f27255 cc13508	Somerset v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1968
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 1st, 2nd, 3rd June 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to field
Result	Somerset won by 7 wickets
Points	Somerset 12 (Bowling 2); Gloucestershire 10 (Batting 5, Bowling 5)
Umpires	JF Crapp, AE Fagg
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 9/1 (Virgin 3*, Robinson 3*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 3/0 (Nicholls 2*, Milton 0*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB Nicholls	b Burgess	13
*CA Milton	c Chappell b Robinson	111
DM Green	c Brooks b Rumsey	22
MJ Procter	c Robinson b Langford	94
JB Mortimore	c Kitchen b Rumsey	20
M Bissex	run out	19
DR Shepherd	c Kerslake b Burgess	10
AS Brown	c Robinson b Rumsey	2
DA Allen	lbw b Rumsey	0
+BJ Meyer	lbw b Burgess	1
DR Smith	not out	4
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 106.4 overs)	310
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-90, 3-245, 4-253, 5-279, 6-296, 7-304, 8-304, 9-304, 10-310 (106.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	24	10	38	4	-	-
Alley	12	7	23	0	-	-
Burgess	27.4	6	71	3	-	-
Langford	22	8	63	1	-	-
Chappell	1	0	10	0	-	-
Robinson	15	1	49	1	-	-
Kerslake	5	0	42	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c and b Smith	11
MJ Kitchen	c Bissex b Procter	1
PJ Robinson	c Brown b Procter	24
A Clarkson	lbw b Brown	4
GS Chappell	c Meyer b Smith	11
WE Alley	b Smith	32
GI Burgess	c Shepherd b Brown	17
*RC Kerslake	b Procter	29
+RA Brooks	c Meyer b Smith	0
BA Langford	b Procter	29
FE Rumsey	not out	0
Extras	(3 lb, 9 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 65.3 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-29, 3-44, 4-44, 5-67, 6-106, 7-107, 8-107, 9-164, 10-170 (65.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	24.3	4	50	4	-	-
Smith	22	4	49	4	-	-
Brown	15	2	45	2	-	-
Mortimore	3	1	3	0	-	-
Green	1	0	11	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB Nicholls	b Burgess	11
*CA Milton	c Brooks b Chappell	10
DM Green	c Robinson b Burgess	11
MJ Procter	c Rumsey b Chappell	19
M Bissex	c Chappell b Burgess	0
DR Shepherd	b Chappell	6
AS Brown	not out	31
DA Allen	c Brooks b Chappell	9
JB Mortimore	not out	8
+BJ Meyer	did not bat
DR Smith	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 59 overs)	112
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-35, 3-41, 4-47, 5-58, 6-64, 7-87

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	19	8	35	0	-	-
Burgess	22	8	33	3	-	-
Chappell	18	9	37	4	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	b Mortimore	67
MJ Kitchen	b Brown	97
A Clarkson	c Brown b Procter	27
GS Chappell	not out	27
WE Alley	not out	27
PJ Robinson	did not bat
GI Burgess	did not bat
*RC Kerslake	did not bat
+RA Brooks	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
FE Rumsey	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(3 wickets, 55.4 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-148, 2-193, 3-222

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	21	1	67	1	-	-
Smith	13	1	69	0	-	-
Brown	14.4	0	66	1	-	-
Mortimore	7	0	43	1	-	-

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Notes
--> MJ Kitchen (2) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 43
--> GS Chappell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Gloucestershire second innings (previous best was 3-19)
--> GS Chappell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Gloucestershire second innings (previous best was 1-33)

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