f27380 cc13611	Gloucestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 27th, 28th, 29th July 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Gloucestershire 3 (Batting 2, Bowling 1); Essex 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3)
Umpires	CG Pepper, GH Pope
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 324/8 (Jarman 67*, Meyer 23*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 239/4 (Ward 128*, Boyce 4*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Green	c Lever b Jorden	29
*CA Milton	b East	53
RB Nicholls	b Hobbs	53
DR Shepherd	c Ward b Hobbs	5
M Bissex	c Lever b Hobbs	21
AS Brown	c East b Hobbs	32
AR Windows	b East	4
HJ Jarman	not out	67
JB Mortimore	b Jorden	32
+BJ Meyer	not out	23
J Davey	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 120 overs)	324
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-137, 3-137, 4-147, 5-185, 6-200, 7-200, 8-269

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jorden	20	1	72	2	-	-
Lever	21	6	61	0	-	-
Hobbs	45	14	89	4	-	-
East	27	4	70	2	-	-
Turner	7	0	27	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Bear	b Mortimore	31
B Ward	c Meyer b Brown	128
BEA Edmeades	c Meyer b Mortimore	14
S Turner	run out	19
BL Irvine	c Nicholls b Windows	34
KD Boyce	c Meyer b Mortimore	5
*+B Taylor	c Bissex b Brown	23
AM Jorden	c Bissex b Mortimore	0
RNS Hobbs	not out	4
RE East	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 3 nb)	9
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 95.3 overs)	267
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-106, 3-159, 4-234, 5-239, 6-241, 7-247, 8-267 (95.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davey	18	3	57	0	-	-
Brown	11.3	1	37	2	-	-
Windows	16	2	44	1	-	-
Mortimore	33	12	75	4	-	-
Bissex	17	3	45	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Green	not out	104
*CA Milton	c and b Lever	5
RB Nicholls	c Jorden b Lever	20
DR Shepherd	c Taylor b Turner	4
M Bissex	c Hobbs b Turner	3
AS Brown	c East b Hobbs	10
AR Windows	not out	15
HJ Jarman	did not bat
JB Mortimore	did not bat
+BJ Meyer	did not bat
J Davey	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 54 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-69, 3-81, 4-112, 5-125

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jorden	8	0	19	0	-	-
Lever	10	1	38	2	-	-
Hobbs	16	3	50	1	-	-
Turner	20	3	54	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Ward	c Bissex b Davey	2
MJ Bear	c Bissex b Davey	0
BEA Edmeades	b Brown	10
S Turner	b Brown	2
BL Irvine	c Brown b Mortimore	3
KD Boyce	b Mortimore	21
*+B Taylor	not out	61
AM Jorden	b Davey	6
RNS Hobbs	lbw b Davey	1
RE East	not out	23
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(8 wickets, 53 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-2, 3-7, 4-11, 5-23, 6-56, 7-67, 8-68

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davey	16	4	43	4	-	-
Brown	14	4	48	2	-	-
Mortimore	18	8	30	2	-	-
Bissex	5	3	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AR Windows made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AR Windows made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> HJ Jarman (1) passed his previous highest score of 61 in County Championship matches
--> HJ Jarman (1) passed his previous highest score of 61 in First-Class matches
--> B Ward (1) passed his previous highest score of 115 in First-Class matches
--> B Ward (1) passed his previous highest score of 115 in County Championship matches
--> BL Irvine (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 20
--> BL Irvine (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 20
--> BL Irvine (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> RE East (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 22
--> JB Mortimore reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> JB Mortimore reached 1400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings

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