f27459 cc13680	Gloucestershire v Somerset
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 31st August, 1st, 2nd September 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Gloucestershire 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3); Somerset 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4)
Umpires	JF Crapp, LH Gray
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 75/2 (Shepherd 15*, Brown 15*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 4/1 (Virgin 3*, Robinson 1*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	b Brown	30
A Clarkson	c Meyer b Brown	9
PJ Robinson	lbw b Mortimore	4
MJ Kitchen	lbw b Green	9
GS Chappell	b Allen	66
WE Alley	c Smith b Mortimore	46
*RC Kerslake	c Meyer b Smith	12
R Palmer	lbw b Allen	12
BA Langford	c Meyer b Smith	11
+RA Brooks	c Meyer b Smith	8
FE Rumsey	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 97.3 overs)	212
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-42, 3-46, 4-58, 5-147, 6-170, 7-182, 8-193, 9-211, 10-212 (97.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	22	7	49	2	-	-
Smith	17.3	1	53	3	-	-
Mortimore	25	9	53	2	-	-
Green	3	1	6	1	-	-
Bissex	17	7	24	0	-	-
Allen	13	6	22	2	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Green	c Kerslake b Rumsey	18
RB Nicholls	c Virgin b Rumsey	25
DR Shepherd	lbw b Palmer	41
M Bissex	st Brooks b Robinson	42
AS Brown	b Palmer	30
SEJ Russell	b Kerslake	8
JP Sullivan	run out	21
JB Mortimore	lbw b Alley	30
DR Smith	not out	44
*DA Allen	b Palmer	15
+BJ Meyer	c Virgin b Palmer	0
Extras	(3 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 93.4 overs)	286
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-45, 3-111, 4-116, 5-153, 6-184, 7-207, 8-250, 9-286, 10-286 (93.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	22	0	68	2	-	-
Palmer	18.4	5	42	4	-	-
Chappell	7	1	27	0	-	-
Alley	5	2	15	1	-	-
Robinson	18	8	55	1	-	-
Langford	18	4	50	0	-	-
Kerslake	5	0	17	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	b Smith	11
A Clarkson	lbw b Smith	0
PJ Robinson	c Meyer b Smith	12
MJ Kitchen	not out	145
GS Chappell	b Brown	11
WE Alley	c and b Brown	8
*RC Kerslake	lbw b Mortimore	13
R Palmer	lbw b Allen	31
BA Langford	c Sullivan b Smith	6
+RA Brooks	not out	4
FE Rumsey	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 3 nb)	8
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 100 overs)	249
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-12, 3-39, 4-59, 5-74, 6-107, 7-198, 8-214

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	27	5	89	2	-	-
Smith	26	5	62	4	-	-
Mortimore	16	5	30	1	-	-
Bissex	11	3	30	0	-	-
Allen	20	9	30	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Green	b Langford	25
RB Nicholls	c Virgin b Rumsey	2
DR Shepherd	b Robinson	26
JB Mortimore	c Clarkson b Palmer	69
DR Smith	c Rumsey b Langford	2
AS Brown	not out	23
M Bissex	c Virgin b Robinson	3
SEJ Russell	not out	9
JP Sullivan	did not bat
*DA Allen	did not bat
+BJ Meyer	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(6 wickets, 30 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-46, 3-58, 4-81, 5-101, 6-141

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	6	1	21	1	-	-
Palmer	7	1	22	1	-	-
Robinson	9	0	54	2	-	-
Langford	8	1	62	2	-	-

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Notes
--> WE Alley made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> WE Alley made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> RC Kerslake made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> RA Brooks made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RA Brooks made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> SEJ Russell made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> SEJ Russell made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> R Palmer (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> DR Shepherd (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 31
--> JP Sullivan (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in First-Class matches
--> JP Sullivan (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in County Championship matches
--> MJ Kitchen (2) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 23
--> DM Green (2) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> DR Smith reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> DR Smith reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> M Bissex retired hurt in the Gloucestershire first innings having scored 1 and later returned

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