f23936 cc11984	Gloucestershire v Lancashire
	County Championship 1961
Venue	College Ground, Cheltenham on 16th, 17th, 18th August 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 55 runs
Points	Gloucestershire 0; Lancashire 14 (Batting 2)
Umpires	JF Crapp, A Jepson
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 110/7 (Brown 29, Meyer 0)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 97/4 (Nicholls 55, Hawkins 0)

Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
K Tebay	lbw b Smith	23
EJ Craig	b Brown	9
BJ Booth	run out	0
*KJ Grieves	c Meyer b Smith	1
PT Marner	b Mortimore	23
DM Green	b Mortimore	19
R Collins	c Bissex b Mortimore	100
+G Clayton	run out	29
K Higgs	not out	19
K Howard	run out	1
C Hilton	b Brown	0
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 74.4 overs)	233
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-14, 3-15, 4-56, 5-56, 6-103, 7-192, 8-209, 9-232, 10-233 (74.4 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	26	8	61	2	-	-
Brown	16.4	1	55	2	-	-
Mortimore	25	6	69	3	-	-
Bissex	7	2	39	0	-	-

Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB Nicholls	c Collins b Hilton	0
*CTM Pugh	c Grieves b Hilton	1
DG Hawkins	b Hilton	5
DM Young	b Collins	25
CA Milton	lbw b Hilton	6
AS Brown	c Howard b Hilton	43
JB Mortimore	c Craig b Collins	34
AR Windows	b Collins	0
+BJ Meyer	c Craig b Hilton	15
DR Smith	b Collins	1
M Bissex	not out	2
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 60.4 overs)	142
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-5, 3-8, 4-24, 5-38, 6-102, 7-110, 8-133, 9-140, 10-142 (60.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hilton	18.4	3	45	6	-	-
Higgs	17	3	42	0	-	-
Collins	17	7	27	4	-	-
Howard	5	3	10	0	-	-
Booth	3	2	8	0	-	-

Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EJ Craig	c Brown b Mortimore	24
BJ Booth	c Meyer b Smith	18
K Tebay	c Milton b Mortimore	14
DM Green	c Pugh b Brown	46
*KJ Grieves	b Mortimore	0
R Collins	c Smith b Brown	46
PT Marner	c Pugh b Brown	44
+G Clayton	c and b Mortimore	9
K Higgs	b Mortimore	4
K Howard	c Meyer b Brown	3
C Hilton	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 9 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 76 overs)	219
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-64, 3-65, 4-65, 5-142, 6-201, 7-202, 8-206, 9-217, 10-219 (76 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	19	6	40	1	-	-
Brown	23	5	45	4	-	-
Mortimore	26	6	82	5	-	-
Hawkins	3	0	25	0	-	-
Windows	5	1	16	0	-	-

Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB Nicholls	c Marner b Collins	99
CA Milton	c Grieves b Higgs	2
*CTM Pugh	b Collins	30
DM Young	b Hilton	7
+BJ Meyer	lbw b Hilton	0
DG Hawkins	c Howard b Collins	13
AS Brown	c Marner b Higgs	9
JB Mortimore	c Clayton b Collins	16
AR Windows	c Higgs b Collins	48
DR Smith	c Marner b Hilton	12
M Bissex	not out	13
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 88 overs)	255
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-72, 3-97, 4-97, 5-132, 6-166, 7-166, 8-184, 9-219, 10-255 (88 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hilton	24	6	72	3	-	-
Higgs	17	3	43	2	-	-
Collins	35	13	108	5	-	-
Howard	3	2	1	0	-	-
Booth	9	1	25	0	-	-

Notes
--> K Tebay made his debut in County Championship matches
--> K Tebay made his debut in First-Class matches
--> M Bissex made his debut in First-Class matches
--> M Bissex made his debut in County Championship matches
--> DM Green (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> R Collins (1) passed his previous highest score of 61 in County Championship matches
--> R Collins (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> R Collins (1) passed his previous highest score of 96 in First-Class matches
--> R Collins (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> JB Mortimore (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 25
--> JB Mortimore (2) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> AR Windows (2) passed his previous highest score of 24 in County Championship matches
--> AR Windows (2) passed his previous highest score of 24 in First-Class matches
--> DR Smith reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> C Hilton reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> JB Mortimore reached 600 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Lancashire second innings
--> JB Mortimore reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Lancashire second innings