f27445 cc13666	Lancashire v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 24th, 25th, 26th August 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Lancashire won by 4 wickets
Points	Lancashire 17 (Batting 2, Bowling 5); Gloucestershire 5 (Bowling 5)
Umpires	JS Buller, F Jakeman
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 103/4 (Atkinson 24*, Bond 4*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 82/3 (Nicholls 19*, Bissex 16*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Green	b Wood	48
*CA Milton	lbw b Shuttleworth	19
RB Nicholls	c Higgs b Wood	1
DR Shepherd	c Shuttleworth b Higgs	22
M Bissex	c Atkinson b Higgs	0
AS Brown	c Engineer b Shuttleworth	26
JP Sullivan	c Engineer b Shuttleworth	18
DA Allen	not out	10
JB Mortimore	b Shuttleworth	0
+BJ Meyer	b Shuttleworth	1
DR Smith	c Shuttleworth b Higgs	7
Extras	(1 b, 9 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 71.4 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-60, 3-77, 4-84, 5-103, 6-142, 7-152, 8-152, 9-156, 10-163 (71.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	20.4	4	50	3	-	-
Shuttleworth	22	4	42	5	-	-
Wood	20	7	41	2	-	-
Savage	7	2	19	0	-	-
Hughes	2	2	0	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Lloyd	b Smith	4
B Wood	b Allen	60
H Pilling	c Allen b Brown	5
D Bailey	b Smith	1
G Atkinson	c Meyer b Brown	26
*JD Bond	b Mortimore	35
+FM Engineer	run out	16
DP Hughes	b Mortimore	36
K Higgs	not out	4
K Shuttleworth	c Mortimore b Smith	5
JS Savage	c Brown b Smith	4
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 84.3 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-24, 3-25, 4-94, 5-112, 6-134, 7-190, 8-195, 9-202, 10-206 (84.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	20.3	4	45	4	-	-
Brown	25	6	57	2	-	-
Green	6	1	14	0	-	-
Mortimore	17	5	32	2	-	-
Allen	14	3	42	1	-	-
Bissex	2	0	6	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Green	b Shuttleworth	27
*CA Milton	retired hurt	3
RB Nicholls	c Savage b Higgs	74
DR Shepherd	b Hughes	5
AS Brown	b Higgs	16
M Bissex	c Shuttleworth b Higgs	72
JP Sullivan	b Hughes	18
DA Allen	c Engineer b Higgs	20
JB Mortimore	not out	3
+BJ Meyer	not out	1
DR Smith	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 3 nb)	11
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 109 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-47, 3-74, 4-192, 5-210, 6-246, 7-246

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	28	7	47	4	-	-
Shuttleworth	25	2	74	1	-	-
Wood	11	2	26	0	-	-
Savage	16	6	34	0	-	-
Hughes	29	12	58	2	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Lloyd	b Brown	59
B Wood	b Allen	32
H Pilling	c Sullivan b Mortimore	53
+FM Engineer	c Allen b Mortimore	7
D Bailey	c sub b Mortimore	4
*JD Bond	not out	38
G Atkinson	c Brown b Smith	3
DP Hughes	not out	4
K Higgs	did not bat
K Shuttleworth	did not bat
JS Savage	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(6 wickets, 49.4 overs)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-123, 3-138, 4-154, 5-182, 6-198

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	15	3	71	1	-	-
Brown	13	1	45	1	-	-
Mortimore	14.4	4	56	3	-	-
Allen	7	1	28	1	-	-

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Notes
--> CA Milton (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 6
--> D Lloyd (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> B Wood (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> JP Sullivan (2) equalled his previous highest score of 18 in First-Class matches
--> JP Sullivan (2) equalled his previous highest score of 18 in County Championship matches
--> K Higgs reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> K Higgs reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings
--> CA Milton retired hurt in the Gloucestershire second innings having scored 3 (team score 26/0)

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