f28204 cc13921	Gloucestershire v Somerset
	County Championship 1970
Venue	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 20th, 21st, 22nd May 1970 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 138 runs
Points	Gloucestershire 18 (Batting 3, Bowling 5); Somerset 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	WL Budd, CS Elliott
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 18/0 (Virgin 5*, Clarkson 13*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 91/2 (Pullar 24*, Shepherd 8*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Green	st Taylor b Cartwright	21
RB Nicholls	c and b Cartwright	48
G Pullar	c Taylor b Palmer	0
DR Shepherd	b Cartwright	111
RW Phillips	lbw b Palmer	11
MJ Procter	c Palmer b Cartwright	10
M Bissex	c Taylor b Jones	5
*AS Brown	b Cartwright	30
DA Allen	b Cartwright	1
DR Smith	b Burgess	1
+BJ Meyer	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 94 overs)	245
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-66, 3-74, 4-89, 5-100, 6-124, 7-220, 8-232, 9-239, 10-245 (94 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	16	4	34	1	-	-
Palmer	24	7	65	2	-	-
Cartwright	34	17	58	6	-	-
Burgess	14	3	49	1	-	-
Robinson	6	2	32	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RT Virgin	c Meyer b Brown	45
A Clarkson	c Procter b Brown	21
PJ Robinson	c Meyer b Smith	1
M Hill	run out	26
GI Burgess	c Phillips b Brown	9
MJ Kitchen	c Meyer b Brown	9
TW Cartwright	lbw b Brown	19
BC Rose	c Meyer b Procter	4
AA Jones	c and b Allen	19
R Palmer	b Brown	0
+DJS Taylor	not out	10
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 76 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-62, 3-72, 4-96, 5-103, 6-128, 7-137, 8-137, 9-137, 10-170 (76 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	20	4	47	1	-	-
Smith	21	7	47	1	-	-
Brown	25	9	48	6	-	-
Allen	7	4	8	1	-	-
Green	3	0	13	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Green	b Burgess	50
RB Nicholls	lbw b Palmer	6
G Pullar	b Burgess	36
DR Shepherd	not out	87
RW Phillips	b Burgess	0
MJ Procter	b Burgess	16
*AS Brown	not out	16
M Bissex	did not bat
DA Allen	did not bat
DR Smith	did not bat
+BJ Meyer	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 57 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-74, 3-121, 4-121, 5-177

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	6	0	32	0	-	-
Palmer	19	2	54	1	-	-
Cartwright	16	7	52	0	-	-
Burgess	16	2	73	4	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RT Virgin	c Smith b Procter	0
A Clarkson	lbw b Smith	31
PJ Robinson	c Meyer b Smith	45
M Hill	c and b Smith	37
GI Burgess	c and b Procter	11
MJ Kitchen	run out	3
TW Cartwright	run out	5
BC Rose	b Bissex	4
AA Jones	not out	0
R Palmer	c Meyer b Allen	3
+DJS Taylor	b Procter	14
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 88.4 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-76, 3-77, 4-97, 5-112, 6-119, 7-138, 8-138, 9-145, 10-157 (88.4 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	11.4	3	21	3	-	-
Smith	20	8	50	3	-	-
Brown	6	2	14	0	-	-
Allen	32	16	46	1	-	-
Bissex	18	8	22	1	-	-
Pullar	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AA Jones (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in First-Class matches
--> AA Jones (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in County Championship matches

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