f24810 cc12363	Gloucestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1963
Venue	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 22nd, 24th, 25th June 1963 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Gloucestershire 0; Essex 2
Umpires	FC Gardner, AED Smith
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 53/3 (Mortimore 27*, Brown 10*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 46/2 (Smith 6*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	lbw b Smith	4
MJ Bear	c Meyer b Brown	9
GJ Smith	lbw b Smith	8
BR Knight	b Cook	44
*TE Bailey	lbw b Ashenden	56
KWR Fletcher	c Meyer b Ashenden	31
+B Taylor	not out	8
BEA Edmeades	c Smith b Mortimore	1
PJ Phelan	b Mortimore	0
JC Laker	b Ashenden	2
KC Preston	lbw b Mortimore	9
Extras	(3 b, 8 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 98.3 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-22, 3-24, 4-91, 5-152, 6-161, 7-162, 8-162, 9-167, 10-184 (98.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	23	5	50	2	-	-
Brown	17	7	25	1	-	-
Ashenden	20	7	40	3	-	-
Mortimore	27.3	17	23	3	-	-
Graveney	2	0	5	0	-	-
Cook	9	2	29	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	lbw b Bailey	9
RB Nicholls	lbw b Knight	0
CA Milton	c Barker b Knight	6
JB Mortimore	c Laker b Knight	41
AS Brown	lbw b Knight	28
A Dindar	c Taylor b Knight	0
+BJ Meyer	run out	29
*JKR Graveney	c Fletcher b Knight	0
DR Smith	b Knight	36
M Ashenden	b Knight	0
C Cook	not out	1
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 68.4 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-15, 3-15, 4-77, 5-77, 6-88, 7-88, 8-138, 9-138, 10-153 (68.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	32.4	11	70	8	-	-
Bailey	16	2	40	1	-	-
Laker	20	8	40	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c Ashenden b Mortimore	24
MJ Bear	c Milton b Mortimore	15
GJ Smith	not out	13
BR Knight	not out	26
*TE Bailey	did not bat
KWR Fletcher	did not bat
+B Taylor	did not bat
BEA Edmeades	did not bat
PJ Phelan	did not bat
JC Laker	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(2 wickets, 31.4 overs)	80
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-46

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	10	2	28	0	-	-
Brown	2	0	7	0	-	-
Mortimore	13.4	5	38	2	-	-
Cook	6	4	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DM Young (1) passed 22500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> BJ Meyer (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> G Barker (2) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> JB Mortimore reached 900 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> BR Knight achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Gloucestershire first innings (previous best was 7-42)
--> BR Knight achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Gloucestershire first innings (previous best was 7-42)

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