ESSEX CRICKET

f25284 cc12581	Gloucestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1964
Venue	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 10th, 11th, 12th June 1964 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 6 wickets
Points	Gloucestershire 0; Essex 10
Umpires	PA Gibb, H Yarnold
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 15/0 (Barker 6, Bear 6)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 11/0 (Riley 1, Meyer 6)

Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB Nicholls	lbw b Bailey	72
TMN Riley	c Taylor b Bailey	5
DWJ Brown	b Bailey	25
AS Brown	b Laker	2
M Bissex	b Edmeades	12
JB Mortimore	c Taylor b Bailey	13
DA Allen	lbw b Bailey	23
RJ Etheridge	c Taylor b Knight	48
+BJ Meyer	b Edmeades	1
DR Smith	b Hilton	29
*JKR Graveney	not out	16
Extras	(3 lb, 4 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 112.3 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-101, 3-106, 4-108, 5-132, 6-132, 7-172, 8-175, 9-230, 10-253 (112.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hilton	16.3	6	38	1	-	-
Knight	23	6	57	1	-	-
Bailey	40	12	72	5	-	-
Laker	13	4	30	1	-	-
Hobbs	5	1	14	0	-	-
Edmeades	15	6	35	2	-	-

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c Meyer b Smith	72
MJ Bear	c Smith b Mortimore	31
*TE Bailey	b Smith	24
BR Knight	b AS Brown	6
KWR Fletcher	b AS Brown	60
+B Taylor	b AS Brown	1
BEA Edmeades	b Graveney	51
RNS Hobbs	c Mortimore b Graveney	1
PJ Phelan	not out	2
JC Laker	did not bat
C Hilton	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb, 2 nb)	14
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 134 overs)	262
Fall of wickets:
1-65, 2-126, 3-135, 4-152, 5-154, 6-258, 7-259, 8-262 (134 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	39	7	100	2	-	-
AS Brown	34	8	58	3	-	-
Mortimore	30	11	50	1	-	-
Graveney	13	6	17	2	-	-
Allen	18	8	23	0	-	-

Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TMN Riley	c Barker b Hobbs	12
+BJ Meyer	c Edmeades b Laker	43
RB Nicholls	st Taylor b Hobbs	14
AS Brown	not out	49
M Bissex	lbw b Bailey	2
JB Mortimore	c sub b Bailey	51
DA Allen	not out	0
DWJ Brown	did not bat
RJ Etheridge	did not bat
DR Smith	did not bat
*JKR Graveney	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	18
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 56 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-68, 3-79, 4-180, 5-188

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hilton	8	1	18	0	-	-
Knight	12	6	21	0	-	-
Bailey	7	4	13	2	-	-
Laker	13	3	42	1	-	-
Hobbs	13	0	52	2	-	-
Phelan	3	0	25	0	-	-

Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c Meyer b AS Brown	8
MJ Bear	not out	81
+B Taylor	b AS Brown	14
BR Knight	b Mortimore	59
KWR Fletcher	c Meyer b Smith	4
RNS Hobbs	not out	13
*TE Bailey	did not bat
BEA Edmeades	did not bat
PJ Phelan	did not bat
JC Laker	did not bat
C Hilton	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(4 wickets, 46.3 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-41, 3-152, 4-157

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	18	2	76	1	-	-
AS Brown	11	0	26	2	-	-
Mortimore	9.3	1	35	1	-	-
Allen	8	1	42	0	-	-

Notes
--> RJ Etheridge (1) passed his previous highest score of 39 in County Championship matches
--> RJ Etheridge (1) passed his previous highest score of 39 in first-class matches
--> BJ Meyer (2) passed 3500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 25
--> MJ Bear (2) passed 7500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 36
--> RNS Hobbs reached 100 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings