f25807 cc12823	Gloucestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1965
Venue	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 12th, 14th, 15th June 1965 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Gloucestershire 2; Essex 0
Umpires	WH Copson, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 80/5 (Windows 1*, Mortimore 0*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 144/7 (Saville 15*, Edmeades 2*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	st Meyer b Mortimore	42
MJ Bear	c Meyer b Mortimore	20
GJ Smith	c Meyer b Mortimore	0
KWR Fletcher	b Mortimore	4
*TE Bailey	c Smith b Mortimore	0
BR Knight	b Smith	7
GJ Saville	lbw b Smith	0
+B Taylor	c Nicholls b Smith	3
BEA Edmeades	c Mortimore b Smith	4
PJ Phelan	not out	2
GC Pritchard	b Smith	0
Extras	(5 b, 8 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 63.3 overs)	95
Fall of wickets:
1-64, 2-70, 3-73, 4-73, 5-76, 6-77, 7-84, 8-92, 9-95, 10-95 (63.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	13.3	4	27	5	-	-
AS Brown	10	2	14	0	-	-
Windows	15	10	12	0	-	-
Allen	9	3	19	0	-	-
Mortimore	16	11	10	5	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB Nicholls	b Knight	24
SEJ Russell	run out	16
CA Milton	lbw b Bailey	30
DWJ Brown	st Taylor b Bailey	3
AS Brown	b Edmeades	4
AR Windows	c Taylor b Bailey	2
*JB Mortimore	c Saville b Knight	7
M Bissex	c Smith b Pritchard	62
DA Allen	c and b Phelan	20
+BJ Meyer	b Knight	2
DR Smith	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 88.1 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-46, 3-58, 4-69, 5-80, 6-81, 7-99, 8-171, 9-177, 10-177 (88.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pritchard	15.1	2	31	1	-	-
Knight	23	5	42	3	-	-
Bailey	23	6	37	3	-	-
Edmeades	21	5	42	1	-	-
Phelan	6	0	18	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c Bissex b Mortimore	32
MJ Bear	c Bissex b Smith	39
GJ Smith	b Smith	4
KWR Fletcher	c Meyer b Allen	3
*TE Bailey	lbw b Smith	0
BR Knight	c Smith b Mortimore	23
GJ Saville	not out	15
+B Taylor	c Mortimore b Smith	11
BEA Edmeades	not out	2
PJ Phelan	did not bat
GC Pritchard	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 8 lb)	15
Total	(7 wickets, 91 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-75, 2-81, 3-88, 4-88, 5-95, 6-119, 7-142

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	23	8	31	4	-	-
AS Brown	14	3	29	0	-	-
Windows	8	5	5	0	-	-
Allen	25	13	30	1	-	-
Mortimore	21	7	34	2	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> RB Nicholls (1) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> DR Smith reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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