f27724 cc13728	Gloucestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1969
Venue	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 31st May, 2nd, 3rd June 1969 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 7 wickets
Points	Gloucestershire 16 (Batting 1, Bowling 5); Essex 2 (Bowling 2)
Umpires	JS Buller, H Mellows
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 118/4 (Pullar 36*, Bissex 2*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 89/2 (Barker 27*, Irvine 23*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	c and b Smith	6
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Procter	8
G Barker	c Allen b Smith	44
*+B Taylor	b Smith	14
BL Irvine	st Meyer b Allen	16
KD Boyce	lbw b Allen	6
S Turner	c Procter b Allen	2
RNS Hobbs	b Procter	14
RE East	c Milton b Smith	0
JK Lever	not out	7
DL Acfield	b Mortimore	0
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 59.3 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-18, 3-40, 4-73, 5-100, 6-102, 7-103, 8-104, 9-119, 10-125 (59.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	12	3	25	2	-	-
Smith	15	8	14	4	-	-
Brown	8	1	27	0	-	-
Allen	13	3	34	3	-	-
Mortimore	11.3	6	17	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB Nicholls	c Hobbs b East	26
DM Green	c Boyce b Lever	5
CA Milton	c Taylor b East	17
G Pullar	b Hobbs	80
MJ Procter	b Boyce	31
M Bissex	c Hobbs b Lever	38
*AS Brown	c Taylor b Lever	6
DA Allen	c Irvine b Acfield	30
JB Mortimore	c Lever b Acfield	53
DR Smith	b Hobbs	3
+BJ Meyer	not out	0
Extras	(5 lb, 3 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 130.2 overs)	297
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-47, 3-57, 4-113, 5-192, 6-202, 7-208, 8-287, 9-296, 10-297 (130.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	20	2	42	1	-	-
Lever	22	8	50	3	-	-
Turner	15	4	26	0	-	-
Hobbs	30.2	9	69	2	-	-
East	26	7	76	2	-	-
Acfield	17	6	26	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	c Brown b Procter	8
BEA Edmeades	c Procter b Allen	21
G Barker	b Allen	71
BL Irvine	c Milton b Mortimore	84
*+B Taylor	lbw b Mortimore	3
KD Boyce	st Meyer b Mortimore	27
S Turner	c Mortimore b Procter	16
RNS Hobbs	b Procter	12
RE East	b Mortimore	3
JK Lever	lbw b Mortimore	0
DL Acfield	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb, 12 nb)	23
Total	(all out, 110.2 overs)	268
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-42, 3-151, 4-158, 5-196, 6-245, 7-245, 8-262, 9-266, 10-268 (110.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	17	5	43	3	-	-
Smith	12	1	34	0	-	-
Allen	38	16	74	2	-	-
Mortimore	37.2	15	75	5	-	-
Bissex	6	2	19	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Green	c Taylor b Turner	46
RB Nicholls	not out	36
MJ Procter	c Acfield b Turner	0
CA Milton	c Ward b Edmeades	0
*AS Brown	not out	2
G Pullar	did not bat
M Bissex	did not bat
DA Allen	did not bat
JB Mortimore	did not bat
DR Smith	did not bat
+BJ Meyer	did not bat
Extras	(9 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(3 wickets, 21.1 overs)	97
Fall of wickets:
1-88, 2-89, 3-89

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	6	0	20	0	-	-
Lever	5	0	23	0	-	-
Turner	5.1	0	20	2	-	-
Edmeades	5	0	21	1	-	-

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Notes
--> RB Nicholls (1) passed 18000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> G Pullar (1) passed 14000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 55
--> MJ Procter (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> M Bissex (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> G Barker (2) passed 18000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 36
--> BL Irvine (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> DR Smith reached 950 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings

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