f27363 cc13596	Leicestershire v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 20th, 21st, 22nd July 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 4 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 17 (Batting 4, Bowling 3); Gloucestershire 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2)
Umpires	A Gaskell, OW Herman
Scorers	WH Ashdown (Leicestershire), FW Duddridge (Gloucestershire)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 17/0 (Hallam 10*, Norman 7*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 235/3 (Booth 77*, Marner 32*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Green	c sub b Marner	72
*CA Milton	lbw b Cotton	8
RB Nicholls	c Knight b Spencer	44
DR Shepherd	run out	52
MJ Procter	c Inman b Cotton	80
AS Brown	c Tolchard b Spencer	4
M Bissex	not out	27
JB Mortimore	b Marner	7
+BJ Meyer	not out	4
DR Smith	did not bat
J Davey	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 10 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 99 overs)	310
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-119, 3-137, 4-247, 5-248, 6-272, 7-300

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cotton	22	2	59	2	-	-
Knight	15	3	44	0	-	-
Spencer	23	6	55	2	-	-
Marner	19	1	84	2	-	-
Birkenshaw	20	5	56	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	c Meyer b Procter	64
MEJC Norman	lbw b Mortimore	36
BJ Booth	not out	80
CC Inman	c Meyer b Procter	12
PT Marner	c Meyer b Davey	40
BR Knight	not out	4
J Cotton	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
B Dudleston	did not bat
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 9 lb, 3 nb)	15
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 84.5 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-72, 2-131, 3-160, 4-246

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	17.5	1	58	2	-	-
Davey	11	1	30	1	-	-
Smith	11	1	30	0	-	-
Brown	11	1	46	0	-	-
Mortimore	29	7	58	1	-	-
Bissex	5	1	14	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Green	b Spencer	5
*CA Milton	b Spencer	1
RB Nicholls	c Hallam b Knight	25
DR Shepherd	lbw b Knight	14
MJ Procter	c Tolchard b Marner	16
AS Brown	not out	57
M Bissex	c Tolchard b Marner	0
JB Mortimore	c Tolchard b Spencer	3
+BJ Meyer	lbw b Birkenshaw	17
DR Smith	not out	2
J Davey	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 54.4 overs)	151
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-6, 3-38, 4-67, 5-67, 6-67, 7-77, 8-146

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cotton	15	3	31	0	-	-
Knight	13.4	4	35	2	-	-
Spencer	12	5	35	3	-	-
Marner	13	3	36	2	-	-
Birkenshaw	1	0	3	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	c Bissex b Brown	34
MEJC Norman	c Green b Smith	38
PT Marner	c Meyer b Procter	5
CC Inman	c Davey b Smith	18
J Cotton	hit wkt b Smith	18
CT Spencer	c Brown b Procter	30
BR Knight	not out	42
BJ Booth	not out	4
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
B Dudleston	did not bat
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 16 lb, 1 nb)	22
Total	(6 wickets, 40 overs)	211
Fall of wickets:
1-64, 2-71, 3-105, 4-120, 5-135, 6-176

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	10	1	43	2	-	-
Davey	10	0	52	0	-	-
Smith	10	1	44	3	-	-
Brown	7	0	40	1	-	-
Mortimore	3	0	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DM Green (1) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 51
--> DR Shepherd (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 15
--> M Bissex (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 27
--> BJ Booth (1) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 70
--> DR Shepherd (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> BR Knight (2) passed 12500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 34
--> CT Spencer reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings

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