Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ed Cowan	lbw b Hall	8	44	69	2	0	18.18
Benny Howell	lbw b Evans	29	59	63	6	0	49.15
Dan Housego	b Hall	1	11	16	0	0	9.09
Alex Gidman (c)	lbw b Willey	56	52	79	11	0	107.69
Hamish Marshall	lbw b Hall	0	1	6	0	0	0.00
Ian Cockbain	b Willey	10	26	30	2	0	38.46
Will Gidman	c Peters b Brooks	13	43	50	1	0	30.23
Jonathan Batty †	c Newton b Evans	55	96	123	7	0	57.29
James Fuller	c †Murphy b Evans	3	9	18	0	0	33.33
Anthony Ireland	c †Murphy b Evans	22	60	75	3	0	36.66
Liam Norwell	not out	4	6	9	0	0	66.66
Extras	(b 2, lb 7, nb 10)	19
Total	67 Ov (RR: 3.28)	220
Fall of wickets: 1-41 (Benny Howell, 16.3 ov), 2-41 (Ed Cowan, 17.3 ov), 3-44 (Dan Housego, 19.6 ov), 4-44 (Hamish Marshall, 21.1 ov), 5-95 (Ian Cockbain, 28.4 ov), 6-128 (Alex Gidman, 36.4 ov), 7-138 (Will Gidman, 41.1 ov), 8-151 (James Fuller, 44.6 ov), 9-209 (Anthony Ireland, 64.5 ov), 10-220 (Jonathan Batty, 66.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
David Willey	20	5	64	2	3.20	99	13	0	0	0
28.4 to IA Cockbain, . 95/5 36.4 to APR Gidman, . 128/6
Jack Brooks	16	5	58	1	3.62	77	11	0	0	1
41.1 to WRS Gidman, . 138/7
Andrew Hall	13	4	37	3	2.84	62	2	0	0	3
17.3 to EJM Cowan, . 41/2 19.6 to DM Housego, . 44/3 21.1 to HJH Marshall, . 44/4
Luke Evans	13	4	38	4	2.92	62	4	0	0	1
16.3 to BAC Howell, . 41/1 44.6 to JK Fuller, . 151/8 64.5 to AJ Ireland, . 209/9 66.6 to JN Batty, . 220/10
James Middlebrook	4	1	10	0	2.50	18	1	0	0	0
Kyle Coetzer	1	0	4	0	4.00	5	1	0	0	0

Northamptonshire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Peters	b Norwell	35	62	91	4	0	56.45
Niall O'Brien	c †Batty b Fuller	10	23	39	2	0	43.47
David Sales	b Norwell	4	15	19	1	0	26.66
Kyle Coetzer	c APR Gidman b Norwell	3	17	17	0	0	17.64
Rob Newton	c †Batty b Fuller	1	2	2	0	0	50.00
Andrew Hall (c)	c †Batty b Fuller	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
James Middlebrook	not out	21	51	96	2	0	41.17
David Murphy †	b Ireland	4	10	15	1	0	40.00
David Willey	c †Batty b Ireland	6	19	31	1	0	31.57
Jack Brooks	b Fuller	5	13	18	0	0	38.46
Luke Evans	c Cockbain b Fuller	5	20	18	0	0	25.00
Extras	(lb 2, nb 4)	6
Total	38.4 Ov (RR: 2.58)	100
Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Niall O'Brien, 9.3 ov), 2-43 (David Sales, 14.3 ov), 3-49 (Kyle Coetzer, 18.5 ov), 4-50 (Rob Newton, 19.1 ov), 5-50 (Andrew Hall, 19.3 ov), 6-56 (Stephen Peters, 20.5 ov), 7-72 (David Murphy, 24.1 ov), 8-84 (David Willey, 30.3 ov), 9-92 (Jack Brooks, 34.1 ov), 10-100 (Luke Evans, 38.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Will Gidman	12	3	26	0	2.16	57	2	0	0	0
Anthony Ireland	8	1	20	2	2.50	37	3	0	0	0
24.1 to D Murphy, . 72/7 30.3 to DJ Willey, . 84/8
James Fuller	10.4	3	29	5	2.71	48	4	0	0	0
9.3 to NJ O'Brien, . 30/1 19.1 to RI Newton, . 50/4 19.3 to AJ Hall, . 50/5 34.1 to JA Brooks, . 92/9 38.4 to L Evans, . 100/10
Liam Norwell	8	1	23	3	2.87	39	2	0	0	2
14.3 to DJG Sales, . 43/2 18.5 to KJ Coetzer, . 49/3 20.5 to SD Peters, . 56/6

