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f54080 cc21053	Gloucestershire v Essex
	LV County Championship 2012 (Division 2)
Venue	College Ground, Cheltenham on 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th July 2012 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Gloucestershire 5 (Batting 2); Essex 4 (Bowling 1)
Umpires	S Ravi, RT Robinson
Scorers	AJ Bull (Gloucestershire), AE Choat (Essex)
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 147/2 (Cowan 51*, Gidman 6*; 49 overs)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (1) 284/4 (Marshall 72*, Cockbain 8*; 100 overs)
Close of play day 3	No play

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BAC Howell	lbw b Topley	18	27	35	4	-
EJM Cowan	lbw b Masters	103	268	330	12	1
DM Housego	b Topley	60	110	128	5	1
*APR Gidman	lbw b Topley	8	14	24	1	-
HJH Marshall	not out	72	140	194	8	-
IA Cockbain	not out	8	42	52	-	-
EGC Young	did not bat
+JN Batty	did not bat
ID Saxelby	did not bat
DA Payne	did not bat
LC Norwell	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 9 lb, 2 nb)	15
Total	(4 wickets, 100 overs)	284
Fall of wickets:
1-23 (Howell, 9.5 ov), 2-131 (Housego, 43.5 ov), 3-149 (Gidman, 49.2 ov), 4-253 (Cowan, 86.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Masters	30	7	81	1	-	1
Topley	27	5	70	3	-	-
Napier	14	0	58	0	-	-
Harbhajan Singh	13	4	33	0	-	-
ten Doeschate	8	3	20	0	-	-
Smith	8	3	9	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
T Westley	did not bat
ML Pettini	did not bat
JC Mickleburgh	did not bat
BT Foakes	did not bat
RN ten Doeschate	did not bat
GM Smith	did not bat
*+JS Foster	did not bat
GR Napier	did not bat
Harbhajan Singh	did not bat
DD Masters	did not bat
RJW Topley	did not bat

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> Gloucestershire first innings: 50 in 19.2 overs
--> Gloucestershire first innings: 100 in 35 overs
--> Gloucestershire first innings: 150 in 50.5 overs
--> Gloucestershire first innings: 200 in 68.1 overs
--> Gloucestershire first innings: 250 in 86.1 overs
--> EJM Cowan made his debut in County Championship matches
--> EJM Cowan (1) 50 in 143 balls with 7 fours and 1 six
--> EJM Cowan (1) 100 in 267 balls, 328 minutes with 12 fours and 1 six
--> DM Housego (1) passed his previous highest score of 48 in County Championship matches
--> DM Housego (1) 50 in 90 balls with 4 fours and 1 six
--> HJH Marshall (1) 50 in 95 balls with 7 fours
--> HJH Marshall (1) passed 10500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 10

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