	c sub b Jones	55
DA Graveney	c Radley b Edmonds	2
+R Swetman	not out	14
JB Mortimore	b Edmonds	20
J Davey	c Featherstone b Titmus	0
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 105.3 overs)	326
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-21, 3-52, 4-113, 5-152, 6-257, 7-289, 8-289, 9-323, 10-326 (105.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	17	7	40	3	-	-
Vernon	13	1	47	0	-	-
Titmus	37.3	12	96	2	-	-
Edmonds	30	8	101	4	-	-
Gomes	8	2	30	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	c Swetman b Mortimore	36
NG Featherstone	c Shepherd b Procter	39
*JM Brearley	not out	37
CT Radley	c Sadiq Mohammad b Mortimore	0
HA Gomes	not out	15
NPD Ross	did not bat
+JT Murray	did not bat
PH Edmonds	did not bat
KV Jones	did not bat
FJ Titmus	did not bat
MJ Vernon	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 w)	4
Total	(3 wickets, 47.4 overs)	131
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-87, 3-89

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	9	0	37	1	-	-
Brown	9	3	26	0	-	-
Mortimore	17.4	5	43	2	-	-
Graveney	10	2	14	0	-	-
Sadiq Mohammad	2	1	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> NPD Ross (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in First-Class matches
--> NPD Ross (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in County Championship matches
--> PH Edmonds reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings

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