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Format: CricInfo Version 2 
County Championship, 1969 
Gloucestershire v Essex 
Ashley Down Ground, Bristol 
31 May,2,3 June 1969 (3-day match) 
Result: Gloucestershire won by 7 wickets 
Points: Gloucestershire 16, Essex 2 
Toss: 
Umpires: JS Buller and H Mellows
 
Close of Play:
  Day 1:
 Day 2:
Essex 1st innings
B Ward                               c & b Smith                6
BEA Edmeades          lbw                b Procter              8
G Barker              c Allen            b Smith               44
*+B Taylor                               b Smith               14
BL Irvine             st Meyer           b Allen               16
KD Boyce              lbw                b Allen                6
S Turner              c Procter          b Allen                2
RNS Hobbs                                b Procter             14
RE East               c Milton           b Smith                0
JK Lever              not out                                   7
DL Acfield                               b Mortimore            0
Extras                (b 2, lb 2, w 1, nb 3)                    8
Total                 (all out, 59.3 overs)                   125
FoW: 1-18, 2-18, 3-40, 4-73, 5-100,
     6-102, 7-103, 8-104, 9-119, 10-125.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Procter                     12      3     25      2
Smith                       15      8     14      4
Brown                        8      1     27      0
Allen                       13      3     34      3
Mortimore                   11.3    6     17      1
Gloucestershire 1st innings
RB Nicholls           c Hobbs            b East                26
DM Green              c Boyce            b Lever                5
CA Milton             c Taylor           b East                17
G Pullar                                 b Hobbs               80
MJ Procter                               b Boyce               31
M Bissex              c Hobbs            b Lever               38
*AS Brown             c Taylor           b Lever                6
DA Allen              c Irvine           b Acfield             30
JB Mortimore          c Lever            b Acfield             53
DR Smith                                 b Hobbs                3
+BJ Meyer             not out                                   0
Extras                (lb 5, nb 3)                              8
Total                 (all out, 130.2 overs)                  297
FoW: 1-10, 2-47, 3-57, 4-113, 5-192,
     6-202, 7-208, 8-287, 9-296, 10-297.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Boyce                       20      2     42      1
Lever                       22      8     50      3
Turner                      15      4     26      0
Hobbs                       30.2    9     69      2
East                        26      7     76      2
Acfield                     17      6     26      2
Essex 2nd innings
B Ward                c Brown            b Procter              8
BEA Edmeades          c Procter          b Allen               21
G Barker                                 b Allen               71
*+B Taylor            lbw                b Mortimore            3
BL Irvine             c Milton           b Mortimore           84
KD Boyce              st Meyer           b Mortimore           27
S Turner              c Mortimore        b Procter             16
RNS Hobbs                                b Procter             12
RE East                                  b Mortimore            3
JK Lever              lbw                b Mortimore            0
DL Acfield            not out                                   0
Extras                (b 6, lb 5, nb 12)                       23
Total                 (all out, 110.2 overs)                  268
FoW: 1-17, 2-42, 3-151, 4-158, 5-196,
     6-245, 7-245, 8-262, 9-266, 10-268.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Procter                     17      5     43      3
Smith                       12      1     34      0
Allen                       38     16     74      2
Mortimore                   37.2   15     75      5
Bissex                       6      2     19      0
Gloucestershire 2nd innings (target: 97 runs)
RB Nicholls           not out                                  36
DM Green              c Taylor           b Turner              46
CA Milton             c Ward             b Edmeades             0
MJ Procter            c Acfield          b Turner               0
*AS Brown             not out                                   2
Extras                (lb 9, w 1, nb 3)                        13
Total                 (3 wickets, 21.1 overs)                  97
DNB: G Pullar, M Bissex, DA Allen, JB Mortimore, DR Smith,
     +BJ Meyer.
FoW: 1-88, 2-89, 3-89.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Boyce                        6      0     20      0
Lever                        5      0     23      0
Turner                       5.1    0     20      2
Edmeades                     5      0     21      1
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