f27296 cc13540	Leicestershire v Somerset
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 19th, 20th, 21st June 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Somerset won by 10 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 2 (Bowling 2); Somerset 18 (Batting 3, Bowling 5)
Umpires	LH Gray, OW Herman
Scorer	WH Ashdown (Leicestershire)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 0/1 (Booth 0*, Matthews 0*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 39/1 (Norman 10*, Tolchard 21*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Tolchard b Birkenshaw	77
MJ Kitchen	run out	129
A Clarkson	st Tolchard b Birkenshaw	7
GS Chappell	c Tolchard b Barratt	27
WE Alley	c Hallam b Pember	14
*RC Kerslake	run out	2
KE Palmer	not out	60
GI Burgess	b Birkenshaw	23
BA Langford	c Norman b Birkenshaw	5
+RA Brooks	not out	19
FE Rumsey	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	7
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 121 overs)	370
Fall of wickets:
1-159, 2-185, 3-240, 4-249, 5-257, 6-259, 7-300, 8-314

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	6	3	10	0	-	-
Pember	26	2	87	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	48	12	106	4	-	-
Barratt	29	5	109	1	-	-
Matthews	12	0	51	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	c Kerslake b Rumsey	0
BJ Booth	c Brooks b Rumsey	40
AJ Matthews	b Rumsey	12
+RW Tolchard	c Kerslake b Rumsey	12
CC Inman	c Kerslake b Rumsey	35
*MR Hallam	c Clarkson b Alley	6
J Birkenshaw	c Langford b Rumsey	3
DJ Constant	not out	11
JDD Pember	b Rumsey	23
CT Spencer	b Alley	1
RJ Barratt	c Brooks b Alley	0
Extras	(5 lb, 5 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 43.4 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-31, 3-58, 4-91, 5-108, 6-112, 7-117, 8-152, 9-153, 10-153 (43.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	22	6	63	7	-	-
Palmer	9	0	46	0	-	-
Burgess	4	0	7	0	-	-
Alley	8.4	1	27	3	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	c Brooks b Burgess	26
BJ Booth	c Virgin b Rumsey	7
+RW Tolchard	c Langford b Palmer	24
CC Inman	c Brooks b Alley	56
*MR Hallam	c Brooks b Chappell	44
J Birkenshaw	c Brooks b Chappell	15
DJ Constant	lbw b Alley	9
JDD Pember	not out	28
AJ Matthews	c Brooks b Burgess	3
CT Spencer	c Kerslake b Alley	8
RJ Barratt	c Langford b Rumsey	0
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 6 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 85.1 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-59, 3-73, 4-142, 5-176, 6-188, 7-192, 8-203, 9-222, 10-231 (85.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	18.1	6	40	2	-	-
Palmer	12	2	41	1	-	-
Burgess	14	2	70	2	-	-
Alley	20	10	41	3	-	-
Langford	14	8	17	0	-	-
Chappell	7	3	11	2	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	not out	7
MJ Kitchen	not out	8
A Clarkson	did not bat
GS Chappell	did not bat
WE Alley	did not bat
*RC Kerslake	did not bat
KE Palmer	did not bat
GI Burgess	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
+RA Brooks	did not bat
FE Rumsey	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 3.3 overs)	15

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Birkenshaw	2	0	7	0	-	-
Constant	1.3	0	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JDD Pember made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JDD Pember made his debut in County Championship matches
--> AJ Matthews made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AJ Matthews made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> DJ Constant made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> DJ Constant made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> DJ Constant (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> RW Tolchard (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> CC Inman (2) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 47
--> J Birkenshaw reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> J Birkenshaw reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Somerset first innings

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