Yet again the Isle of Wight Festival provided the ideal learning centre for the art of bowling and batting on bouncy turning wickets, something that is very rarely found in this part of the country. This experience, together with the extremely hot weather, produced an ideal backcloth to some very good cricket produced by both the team and the individuals.

Results

Gloucestershire v Berkshire Northwood Cricket Club Berkshire 68 all out. (C. Williams 4 for 10) Gloucestershire 70 for 0. (A. Robson 41 not out)

Gloucestershire v Essex Ventnor Essex 231 for 7. (C. Hundon 3 for 41) Gloucestershire 135 all out. (W. Gidman 66)

Gloucestershire v Oxfordshire Newport Cricket Club Gloucestershire 218 for 7. (W. Gidman 41) Oxfordshire 72 all out. (N. Runciman 4 for 11)

Gloucestershire v Devon Ryde Cricket Club Devon 113 all out. (N. Runciman 5 for 27) Gloucestershire 114 for 3. (D. Low 46 not out)

Gloucestershire v Lincolnshire Plessey Cricket Club Lincolnshire 167 all out. (D. Powell 3 for 19) Gloucestershire 147 all out. (J. Bryan 4 for 34)

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