f27715 cc13721	Somerset v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1969
Venue	Recreation Ground, Bath on 24th, 26th, 27th May 1969 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 3 (Bowling 3); Gloucestershire 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	OW Herman, WE Phillipson
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 51/1 (Nicholls 26*, Milton 7*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (1) 86/6 (KE Palmer 22*, R Palmer 20*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Green	run out	16
RB Nicholls	c Carter b Langford	30
CA Milton	retired hurt	7
G Pullar	b Burgess	25
MJ Procter	c Kitchen b R Palmer	6
*AS Brown	b Langford	24
M Bissex	not out	15
DA Allen	c Clarkson b Robinson	23
JB Mortimore	lbw b KE Palmer	0
DR Smith	not out	5
+BJ Meyer	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 87 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-62, 3-75, 4-103, 5-114, 6-143, 7-143

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
R Palmer	22	7	39	1	-	-
Burgess	19	4	39	1	-	-
KE Palmer	14	4	26	1	-	-
Langford	24	17	18	2	-	-
Robinson	8	1	29	1	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	b Procter	0
A Clarkson	c Mortimore b Procter	0
GI Burgess	b Procter	22
MJ Kitchen	b Procter	11
GS Chappell	b Mortimore	5
BC Rose	lbw b Mortimore	0
KE Palmer	not out	22
R Palmer	not out	20
PJ Robinson	did not bat
*BA Langford	did not bat
+CEP Carter	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 3 nb)	6
Total	(6 wickets, 36 overs)	86
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-7, 3-34, 4-39, 5-40, 6-43

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	9	3	30	4	-	-
Smith	5	0	15	0	-	-
Mortimore	13	5	17	2	-	-
Allen	6	4	9	0	-	-
Bissex	3	0	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> CA Milton retired hurt in the Gloucestershire first innings having scored 7 (team score 51/1)

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