f27259 cc13510	Essex v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Valentine's Park, Ilford on 5th, 6th, 7th June 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3); Gloucestershire 8 (Batting 3, Bowling 5)
Umpires	R Aspinall, LH Gray
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 310/8 (Brown 79*, Smith 12*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 55/4 (Nicholls 24*, Brown 6*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB Nicholls	c Fletcher b Edmeades	66
*CA Milton	b Edmeades	72
DM Green	c Boyce b Edmeades	9
MJ Procter	c Boyce b Edmeades	15
M Bissex	c Taylor b Edmeades	17
AS Brown	not out	79
DA Allen	lbw b Turner	5
JB Mortimore	b Boyce	14
+BJ Meyer	c Barker b Lever	2
DR Smith	not out	12
J Davey	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 10 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	19
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 108 overs)	310
Fall of wickets:
1-118, 2-135, 3-166, 4-187, 5-198, 6-238, 7-276, 8-279

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	18	4	45	1	-	-
Lever	27	2	90	1	-	-
Turner	13	2	26	1	-	-
Edmeades	25	6	60	5	-	-
Hobbs	14	2	40	0	-	-
East	11	3	30	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c Green b Davey	22
MJ Bear	b Davey	9
BEA Edmeades	c Procter b Davey	14
KWR Fletcher	c Meyer b Mortimore	74
BL Irvine	c Bissex b Mortimore	18
KD Boyce	c and b Mortimore	11
*+B Taylor	b Mortimore	42
S Turner	c Green b Procter	4
RNS Hobbs	not out	13
RE East	b Procter	0
JK Lever	c Allen b Davey	0
Extras	(7 lb, 3 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 76 overs)	217
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-39, 3-56, 4-94, 5-110, 6-191, 7-204, 8-208, 9-216, 10-217 (76 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	15	7	31	2	-	-
Davey	15	3	43	4	-	-
Smith	5	0	18	0	-	-
Mortimore	26	5	71	4	-	-
Brown	3	0	15	0	-	-
Allen	12	5	29	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB Nicholls	c Taylor b Lever	60
*CA Milton	c Turner b Boyce	7
DM Green	b Lever	14
MJ Procter	b Edmeades	1
M Bissex	c Barker b Edmeades	0
AS Brown	lbw b Lever	14
DA Allen	c Taylor b Turner	32
JB Mortimore	b Turner	1
+BJ Meyer	not out	9
J Davey	not out	6
DR Smith	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb, 3 nb)	12
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 84 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-33, 3-36, 4-36, 5-70, 6-130, 7-133, 8-144

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyce	19	7	47	1	-	-
Lever	29	8	39	3	-	-
Turner	19	7	31	2	-	-
Edmeades	17	4	27	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	retired hurt	11
MJ Bear	c Meyer b Davey	2
BEA Edmeades	c Meyer b Davey	35
KWR Fletcher	not out	52
BL Irvine	c Meyer b Davey	0
KD Boyce	not out	32
*+B Taylor	did not bat
S Turner	did not bat
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 5 nb)	7
Total	(3 wickets, 44 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-92, 3-92

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	5	0	13	0	-	-
Davey	13	3	49	3	-	-
Smith	10	5	18	0	-	-
Mortimore	8	1	18	0	-	-
Bissex	7	1	23	0	-	-
Green	1	0	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> BEA Edmeades (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> AS Brown (2) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 10
--> KWR Fletcher (2) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> G Barker retired hurt in the Essex second innings having scored 11 (team score 12/0)

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