f32538 cc15516	Worcestershire v Somerset
	Schweppes County Championship 1979
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 2nd, 3rd, 4th May 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Worcestershire 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3); Somerset 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3)
Umpires	HD Bird, WL Budd
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 167/4 (Younis Ahmed 39*, Patel 12*; 53 overs)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (1) 39/1 (Rose 23*, Roebuck 5*; 15.2 overs)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GM Turner	b Marks	57
JA Ormrod	c Roebuck b Garner	0
PA Neale	c Kitchen b Garner	15
EJO Hemsley	b Garner	26
Younis Ahmed	c Marks b Garner	52
DN Patel	c Taylor b Garner	68
BL D'Oliveira	not out	51
+DJ Humphries	c Roebuck b Garner	1
JD Inchmore	not out	2
VA Holder	did not bat
AP Pridgeon	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 5 lb, 20 nb)	28
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 93.3 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-38, 3-81, 4-131, 5-180, 6-272, 7-290

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Garner	31	8	80	6	-	-
Botham	3	0	14	0	-	-
Dredge	21	4	85	0	-	-
Gurr	26.3	8	65	0	-	-
Marks	12	3	28	1	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BC Rose	b Patel	84
PW Denning	c Humphries b Inchmore	3
PM Roebuck	c Hemsley b Inchmore	21
MJ Kitchen	c Humphries b Holder	20
IT Botham	c Hemsley b Pridgeon	44
VJ Marks	not out	85
D Breakwell	b Patel	0
+DJS Taylor	b Inchmore	15
J Garner	c Patel b Pridgeon	18
CH Dredge	not out	16
DR Gurr	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 16 nb, 1 w)	24
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 95 overs)	330
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-70, 3-124, 4-192, 5-192, 6-192, 7-237, 8-271

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	26	5	54	1	-	-
Inchmore	22	2	81	3	-	-
Pridgeon	23	5	84	2	-	-
Patel	23	7	85	2	-	-
Younis Ahmed	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> Younis Ahmed made his debut for Worcestershire in County Championship matches
--> Younis Ahmed made his debut for Worcestershire in First-Class matches

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