Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gareth Rees	lbw b Payne	4	24	30	1	0	16.66
William Bragg	lbw b Payne	9	37	55	1	0	24.32
Stewart Walters	c Housego b Taylor	4	18	21	1	0	22.22
Marcus North	c †Coughtrie b Taylor	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Ben Wright	c Housego b Nicol	33	93	122	3	0	35.48
Jim Allenby	b Saxelby	25	30	36	2	1	83.33
Mark Wallace (c)†	b Nicol	0	4	4	0	0	0.00
Robert Croft	lbw b Saxelby	23	45	45	4	0	51.11
John Glover	c †Coughtrie b Nicol	9	18	25	0	0	50.00
Dean Cosker	not out	49	61	78	5	0	80.32
Huw Waters	b Nicol	39	76	69	4	0	51.31
Extras	(b 8, lb 4, w 1)	13
Total	67.5 Ov (RR: 3.06)	208
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Gareth Rees, 7.4 ov), 2-19 (Stewart Walters, 12.5 ov), 3-19 (Marcus North, 12.6 ov), 4-19 (William Bragg, 13.2 ov), 5-57 (Jim Allenby, 23.3 ov), 6-58 (Mark Wallace, 24.2 ov), 7-99 (Robert Croft, 37.5 ov), 8-118 (John Glover, 44.3 ov), 9-125 (Ben Wright, 46.1 ov), 10-208 (Huw Waters, 67.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ian Saxelby	20	7	37	2	1.85	99	5	0	0	0
23.3 to J Allenby, . 57/5 37.5 to RDB Croft, . 99/7
David Payne	15	4	29	2	1.93	77	4	0	1	0
7.4 to GP Rees, . 12/1 13.2 to WD Bragg, . 19/4
Jack Taylor	19	3	75	2	3.94	76	8	1	0	0
12.5 to SJ Walters, . 19/2 12.6 to MJ North, . 19/3
Rob Nicol	12.5	0	53	4	4.12	44	4	0	0	0
24.2 to MA Wallace, . 58/6 44.3 to JC Glover, . 118/8 46.1 to BJ Wright, . 125/9 67.5 to HT Waters, . 208/10
Chris Dent	1	0	2	0	2.00	4	0	0	0	0

Gloucestershire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rob Nicol	c North b Allenby	9	47	63	1	0	19.14
Chris Dent	c Walters b Waters	1	13	17	0	0	7.69
Dan Housego	b Allenby	17	52	64	2	0	32.69
Alex Gidman (c)	c & b Cosker	7	34	30	0	0	20.58
Ian Cockbain	lbw b Croft	38	176	187	4	0	21.59
Benny Howell	c Walters b Croft	2	13	14	0	0	15.38
Richard Coughtrie †	c Walters b Croft	0	6	5	0	0	0.00
Jack Taylor	c †Wallace b Allenby	27	65	61	2	1	41.53
Hamish Marshall	c & b Cosker	31	53	57	4	0	58.49
Ian Saxelby	not out	21	66	64	3	0	31.81
David Payne	c & b Croft	6	16	26	1	0	37.50
Extras	(b 4, lb 2)	6
Total	90.1 Ov (RR: 1.82)	165
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Chris Dent, 4.2 ov), 2-28 (Rob Nicol, 16.3 ov), 3-31 (Dan Housego, 22.5 ov), 4-37 (Alex Gidman, 25.6 ov), 5-42 (Benny Howell, 30.2 ov), 6-42 (Richard Coughtrie, 32.2 ov), 7-83 (Jack Taylor, 53.2 ov), 8-125 (Hamish Marshall, 69.3 ov), 9-143 (Ian Cockbain, 82.5 ov), 10-165 (David Payne, 90.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Huw Waters	9	2	26	1	2.88	44	4	0	0	0
4.2 to CDJ Dent, . 5/1
John Glover	6	4	5	0	0.83	34	1	0	0	0
Jim Allenby	21	7	43	3	2.04	103	4	0	0	0
16.3 to RJ Nicol, . 28/2 22.5 to DM Housego, . 31/3 53.2 to JMR Taylor, . 83/7
Dean Cosker	25	10	34	2	1.36	131	4	0	0	0
25.6 to APR Gidman, . 37/4 69.3 to HJH Marshall, . 125/8
Robert Croft	29.1	6	51	4	1.74	146	4	1	0	0
30.2 to BAC Howell, . 42/5 32.2 to RG Coughtrie, . 42/6 82.5 to IA Cockbain, . 143/9 90.1 to DA Payne, . 165/10

