f24915 cc12443	Gloucestershire v Somerset
	County Championship 1963
Venue	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 3rd, 5th, 6th August 1963 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 5 wickets
Points	Gloucestershire 10; Somerset 0
Umpires	LH Gray, JG Langridge
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 58/2 (Atkinson 19*, Wight 5*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 111/3 (Kitchen 6*, Kerslake 0*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	b Smith	42
RT Virgin	lbw b Smith	11
MJ Kitchen	lbw b Cook	15
PB Wight	b Smith	9
RC Kerslake	lbw b Smith	14
CHM Greetham	c Young b Brown	5
KE Palmer	not out	4
BA Langford	not out	3
*+HW Stephenson	did not bat
FE Rumsey	did not bat
DG Doughty	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 9 lb, 2 w)	20
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 54 overs)	123
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-52, 3-62, 4-100, 5-116, 6-118

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	19	6	33	4	1	-
Brown	14	2	49	1	1	-
Allen	13	7	13	0	-	-
Graveney	3	0	6	0	-	-
Cook	5	3	2	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	c Rumsey b Doughty	25
RB Nicholls	b Doughty	29
RC White	b Doughty	10
JB Mortimore	b Palmer	12
AS Brown	lbw b Palmer	0
RJ Etheridge	c Langford b Rumsey	21
+BJ Meyer	not out	21
DA Allen	did not bat
*JKR Graveney	did not bat
DR Smith	did not bat
C Cook	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 39 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-65, 3-70, 4-71, 5-80, 6-124 (39 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	11	2	36	1	-	-
Palmer	19	6	45	2	-	-
Doughty	9	3	37	3	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	st Meyer b Allen	62
RT Virgin	c Smith b Mortimore	29
MJ Kitchen	c Meyer b Smith	28
PB Wight	b Smith	6
RC Kerslake	b Brown	0
CHM Greetham	b Smith	34
KE Palmer	not out	23
BA Langford	lbw b Smith	5
*+HW Stephenson	lbw b Brown	2
FE Rumsey	b Smith	0
DG Doughty	c Smith b Brown	2
Extras	(5 b, 12 lb)	17
Total	(all out, 105.3 overs)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-99, 2-99, 3-111, 4-112, 5-172, 6-173, 7-183, 8-192, 9-201, 10-208 (105.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	30	5	68	5	-	-
Brown	27.3	6	43	3	-	-
Allen	20	11	21	1	-	-
Graveney	5	1	15	0	-	-
Cook	5	1	14	0	-	-
Mortimore	18	10	30	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	b Palmer	69
RB Nicholls	run out	18
RC White	lbw b Langford	28
JB Mortimore	lbw b Langford	62
AS Brown	lbw b Palmer	14
RJ Etheridge	not out	8
+BJ Meyer	not out	6
DA Allen	did not bat
*JKR Graveney	did not bat
DR Smith	did not bat
C Cook	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(5 wickets, 66 overs)	210
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-111, 3-122, 4-163, 5-200

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	4	1	14	0	-	-
Palmer	21	7	31	2	-	-
Doughty	6	0	28	0	-	-
Greetham	22	2	79	0	-	-
Langford	13	2	53	2	-	-

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Notes
--> MJ Kitchen (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 20
--> DA Allen reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> KE Palmer reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings

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