Gloucestershire 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Benny Howell	run out (Willey)	1	5	8	0	0	20.00
Ed Cowan	c Coetzer b Willey	1	9	13	0	0	11.11
Dan Housego	c Peters b Hall	24	57	71	4	0	42.10
Alex Gidman (c)	lbw b Evans	40	53	71	8	0	75.47
Hamish Marshall	c Peters b Evans	30	84	115	4	0	35.71
Ian Cockbain	lbw b Hall	99	130	169	15	1	76.15
Will Gidman	lbw b Willey	52	109	124	6	0	47.70
Jonathan Batty †	not out	31	80	98	2	0	38.75
James Fuller	b Hall	17	14	19	4	0	121.42
Anthony Ireland	b Hall	0	9	10	0	0	0.00
Liam Norwell	b Hall	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 3, lb 12, w 1)	16
Total	91.5 Ov (RR: 3.38)	311
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Benny Howell, 1.4 ov), 2-2 (Ed Cowan, 2.4 ov), 3-66 (Dan Housego, 19.5 ov), 4-70 (Alex Gidman, 20.5 ov), 5-168 (Hamish Marshall, 49.4 ov), 6-246 (Ian Cockbain, 63.5 ov), 7-288 (Will Gidman, 84.5 ov), 8-311 (James Fuller, 89.1 ov), 9-311 (Anthony Ireland, 91.4 ov), 10-311 (Liam Norwell, 91.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
David Willey	19	5	69	2	3.63	87	12	0	1	0
2.4 to EJM Cowan, . 2/2 84.5 to WRS Gidman, . 288/7
Jack Brooks	14	4	44	0	3.14	68	9	0	0	0
Andrew Hall	21.5	7	50	5	2.29	108	7	0	0	0
19.5 to DM Housego, . 66/3 63.5 to IA Cockbain, . 246/6 89.1 to JK Fuller, . 311/8 91.4 to AJ Ireland, . 311/9 91.5 to LC Norwell, . 311/10
Luke Evans	16	2	63	2	3.93	68	9	0	0	0
20.5 to APR Gidman, . 70/4 49.4 to HJH Marshall, . 168/5
James Middlebrook	14	3	44	0	3.14	63	3	1	0	0
Kyle Coetzer	7	0	26	0	3.71	27	2	0	0	0

Northamptonshire 2nd Innings (T: 432 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Peters	lbw b WRS Gidman	0	4	2	0	0	0.00
Niall O'Brien	c †Batty b Norwell	14	37	49	1	0	37.83
David Sales	b Norwell	55	61	79	11	0	90.16
Kyle Coetzer	b Norwell	1	17	17	0	0	5.88
Rob Newton	c Cockbain b Norwell	44	67	107	5	0	65.67
Andrew Hall (c)	b Howell	56	95	130	7	0	58.94
James Middlebrook	c Norwell b Howell	4	15	14	0	0	26.66
David Murphy †	b Norwell	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
David Willey	not out	23	42	66	2	0	54.76
Jack Brooks	c Howell b Fuller	22	44	39	3	0	50.00
Luke Evans	c Cockbain b Ireland	0	6	6	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 3, nb 2)	5
Total	65 Ov (RR: 3.44)	224
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Stephen Peters, 0.4 ov), 2-51 (Niall O'Brien, 12.1 ov), 3-53 (Kyle Coetzer, 16.4 ov), 4-80 (David Sales, 20.3 ov), 5-158 (Rob Newton, 43.1 ov), 6-167 (James Middlebrook, 46.4 ov), 7-168 (David Murphy, 47.2 ov), 8-184 (Andrew Hall, 52.3 ov), 9-223 (Jack Brooks, 63.5 ov), 10-224 (Luke Evans, 64.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Will Gidman	12	2	59	1	4.91	48	11	0	0	0
0.4 to SD Peters, . 0/1
Anthony Ireland	11	1	34	1	3.09	48	3	0	0	1
64.6 to L Evans, . 224/10
James Fuller	15	2	40	1	2.66	63	4	0	0	0
63.5 to JA Brooks, . 223/9
Liam Norwell	14	2	51	5	3.64	57	7	0	0	0
12.1 to NJ O'Brien, . 51/2 16.4 to KJ Coetzer, . 53/3 20.3 to DJG Sales, . 80/4 43.1 to RI Newton, . 158/5 47.2 to D Murphy, . 168/7
Benny Howell	13	2	37	2	2.84	57	3	0	0	0
46.4 to JD Middlebrook, . 167/6 52.3 to AJ Hall, . 184/8

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Tue, 04 Sep - day 1 - Northants 1st innings 73/7 (James Middlebrook 10*, David Willey 1*, 27 ov)

Wed, 05 Sep - day 2 - Gloucs 2nd innings 286/6 (Will Gidman 52*, Jonathan Batty 23*, 82 ov)

Thu, 06 Sep - day 3 - Northants 2nd innings 224 (65 ov) - end of match

Match Details

County Ground, Bristol
Toss	Northamptonshire, elected to field first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2012
Hours of play (local time)	10.30am start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30
Match days	4,5,6 September 2012 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	George Sharp Stephen Gale
Points	Gloucestershire 20, Northamptonshire 3

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Northants Innings

Player Name		R	B
SD Peters	lbw	0	4
NJ O'Brien	caught	14	37
DJG Sales	bowled	55	61
KJ Coetzer	bowled	1	17
RI Newton	caught	44	67
AJ Hall	bowled	56	95
JD Middlebrook	caught	4	15
D Murphy	bowled	0	3
DJ Willey	not out	23	42
JA Brooks	caught	22	44
L Evans	caught	0	6
Extras	(lb 3, nb 2)
Total	224(10 wkts; 65 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
WRS Gidman	12	2	59	1	4.91
AJ Ireland	11	1	34	1	3.09 (1 nb)
JK Fuller	15	2	40	1	2.66
LC Norwell	14	2	51	5	3.64
BAC Howell	13	2	37	2	2.84

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	0	Stephen Peters	Niall O'Brien
2nd	51	David Sales	Niall O'Brien
3rd	2	David Sales	Kyle Coetzer
4th	27	David Sales	Rob Newton
5th	78	Andrew Hall	Rob Newton
6th	9	Andrew Hall	James Middlebrook
7th	1	Andrew Hall	David Murphy
8th	16	Andrew Hall	David Willey
9th	39	Jack Brooks	David Willey
10th	1	Luke Evans	David Willey

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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	-	-	-	-	-