Glamorgan 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gareth Rees	c †Coughtrie b Payne	0	10	18	0	0	0.00
William Bragg	lbw b Taylor	13	27	42	2	0	48.14
Stewart Walters	lbw b Nicol	56	72	97	7	0	77.77
Marcus North	c Nicol b Saxelby	42	85	110	2	1	49.41
Ben Wright	c Payne b Taylor	37	54	93	5	0	68.51
Jim Allenby	c †Coughtrie b Saxelby	21	30	42	2	0	70.00
Mark Wallace (c)†	c †Coughtrie b Saxelby	22	15	19	2	1	146.66
Robert Croft	not out	3	4	9	0	0	75.00
John Glover	not out	5	3	3	1	0	166.66
Extras	(lb 4, w 1)	5
Total	50 Ov (RR: 4.08)	204/7d
Did not bat: Dean Cosker, Huw Waters
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Gareth Rees, 4.1 ov), 2-26 (William Bragg, 9.1 ov), 3-99 (Stewart Walters, 27.5 ov), 4-136 (Marcus North, 37.3 ov), 5-167 (Jim Allenby, 45.3 ov), 6-195 (Ben Wright, 48.2 ov), 7-198 (Mark Wallace, 49.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
David Payne	13	1	55	1	4.23	48	6	0	0	0
4.1 to GP Rees, . 8/1
Rob Nicol	6	0	23	1	3.83	22	1	0	0	0
27.5 to SJ Walters, . 99/3
Ian Saxelby	16	0	77	3	4.81	58	10	1	1	0
37.3 to MJ North, . 136/4 45.3 to J Allenby, . 167/5 49.2 to MA Wallace, . 198/7
Jack Taylor	9	1	28	2	3.11	38	2	1	0	0
9.1 to WD Bragg, . 26/2 48.2 to BJ Wright, . 195/6
Benny Howell	6	0	17	0	2.83	27	2	0	0	0

Gloucestershire 2nd Innings (T: 248 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rob Nicol	c Walters b Allenby	16	32	34	2	0	50.00
Chris Dent	c Rees b Cosker	2	13	17	0	0	15.38
Dan Housego	st †Wallace b North	47	87	114	5	2	54.02
Alex Gidman (c)	c †Wallace b Allenby	0	3	4	0	0	0.00
Hamish Marshall	c Waters b Cosker	11	17	30	2	0	64.70
Ian Cockbain	c Walters b Croft	55	113	133	4	0	48.67
Benny Howell	c Glover b North	7	31	32	1	0	22.58
Jack Taylor	b Croft	63	45	48	8	2	140.00
Richard Coughtrie †	c Rees b Croft	0	3	5	0	0	0.00
Ian Saxelby	c Cosker b Croft	3	12	17	0	0	25.00
David Payne	not out	8	15	13	1	0	53.33
Extras	(b 5, lb 4)	9
Total	61.5 Ov (RR: 3.57)	221
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Chris Dent, 4.4 ov), 2-27 (Rob Nicol, 9.3 ov), 3-27 (Alex Gidman, 9.6 ov), 4-48 (Hamish Marshall, 16.3 ov), 5-108 (Dan Housego, 35.3 ov), 6-132 (Benny Howell, 45.2 ov), 7-195 (Ian Cockbain, 55.1 ov), 8-199 (Richard Coughtrie, 55.4 ov), 9-210 (Jack Taylor, 57.5 ov), 10-221 (Ian Saxelby, 61.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Huw Waters	11	2	30	0	2.72	54	4	0	0	0
John Glover	5	1	18	0	3.60	23	3	0	0	0
Dean Cosker	15	2	47	2	3.13	64	3	1	0	0
4.4 to CDJ Dent, . 15/1 16.3 to HJH Marshall, . 48/4
Robert Croft	13.5	3	53	4	3.83	63	6	2	0	0
55.1 to IA Cockbain, . 195/7 55.4 to RG Coughtrie, . 199/8 57.5 to JMR Taylor, . 210/9 61.5 to ID Saxelby, . 221/10
Jim Allenby	7	2	25	2	3.57	31	3	0	0	0
9.3 to RJ Nicol, . 27/2 9.6 to APR Gidman, . 27/3
Marcus North	10	1	39	2	3.90	41	4	1	0	0
35.3 to DM Housego, . 108/5 45.2 to BAC Howell, . 132/6

