f27868 cc13836	Somerset v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1969
Venue	Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare on 6th, 7th, 8th August 1969 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 5 wickets
Points	Somerset 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3); Worcestershire 14 (Batting 2, Bowling 2)
Umpires	AE Fagg, GH Pope
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 347/9 (Rose 41*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 57/1 (Virgin 33*, Chappell 10*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Standen b Slade	32
A Clarkson	b Brain	10
GS Chappell	c Cass b Slade	144
MJ Kitchen	c Graveney b Gifford	18
PW Denning	lbw b Gifford	23
BC Rose	not out	41
GI Burgess	c Cass b Holder	40
PJ Robinson	c Wilkinson b Holder	21
*BA Langford	c Graveney b Brain	7
R Palmer	b Brain	0
+CEP Carter	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb)	11
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 112 overs)	347
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-106, 3-165, 4-232, 5-232, 6-286, 7-332, 8-347, 9-347 (112 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	22	2	74	2	-	-
Brain	21	1	93	3	-	-
Gifford	29	9	57	2	-	-
Standen	17	1	51	0	-	-
Slade	23	5	61	2	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGA Headley	c and b Palmer	22
+GR Cass	c Virgin b Langford	11
TJ Yardley	b Burgess	0
JA Ormrod	lbw b Chappell	52
*TW Graveney	b Burgess	4
KW Wilkinson	b Burgess	1
DNF Slade	c Chappell b Langford	41
JA Standen	not out	42
N Gifford	lbw b Palmer	25
VA Holder	b Palmer	0
BM Brain	b Palmer	0
Extras	(2 lb, 7 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 87 overs)	207
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-36, 3-38, 4-43, 5-48, 6-137, 7-139, 8-207, 9-207, 10-207 (87 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	16	3	36	4	-	-
Burgess	22	3	54	3	-	-
Langford	30	13	51	2	-	-
Robinson	13	9	15	0	-	-
Chappell	6	1	42	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	b Slade	35
A Clarkson	b Gifford	13
GS Chappell	c Graveney b Gifford	11
MJ Kitchen	c Wilkinson b Slade	12
PW Denning	c Wilkinson b Gifford	5
BC Rose	c Headley b Slade	0
GI Burgess	run out	4
PJ Robinson	c Cass b Gifford	0
*BA Langford	c Ormrod b Gifford	1
R Palmer	c Graveney b Slade	4
+CEP Carter	not out	0
Extras	(7 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 58.1 overs)	92
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-60, 3-60, 4-77, 5-83, 6-87, 7-87, 8-87, 9-92, 10-92 (58.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	6	1	16	0	-	-
Brain	4	0	11	0	-	-
Gifford	25	13	30	5	-	-
Slade	23.1	14	28	4	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGA Headley	not out	92
+GR Cass	lbw b Burgess	28
TJ Yardley	b Langford	42
JA Ormrod	c Kitchen b Langford	2
*TW Graveney	b Langford	31
DNF Slade	b Palmer	25
JA Standen	not out	8
KW Wilkinson	did not bat
N Gifford	did not bat
VA Holder	did not bat
BM Brain	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(5 wickets, 85.4 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-127, 3-129, 4-177, 5-221

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	9	1	26	1	-	-
Burgess	19	6	43	1	-	-
Langford	29.4	11	59	3	-	-
Robinson	14	2	59	0	-	-
Chappell	6	2	18	0	-	-
Clarkson	8	2	23	0	-	-

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Notes
--> KW Wilkinson made his debut in County Championship matches
--> KW Wilkinson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RT Virgin (1) passed 10000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 2
--> JA Ormrod (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 38
--> GR Cass (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> BM Brain reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> N Gifford reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> R Palmer reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire second innings

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