f26403 cc13149	Gloucestershire v Kent
	County Championship 1966
Venue	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 27th, 28th, 29th July 1966 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 4 wickets
Points	Gloucestershire 10; Kent 2
Umpires	OW Herman, F Jakeman
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 9/0 (Milton 5*, Bissex 3*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (1) 230 all out

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c DWJ Brown b Windows	80
BW Luckhurst	c Bissex b Allen	57
+D Nicholls	lbw b Allen	12
*MC Cowdrey	c Windows b Mence	87
SE Leary	b AS Brown	48
AL Dixon	c Mence b Windows	2
AGE Ealham	c Milton b Mence	21
DM Sayer	not out	2
RC Wilson	did not bat
JN Graham	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 121.2 overs)	316
Fall of wickets:
1-115, 2-137, 3-161, 4-264, 5-269, 6-308, 7-316 (121.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AS Brown	31	6	71	1	-	-
Windows	24	1	80	2	-	-
Mence	7.2	0	31	2	-	-
Mortimore	22	7	54	0	-	-
Allen	23	8	40	2	-	-
Bissex	14	5	33	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CA Milton	c Cowdrey b Dye	5
M Bissex	lbw b Sayer	32
DWJ Brown	c Nicholls b Sayer	15
DR Shepherd	c Nicholls b Sayer	32
RB Nicholls	c Nicholls b Dye	11
MD Mence	not out	76
DA Allen	c Nicholls b Graham	14
*JB Mortimore	b Graham	3
AS Brown	c Ealham b Graham	7
AR Windows	b Graham	9
+BJ Meyer	c Luckhurst b Sayer	22
Extras	(2 lb, 2 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 118 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-50, 3-59, 4-91, 5-110, 6-140, 7-144, 8-163, 9-187, 10-230 (118 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	45	18	68	4	-	-
Dye	24	3	46	2	-	-
Sayer	26	7	68	4	-	-
Dixon	23	9	44	0	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c DWJ Brown b AS Brown	0
BW Luckhurst	not out	81
RC Wilson	b Mortimore	12
AL Dixon	b Mence	8
SE Leary	c Mortimore b Mence	5
AGE Ealham	b Windows	0
*MC Cowdrey	not out	3
+D Nicholls	did not bat
DM Sayer	did not bat
JN Graham	did not bat
JCJ Dye	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 37 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-42, 3-77, 4-105, 5-106

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AS Brown	11	2	32	1	-	-
Windows	9	2	19	1	-	-
Mence	8	0	31	2	-	-
Mortimore	9	3	27	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CA Milton	c Leary b Dye	16
M Bissex	c Luckhurst b Sayer	16
DWJ Brown	c Cowdrey b Dye	6
DR Shepherd	c Sayer b Leary	25
RB Nicholls	c Denness b Graham	64
MD Mence	c Ealham b Dixon	33
AS Brown	not out	24
*JB Mortimore	not out	9
DA Allen	did not bat
AR Windows	did not bat
+BJ Meyer	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(6 wickets, 55.3 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-38, 3-39, 4-83, 5-147, 6-177

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graham	12	3	50	1	-	-
Dye	14	5	31	2	-	-
Sayer	8.3	0	25	1	-	-
Dixon	12	0	41	1	-	-
Leary	9	0	46	1	-	-

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Notes
--> MH Denness (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 16
--> MC Cowdrey (1) passed 14000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 13
--> MD Mence (1) passed his previous highest score of 55 in County Championship matches
--> MD Mence (1) passed his previous highest score of 55 in First-Class matches
--> DM Sayer reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> DM Sayer reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings

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