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Wed, 01 Aug - day 1 - Glamorgan 1st innings 64/6 (Ben Wright 10*, Robert Croft 4*, 27 ov)

Thu, 02 Aug - day 2 - Gloucs 1st innings 91/7 (Ian Cockbain 20*, Hamish Marshall 3*, 59 ov)

Fri, 03 Aug - day 3 - Glamorgan 2nd innings 167/5 (Ben Wright 31*, 45.3 ov)

Sat, 04 Aug - day 4 - Gloucs 2nd innings 221 (61.5 ov) - end of match

Match Details

St Helen's, Swansea
Toss	Glamorgan, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2012
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	1,2,3,4 August 2012 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Jeremy Lloyds Tim Robinson
Points	Glamorgan 20, Gloucestershire 3

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Gloucs Innings

Player Name		R	B
RJ Nicol	caught	16	32
CDJ Dent	caught	2	13
DM Housego	stumped	47	87
APR Gidman	caught	0	3
HJH Marshall	caught	11	17
IA Cockbain	caught	55	113
BAC Howell	caught	7	31
JMR Taylor	bowled	63	45
RG Coughtrie	caught	0	3
ID Saxelby	caught	3	12
DA Payne	not out	8	15
Extras	(b 5, lb 4)
Total	221(10 wkts; 61.5 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
HT Waters	11	2	30	0	2.72
JC Glover	5	1	18	0	3.6
DA Cosker	15	2	47	2	3.13
RDB Croft	13.5	3	53	4	3.83
J Allenby	7	2	25	2	3.57
MJ North	10	1	39	2	3.9

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	15	Rob Nicol	Chris Dent
2nd	12	Rob Nicol	Dan Housego
3rd	0	Alex Gidman	Dan Housego
4th	21	Hamish Marshall	Dan Housego
5th	60	Dan Housego	Ian Cockbain
6th	24	Benny Howell	Ian Cockbain
7th	63	Ian Cockbain	Jack Taylor
8th	4	Jack Taylor	Richard Coughtrie
9th	11	Jack Taylor	Ian Saxelby
10th	11	Ian Saxelby	David Payne

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County Championship Division Two

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
DER	16	6	2	8	194
YOR	16	5	0	11	194
KEN	16	4	3	9	170
HAM	16	4	5	7	153
ESS	16	3	3	10	145
GLA	16	3	6	6	131
LEI	16	3	3	10	130
NOR	16	2	5	9	130
GLO	16	3	6	6	126
MID	-	-	-	-	-
SUR	-	-	-	-	-

Full Table

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
DER	16	6	2	8	194
YOR	16	5	0	11	194
KEN	16	4	3	9	170
HAM	16	4	5	7	153
ESS	16	3	3	10	145
GLA	16	3	6	6	131
LEI	16	3	3	10	130
NOR	16	2	5	9	130
GLO	16	3	6	6	126
MID	-	-	-	-	-
SUR	-	-	-	-	-

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
DER	16	6	2	8	194
YOR	16	5	0	11	194
KEN	16	4	3	9	170
HAM	16	4	5	7	153
ESS	16	3	3	10	145
GLA	16	3	6	6	131
LEI	16	3	3	10	130
NOR	16	2	5	9	130
GLO	16	3	6	6	126
MID	-	-	-	-	-
SUR	-	-	-	-	-

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
DER	16	6	2	8	194
YOR	16	5	0	11	194
KEN	16	4	3	9	170
HAM	16	4	5	7	153
ESS	16	3	3	10	145
GLA	16	3	6	6	131
LEI	16	3	3	10	130
NOR	16	2	5	9	130
GLO	16	3	6	6	126
MID	-	-	-	-	-
SUR	-	-	-	-	-