Gloucestershire lost four wickets in thirteen balls shortly before lunch
Lunchtime report
On Wednesday, Glamorgan had moved within four runs of parity thanks to a half-century from Chris Cooke and a fine 85 from Jim Allenby, which took his seasonal aggregate past the 2,000 mark in all forms of the game this summer, and after yesterday's washout, Glamorgan continued their first innings with Michael Hogan and Dean Cosker facing Tom Smith and Matt Taylor. After early reconnaissance, Hogan lofted Smith straight for six to take Glamorgan into the lead. Two overs later Hogan drilled the spinner for successive straight sixes to secure a third batting point but two balls later, Smith trapped Cosker l.b.w.
Gloucestershire therefore began their second innings 31 runs in arrears with Chris Dent and Gareth Roderick facing the new ball pairing of Hogan and Graham Wagg, and Dent was soon into his stride with a leg-glance for four against Wagg. Roderick then cover drove Hogan for four before Dent got a thick edge to a delivery from Hogan which evaded the slip cordon.
Roderick also cut Wagg for four to wipe off the arrears before despatching him through the covers for another boundary, but with the total on 35, Hogan gained another scalp as Dent edged into Wallace's gloves. It nearly became 37/2 as a thick outside edge from Roderick just evaded the clutches of second slip as he edged a drive against Wagg, but his next boundary was far more convincing as he clipped Hogan to square-leg.
A steer through the gully for four by Alex Gidman brought up the Gloucestershire fifty in the 11th over, before the batsman scored a brace of off-side fours as Ruaidhri Smith entered the attack at the Cathedral Road End. Gidman had a moment of good fortune as an edged drive against Allenby fell just short of second slip, but the all-rounder struck with the total on 73 as Wagg caught a spooned drive to end Roderick's innings.
This was the start of a clatter of wickets as two balls later Gidman was trapped leg before by Smith before four balls later Ian Cockbain edged Smith into Wallace's gloves, and in the next over Allenby trapped Will Gidman leg before as Gloucestershire slipped further to 78/5.
Jim Allenby took 4/16 as Gloucestershire were dismissed inside 45 overs
Teatime Report
The West Country side had gone to lunch on 78/5, which in effect was 47/5 following the loss of four wickets in the space of thirteen balls before lunch, and Michael Hogan was swiftly re-introduced into the attack after lunch as Hamish Marshall and Cameron Herring looked to stave off defeat.
An edged drive by Herring against Smith just dropped short of the slips cordon but a more emphatic pull for four against Ruaidhri Smith by the Abergavenny-born keeper brought up the Gloucestershire hundred. He then punched a full toss from smith through mid-off for four but next ball he feathered a lifting delivery to give Mark Wallace, another wicket-keeper born in the Monmouthshire market town, a straight-forward catch as Gloucestershire slipped further to 105/6.
A single saw Marshall complete his 1,000th run of the season in Championship cricket, but shortly afterwards his team took another blow as Hogan clean bowled Tom Smith. Jim Allenby then replaced Hogan at the River End, whilst Graham Wagg returned in place of Smith, and it was Allenby who made further inroads as he had Smith caught behind by Wallace as Gloucestershire lost their eighth wicket on 118.
On three occasions, Allenby beat the outside edge of Graham McCarter's bat as he groped forward but Wagg had better luck in finding the edge of Marshall's blade as he edged to Allenby at slip to leave Gloucestershire on 122/9. McCarter responded by drilling both Allenby and Wagg for four, but he then was caught at bowled by Allenby shortly before tea as Gloucestershire were dismissed for 132.
Murray Goodwin completed a 106-ball fifty to see Glamorgan home in the 31st over
Close of Play Report
After being dismissed for 132, Gloucestershire's new ball bowlers immediately made inroads into the Glamorgan line-up as Gareth Rees edged Will Gidman's second delivery into the hands of Ian Cockbain at third slip. Gidman also had a loud appeal for l.b.w. turned down against Ben Wright, before Murray Goodwin unfurled a pair of booming off-drives against Graham McCarter. Wright also crisply on-drove McCarter for four before languidly pulling Matt Taylor to the ropes. But with the total on 36, he edged Gidman into the wicket-keeper's gloves.
Chris Cooke then joined Goodwin and began with a pair of crisply driven fours off the front foot before his partner unfurled a high-class on-drive to bring up the fifty. Goodwin then greeted the left-arm spin of Tom Smith by clipping him to the ropes at mid-wicket for four. Cooke then despatched Taylor through extra cover for four before Goodwin deftly cut Smith for another boundary. Cooke also drove McCarter through the covers for another crisp four before on-driving Smith to the boundary fence in front of the Grandstand.
Goodwin then late cut McCarter for four as Glamorgan entered the final hour with just thirteen runs needed - and with all of the other games in the country having already ended, the 2013 county season duly drew to a close under blue skies and autumnal sunshine at the SWALEC Stadium as Goodwin on-drove McCarter for four before cutting Smith for another four to complete a 106-ball hundred.
The contest then ended with Cooke despatching McCarter for four to long-on as Glamorgan romped to victory with 11.3 overs to spare