f26235 cc13015	Essex v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1966
Venue	Valentine's Park, Ilford on 18th, 19th, 20th May 1966 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 2; Gloucestershire 0
Umpires	WFF Price, WF Simpson
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 191/5 (Bailey 20*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (1) 114/3 (Bissex 13*, DWJ Brown 7*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c AS Brown b Mortimore	48
MJ Bear	c Windows b Mortimore	50
+B Taylor	lbw b Allen	1
KWR Fletcher	b Allen	21
BR Knight	c Meyer b Windows	51
*TE Bailey	c Meyer b Windows	20
GJ Saville	lbw b Windows	15
GR Cass	c Milton b Windows	21
RNS Hobbs	not out	13
AM Jorden	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 121.2 overs)	241
Fall of wickets:
1-83, 2-84, 3-112, 4-128, 5-191, 6-192, 7-226, 8-241 (121.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AS Brown	17	3	40	0	-	-
Windows	27.2	5	55	4	-	-
Mortimore	43	16	76	2	-	-
Allen	34	14	69	2	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB Nicholls	c and b East	41
CA Milton	b East	38
SEJ Russell	c sub b East	10
M Bissex	c and b East	17
DWJ Brown	not out	24
DR Shepherd	not out	21
*JB Mortimore	did not bat
AS Brown	did not bat
DA Allen	did not bat
AR Windows	did not bat
+BJ Meyer	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 72 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-74, 2-93, 3-94, 4-120

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	19	7	29	0	-	-
Jorden	22	4	53	0	-	-
Bailey	16	2	26	0	-	-
East	15	4	43	4	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	b Mortimore	22
MJ Bear	c Russell b Mortimore	35
+B Taylor	c Meyer b Mortimore	1
KWR Fletcher	not out	42
BR Knight	retired hurt	16
GR Cass	c Meyer b Mortimore	1
GJ Saville	not out	6
*TE Bailey	did not bat
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
AM Jorden	did not bat
RE East	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 37 overs)	123
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-55, 3-58, 4-113

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AS Brown	6	0	26	0	-	-
Windows	5	0	17	0	-	-
Mortimore	13	4	26	4	-	-
Bissex	13	1	54	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB Nicholls	c and b East	35
CA Milton	c Saville b Bailey	17
SEJ Russell	c and b East	2
M Bissex	c Barker b Bailey	10
DWJ Brown	c and b East	19
DR Shepherd	c Barker b East	1
*JB Mortimore	not out	40
AS Brown	c Fletcher b East	20
DA Allen	not out	1
AR Windows	did not bat
+BJ Meyer	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(7 wickets, 51 overs)	147
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-49, 3-60, 4-78, 5-85, 6-93, 7-143

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	6	0	14	0	-	-
Jorden	10	1	27	0	-	-
Bailey	11	2	18	2	-	-
East	17	4	57	5	-	-
Fletcher	7	1	29	0	-	-

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Notes
--> G Barker (1) passed 15000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 39
--> JB Mortimore (2) passed 12000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 40
--> RE East achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Gloucestershire first innings (previous best was 3-28)
--> RE East achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Gloucestershire first innings (previous best was 0-9)
--> JB Mortimore reached 1200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex second innings
--> RE East achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Gloucestershire second innings (previous best was 4-43)
--> RE East achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Gloucestershire second innings
--> RE East achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Gloucestershire second innings (previous best was 4-43)
--> RE East achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Gloucestershire second innings
--> BR Knight retired hurt in the Essex second innings having scored 16 (team score 104/3)

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