f23241 cc11587	Leicestershire v Somerset
	County Championship 1960
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 8th, 9th, 10th June 1960 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by an innings and 48 runs
Points	Leicestershire 14 (Batting 2); Somerset 0
Umpires	R Aspinall, N Oldfield
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 3/0 (Virgin 0*, Lawrence 3*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 25/2 (Wight 2*, McCool 13*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	c Palmer b Biddulph	71
HD Bird	b Biddulph	3
J van Geloven	not out	157
LR Gardner	not out	100
*W Watson	did not bat
B Cromack	did not bat
RL Pratt	did not bat
+R Julian	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
JS Savage	did not bat
PN Broughton	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 133 overs)	339
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-121

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	21	3	73	2	-	-
Palmer	21	2	56	0	-	-
Greetham	16	4	37	0	-	-
Whitehead	29	10	71	0	-	-
McCool	5	1	15	0	-	-
Langford	33	14	53	0	-	-
Lawrence	8	3	26	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Julian b Spencer	11
JM Lawrence	c Julian b Pratt	14
PB Wight	c Julian b Pratt	36
CL McCool	c Pratt b Spencer	1
CHM Greetham	run out	14
GL Keith	run out	2
KE Palmer	c Julian b Pratt	3
BA Langford	c Pratt b Spencer	1
*+HW Stephenson	c Julian b Pratt	16
AGT Whitehead	c Spencer b Pratt	0
KD Biddulph	not out	2
Extras	(1 lb, 5 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 56 overs)	106
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-40, 3-60, 4-65, 5-82, 6-83, 7-84, 8-97, 9-97, 10-106 (56 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Broughton	13	5	24	0	-	-
Spencer	22	11	32	3	-	-
Pratt	21	5	44	5	-	-

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Somerset second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Spencer b Broughton	9
JM Lawrence	c Pratt b Broughton	0
PB Wight	b Spencer	30
CL McCool	b Spencer	13
CHM Greetham	b Spencer	0
GL Keith	c Hallam b Savage	23
KE Palmer	c Broughton b Spencer	46
BA Langford	b Savage	0
*+HW Stephenson	lbw b Savage	39
AGT Whitehead	c Savage b Broughton	15
KD Biddulph	not out	6
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 88.3 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-10, 3-25, 4-25, 5-61, 6-83, 7-83, 8-131, 9-169, 10-185 (88.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Broughton	26.3	8	42	3	-	-
Spencer	25	10	53	4	-	-
Pratt	11	3	27	0	-	-
van Geloven	7	1	21	0	-	-
Savage	19	8	38	3	-	-

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Notes
--> MR Hallam (1) passed 11000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 30
--> J van Geloven (1) passed his previous highest score of 105 in County Championship matches
--> J van Geloven (1) passed his previous highest score of 105 in first-class matches
--> LR Gardner (1) passed his previous highest score of 81 in County Championship matches
--> LR Gardner (1) passed his previous highest score of 91 in first-class matches
--> LR Gardner (1) passed 3000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 12
--> PB Wight (2) passed 10000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 3
--> AGT Whitehead (2) equalled his previous highest score of 15 in County Championship matches
--> AGT Whitehead (2) equalled his previous highest score of 15 in first-class matches
--> JS Savage reached 300 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings

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