f32220 cc15486	Gloucestershire v Middlesex
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	Phoenix County Ground, Bristol on 23rd, 24th August 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by an innings and 14 runs
Points	Gloucestershire 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4); Middlesex 20 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	PB Wight, TG Wilson
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 187/4 (Featherstone 73*, Butcher 64*; 45 overs)

---

Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DR Shepherd	c Patel b Selvey	1
Sadiq Mohammad	c Gould b Selvey	12
Zaheer Abbas	b Daniel	1
AJ Hignell	c Gould b Jones	10
*MJ Procter	c Smith b Jones	71
JC Foat	b Daniel	5
DA Graveney	not out	59
+AJ Brassington	b Jones	6
BM Brain	c Gould b Jones	4
J Davey	b Daniel	1
JH Childs	b Daniel	0
Extras	(9 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 52.2 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-10, 3-24, 4-31, 5-60, 6-145, 7-164, 8-172, 9-181, 10-187 (52.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	14.2	4	37	4	-	-
Selvey	21	5	60	2	-	-
Jones	15	0	59	4	-	-
Gatting	2	0	14	0	-	-

---

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	b Brain	4
WN Slack	c Brassington b Procter	14
MW Gatting	lbw b Procter	9
NG Featherstone	lbw b Brain	78
GD Barlow	lbw b Brain	12
RO Butcher	c Brassington b Procter	142
+IJ Gould	c Brassington b Procter	16
AS Patel	not out	25
*MWW Selvey	c Hignell b Davey	0
WW Daniel	b Procter	12
AA Jones	b Brain	4
Extras	(11 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 80.1 overs)	329
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-15, 3-39, 4-75, 5-229, 6-263, 7-288, 8-289, 9-312, 10-329 (80.1 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brain	26.1	7	86	4	-	-
Procter	26	3	89	5	-	-
Davey	15	0	70	1	-	-
Childs	8	0	54	0	-	-
Graveney	5	1	17	0	-	-

---

Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DR Shepherd	c Gould b Selvey	15
Sadiq Mohammad	lbw b Selvey	15
Zaheer Abbas	b Jones	29
AJ Hignell	lbw b Daniel	0
JC Foat	b Jones	13
*MJ Procter	b Selvey	26
DA Graveney	b Selvey	2
+AJ Brassington	c Gatting b Jones	2
BM Brain	c sub b Selvey	8
J Davey	c Slack b Jones	9
JH Childs	not out	4
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 3 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 26.2 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-32, 3-45, 4-67, 5-88, 6-99, 7-106, 8-114, 9-119, 10-128 (26.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	7	0	24	1	-	-
Selvey	13	1	76	5	-	-
Jones	6.2	3	23	4	-	-

---

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> AS Patel made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AS Patel made his debut in County Championship matches
--> AJ Brassington (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> RO Butcher (1) passed his previous highest score of 74 in First-Class matches
--> RO Butcher (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> RO Butcher (1) passed his previous highest score of 74 in County Championship matches
--> RO Butcher (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> RO Butcher (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 94

---