f27269 cc13517	Gloucestershire v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 8th, 9th, 10th June 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 30 runs
Points	Gloucestershire 7 (Batting 2, Bowling 5); Leicestershire 17 (Batting 2, Bowling 5)
Umpires	OW Herman, RSM Lay
Scorers	AG Avery (Leicestershire), FW Duddridge (Leicestershire)
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 67/0 (Nicholls 29*, Green 29*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 61/0 (Norman 21*, Booth 36*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	b Procter	1
BJ Booth	b Windows	7
PT Marner	c Meyer b Procter	2
*CC Inman	c Meyer b Procter	55
J Birkenshaw	c Brown b Windows	3
BR Knight	b Davey	39
DJ Constant	c Meyer b Davey	5
B Dudleston	lbw b Davey	1
+RW Tolchard	not out	44
RJ Barratt	b Procter	28
CT Spencer	run out	14
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 77.2 overs)	210
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-14, 3-14, 4-25, 5-95, 6-116, 7-121, 8-125, 9-179, 10-210 (77.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	22	2	61	4	-	-
Davey	18	3	54	3	-	-
Windows	15	4	32	2	-	-
Mortimore	20	6	48	0	-	-
Allen	2.2	1	4	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB Nicholls	c Booth b Birkenshaw	36
*CA Milton	b Barratt	60
DM Green	c Inman b Spencer	29
MJ Procter	c Tolchard b Spencer	16
M Bissex	st Tolchard b Birkenshaw	4
AS Brown	c Knight b Barratt	15
AR Windows	c Dudleston b Birkenshaw	10
DA Allen	c Marner b Birkenshaw	13
JB Mortimore	c Knight b Barratt	13
+BJ Meyer	not out	6
J Davey	c Inman b Birkenshaw	4
Extras	(3 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 85 overs)	217
Fall of wickets:
1-67, 2-89, 3-93, 4-95, 5-126, 6-157, 7-182, 8-204, 9-213, 10-217 (85 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	15	2	37	2	-	-
Knight	13	2	36	0	-	-
Marner	5	0	18	0	-	-
Barratt	20	11	34	3	-	-
Birkenshaw	32	7	81	5	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	b Allen	52
BJ Booth	not out	124
PT Marner	c Mortimore b Procter	53
*CC Inman	b Procter	19
BR Knight	not out	0
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
DJ Constant	did not bat
B Dudleston	did not bat
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
RJ Barratt	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb)	9
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 76.1 overs)	257
Fall of wickets:
1-130, 2-221, 3-255

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	16	2	71	2	-	-
Davey	13.1	0	51	0	-	-
Windows	2	0	6	0	-	-
Mortimore	20	4	58	0	-	-
Allen	20	6	38	1	-	-
Bissex	5	0	24	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB Nicholls	c Norman b Barratt	39
*CA Milton	lbw b Knight	20
MJ Procter	c Marner b Barratt	8
DM Green	b Birkenshaw	87
M Bissex	c Knight b Barratt	6
AS Brown	c Marner b Barratt	8
AR Windows	run out	30
JB Mortimore	c and b Knight	1
+BJ Meyer	c and b Birkenshaw	0
DA Allen	c Spencer b Birkenshaw	2
J Davey	not out	1
Extras	(9 b, 9 lb)	18
Total	(all out, 61.5 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-72, 2-82, 3-147, 4-160, 5-180, 6-207, 7-212, 8-213, 9-219, 10-220 (61.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	9	1	30	0	-	-
Knight	11	1	32	2	-	-
Barratt	20	4	72	4	-	-
Birkenshaw	21.5	3	68	3	-	-

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Notes
--> BJ Booth (2) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> J Birkenshaw reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> CA Milton retired hurt in the Gloucestershire first innings having scored 8 (team had lost 0 wickets) and later returned

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