a144	Essex v Wiltshire
	Gillette Cup 1969 (1st Round)
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 10th, 11th May 1969 (60-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 125 runs
Umpires	LH Gray, ASM Oakman
Close of play day 1	Essex 272/6 innings closed
Man of the Match	IR Lomax

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
B Ward	c Lomax b Merryweather	73
*+B Taylor	c Gardner b Merryweather	26
G Barker	run out	38
KWR Fletcher	st Simpkins b Gulliver	8
BL Irvine	b Merryweather	21
KD Boyce	run out	40
S Turner	not out	49
BEA Edmeades	not out	11
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 60 overs)	272
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-106, 3-115, 4-165, 5-168, 6-230

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Livermore	11	0	56	0	-	-	-	5.09
Marshall	12	4	25	0	-	-	-	2.08
Gulliver	12	0	45	1	-	-	72.00	3.75
Merryweather	12	3	41	3	-	-	24.00	3.42
Barker	2	0	21	0	-	-	-	10.50
Ridge	11	1	78	0	-	-	-	7.09

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Wiltshire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
DE Essenhigh	c Taylor b Lever	1
DD Gardner	c Taylor b Hobbs	20
AH Barker	c Ward b East	19
*IR Lomax	b Turner	63
AM Smith	run out	6
RJ Gulliver	c and b Hobbs	15
JA Ridge	c Lever b Hobbs	2
AG Marshall	c Fletcher b Hobbs	5
+DW Simpkins	c Taylor b Boyce	5
JB Livermore	lbw b Boyce	2
JH Merryweather	not out	0
Extras	(3 lb, 6 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 53.4 overs)	147
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-31, 3-51, 4-68, 5-88, 6-94, 7-100, 8-145, 9-147, 10-147 (53.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Boyce	9	1	27	2	-	-	27.00	3.00
Lever	6	1	11	1	-	-	36.00	1.83
East	12	4	23	1	-	-	72.00	1.92
Turner	8.4	2	15	1	-	-	52.00	1.73
Hobbs	12	2	55	4	-	-	18.00	4.58
Edmeades	6	2	7	0	-	-	-	1.17

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
--> AH Barker made his debut in List A matches
--> RJ Gulliver made his debut in List A matches
--> JA Ridge made his debut in List A matches
--> DW Simpkins made his debut in List A matches
--> JB Livermore made his debut in List A matches
--> DE Essenhigh made his last appearance in List A matches
--> DD Gardner made his last appearance in List A matches
--> IR Lomax made his last appearance in List A matches
--> AM Smith made his last appearance in List A matches
--> AG Marshall made his last appearance in List A matches
--> JB Livermore made his last appearance in List A matches
--> B Ward passed his previous highest score of 54 in List A matches
--> S Turner passed his previous highest score of 48 in List A matches
--> DD Gardner passed his previous highest score of 11 in List A matches
--> IR Lomax passed his previous highest score of 50 in List A matches
--> JH Merryweather achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches in the Essex innings (previous best was 2-23)
--> RNS Hobbs achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches in the Wiltshire innings (previous best was 3-11)

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