f27369 cc13601	Worcestershire v Somerset
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Tipton Road, Dudley on 20th, 21st, 22nd July 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 10 wickets
Points	Worcestershire 3 (Bowling 3); Somerset 15 (Batting 2, Bowling 3)
Umpires	R Aspinall, H Yarnold
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 57/3 (Virgin 39*, Burgess 3*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (1) 276/8d

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGA Headley	c Chappell b Alley	26
CD Fearnley	run out	16
JA Ormrod	c Brooks b Alley	20
GM Turner	b Langford	25
BL D'Oliveira	st Brooks b Alley	13
EJO Hemsley	run out	27
*+R Booth	st Brooks b Robinson	19
N Gifford	c Burgess b Robinson	4
BM Brain	c Alley b Langford	0
LJ Coldwell	not out	1
RGM Carter	b Langford	4
Extras	(4 lb, 2 nb, 4 w)	10
Total	(all out, 89.4 overs)	165
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-49, 3-76, 4-95, 5-132, 6-138, 7-157, 8-160, 9-160, 10-165 (89.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	14	3	32	0	-	-
Burgess	11	2	35	0	-	-
Alley	27	11	26	3	-	-
Palmer	12	3	27	0	-	-
Robinson	14	6	24	2	-	-
Langford	11.4	7	11	3	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Booth b Gifford	82
MJ Kitchen	c Booth b Carter	12
GS Chappell	b Carter	0
KE Palmer	c Turner b Carter	2
GI Burgess	b Carter	9
*RC Kerslake	c Booth b Carter	31
WE Alley	c Hemsley b Brain	74
PJ Robinson	not out	43
BA Langford	c Headley b Coldwell	4
+RA Brooks	not out	14
FE Rumsey	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 104.1 overs)	276
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-34, 3-38, 4-69, 5-134, 6-144, 7-240, 8-245

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coldwell	22	2	69	1	-	-
Carter	29.1	8	77	5	-	-
D'Oliveira	19	6	32	0	-	-
Gifford	14	5	31	1	-	-
Brain	20	1	62	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGA Headley	c Brooks b Rumsey	0
CD Fearnley	c Brooks b Rumsey	7
JA Ormrod	c Burgess b Langford	12
GM Turner	c Kerslake b Rumsey	13
BL D'Oliveira	c Alley b Langford	4
EJO Hemsley	c Burgess b Kerslake	51
*+R Booth	b Langford	28
N Gifford	b Kerslake	0
BM Brain	c Kerslake b Langford	4
LJ Coldwell	c Brooks b Langford	0
RGM Carter	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 6 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 86.1 overs)	130
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-18, 3-28, 4-32, 5-69, 6-126, 7-126, 8-130, 9-130, 10-130 (86.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	11	4	21	3	-	-
Burgess	8	5	6	0	-	-
Palmer	4	1	5	0	-	-
Robinson	21	9	30	0	-	-
Langford	29	18	27	5	-	-
Chappell	8	1	29	0	-	-
Kerslake	5.1	4	1	2	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	not out	6
MJ Kitchen	not out	13
GS Chappell	did not bat
KE Palmer	did not bat
GI Burgess	did not bat
*RC Kerslake	did not bat
WE Alley	did not bat
PJ Robinson	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
+RA Brooks	did not bat
FE Rumsey	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(no wicket, 5.3 overs)	20

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Carter	3	0	10	0	-	-
Brain	2	0	8	0	-	-
Ormrod	0.3	0	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> EJO Hemsley (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> RT Virgin (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 73
--> RT Virgin (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 17
--> EJO Hemsley (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 27
--> N Gifford reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> N Gifford reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> FE Rumsey reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Worcestershire second innings

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