f27232 cc13491	Gloucestershire v Hampshire
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 22nd, 23rd, 24th May 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Hampshire won by 5 wickets
Points	Gloucestershire 3 (Batting 1, Bowling 2); Hampshire 13 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	CS Elliott, A Jepson
Close of play day 1	Hampshire (1) 7/1 (Reed 2*, Timms 1*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 27/1 (Nicholls 11*, Green 6*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB Nicholls	c Turner b Shackleton	6
*CA Milton	lbw b White	8
DM Green	c Timms b White	2
DR Shepherd	c Sainsbury b Cottam	15
MJ Procter	c Sainsbury b Shackleton	101
AS Brown	lbw b White	4
M Bissex	c Richards b Shackleton	68
DA Allen	not out	22
JB Mortimore	b Cottam	6
DR Smith	c Timms b White	14
+BJ Meyer	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 108 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-13, 3-23, 4-43, 5-49, 6-198, 7-209, 8-230, 9-251 (108 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shackleton	35	14	68	3	-	-
White	24	5	60	4	-	-
Cottam	22	6	52	2	-	-
Sainsbury	21	9	41	0	-	-
Wheatley	6	1	25	0	-	-

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Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RE Marshall	lbw b Procter	4
BL Reed	b Mortimore	73
+BSV Timms	not out	81
BA Richards	b Mortimore	0
PJ Sainsbury	c Allen b Mortimore	25
DR Turner	c Milton b Allen	8
RMC Gilliat	lbw b Mortimore	0
KJ Wheatley	c Bissex b Mortimore	4
D Shackleton	c Milton b Allen	0
DW White	run out	9
RMH Cottam	c Brown b Procter	7
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 3 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 119.4 overs)	221
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-110, 3-112, 4-159, 5-178, 6-178, 7-182, 8-183, 9-202, 10-221 (119.4 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	23.4	11	30	2	-	-
Smith	21	9	39	0	-	-
Brown	7	0	21	0	-	-
Allen	25	11	37	2	-	-
Bissex	16	7	24	0	-	-
Mortimore	27	10	60	5	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB Nicholls	b Sainsbury	42
*CA Milton	lbw b White	8
DM Green	c Turner b Sainsbury	26
DR Shepherd	c Marshall b Cottam	1
MJ Procter	c White b Cottam	4
AS Brown	b Sainsbury	0
M Bissex	c Sainsbury b Cottam	12
DA Allen	not out	6
JB Mortimore	c Sainsbury b Cottam	6
DR Smith	c Turner b Cottam	0
+BJ Meyer	c Timms b Cottam	0
Extras	(2 lb, 2 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 62 overs)	109
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-76, 3-80, 4-84, 5-84, 6-96, 7-97, 8-109, 9-109, 10-109 (62 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shackleton	14	5	19	0	-	-
White	12	3	23	1	-	-
Cottam	19	5	35	6	-	-
Sainsbury	17	8	28	3	-	-

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Hampshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RE Marshall	lbw b Procter	16
BL Reed	c Brown b Mortimore	14
RMC Gilliat	c Smith b Mortimore	21
BA Richards	b Smith	14
PJ Sainsbury	not out	43
DW White	c Meyer b Procter	0
DR Turner	not out	27
+BSV Timms	did not bat
KJ Wheatley	did not bat
D Shackleton	did not bat
RMH Cottam	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(5 wickets, 46.2 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-38, 3-53, 4-92, 5-93

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	19	1	37	2	-	-
Smith	12	1	38	1	-	-
Allen	4	0	24	0	-	-
Bissex	1.2	0	4	0	-	-
Mortimore	10	2	32	2	-	-

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Notes
--> MJ Procter (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in County Championship matches
--> MJ Procter (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> BSV Timms (1) passed his previous highest score of 74 in County Championship matches
--> DR Turner (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> JB Mortimore reached 1100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Hampshire first innings

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