f23835 cc11898	Gloucestershire v Middlesex
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester on 8th, 10th, 11th July 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 1 wicket
Points	Gloucestershire 0; Middlesex 14 (Batting 2)
Umpires	HE Hammond, FS Lee
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 118/2 (Parfitt 37*, Clark 15*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 223/2 (Nicholls 104*, Milton 66*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Carpenter	b Moss	7
RB Nicholls	c Sturt b Bennett	71
DG Hawkins	b Moss	15
*CA Milton	b Hooker	0
AS Brown	b Moss	8
JB Mortimore	b Moss	6
HJ Jarman	not out	22
+BJ Meyer	b Bennett	0
DR Smith	c Bedford b Titmus	6
DG A'Court	c Hooker b Titmus	0
C Cook	c Sturt b Moss	1
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 2 w)	8
Total	(all out, 78.5 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-36, 3-39, 4-66, 5-92, 6-127, 7-127, 8-138, 9-139, 10-144 (78.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	25.5	10	47	5	-	-
Bennett	19	5	38	2	-	-
Hooker	18	6	28	1	-	-
Bedford	1	1	0	0	-	-
Titmus	15	5	23	2	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gale	c Smith b A'Court	44
WE Russell	c Meyer b Smith	17
PH Parfitt	not out	165
EA Clark	c Milton b Cook	47
RW Hooker	lbw b Smith	47
FJ Titmus	lbw b Smith	2
D Bennett	not out	3
MJ Smith	did not bat
*PI Bedford	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
+MOC Sturt	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 10 lb)	11
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 115 overs)	336
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-92, 3-163, 4-293, 5-307

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	33	2	102	3	-	-
A'Court	29	9	68	1	-	-
Brown	14	3	45	0	-	-
Mortimore	18	5	50	0	-	-
Cook	21	6	60	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Carpenter	b Bedford	23
RB Nicholls	c Titmus b Hooker	122
DG Hawkins	c Parfitt b Bedford	27
*CA Milton	lbw b Hooker	85
AS Brown	c Sturt b Moss	24
JB Mortimore	c Smith b Moss	86
+BJ Meyer	not out	49
HJ Jarman	did not bat
DR Smith	did not bat
DG A'Court	did not bat
C Cook	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 6 lb)	16
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 140.1 overs)	432
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-101, 3-256, 4-261, 5-311, 6-432 (140.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	26.1	8	54	2	-	-
Bennett	14	3	41	0	-	-
Hooker	15	2	56	2	-	-
Bedford	28	3	95	2	-	-
Titmus	36	12	88	0	-	-
Smith	17	2	57	0	-	-
Parfitt	3	0	13	0	-	-
Gale	1	0	12	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gale	c Milton b Cook	27
WE Russell	lbw b A'Court	27
PH Parfitt	c Cook b Mortimore	12
EA Clark	c Milton b Cook	50
RW Hooker	c sub b Cook	14
FJ Titmus	c Smith b Mortimore	1
D Bennett	c sub b Mortimore	5
MJ Smith	b Mortimore	7
*PI Bedford	not out	75
AE Moss	c Milton b Cook	8
+MOC Sturt	not out	8
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb)	7
Total	(9 wickets, 60 overs)	241
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-56, 3-89, 4-133, 5-138, 6-138, 7-150, 8-150, 9-175

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	11	2	42	0	-	-
A'Court	12	3	31	1	-	-
Mortimore	17	9	51	4	-	-
Cook	20	4	110	4	-	-

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Notes
--> HJ Jarman made his debut in first-class matches
--> HJ Jarman made his debut in County Championship matches
--> PH Parfitt (1) passed his previous highest score of 113 in County Championship matches
--> PH Parfitt (1) passed his previous highest score of 125 in first-class matches
--> PH Parfitt (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 80
--> RB Nicholls (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 29
--> CA Milton (2) passed 15000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 67
--> RA Gale (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 10
--> EA Clark (2) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 23
--> PI Bedford (2) passed his previous highest score of 52 in County Championship matches
--> PI Bedford (2) passed his previous highest score of 52 in first-class matches
--> PI Bedford (2) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 49
--> D Bennett reached 500 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> C Cook reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> DR Smith reached 450 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> C Cook reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Middlesex second innings

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