f31252 cc15141	Somerset v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1976
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 8th, 9th, 10th September 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Somerset won by 89 runs
Points	Somerset 17 (Batting 4, Bowling 3); Leicestershire 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3)
Umpires	WE Alley, DGL Evans
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 78/1 (Steele 25*, Balderstone 8*; 21 overs)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 332/8 innings closed

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Rose	c and b Birkenshaw	177
PW Denning	b Higgs	11
PA Slocombe	lbw b Higgs	0
IT Botham	c McVicker b Clift	88
GI Burgess	b Illingworth	4
VJ Marks	c Birkenshaw b Illingworth	0
+DJS Taylor	c Higgs b Illingworth	35
*DB Close	not out	69
D Breakwell	not out	21
DR Gurr	did not bat
HR Moseley	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	408
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-24, 3-169, 4-181, 5-181, 6-239, 7-371

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Booth	5	0	25	0	-	-
Higgs	26	2	95	2	-	-
McVicker	6	1	40	0	-	-
Clift	18	1	73	1	-	-
Steele	13	3	35	0	-	-
Illingworth	18	5	50	3	-	-
Birkenshaw	14	0	87	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DI Gower	c Burgess b Botham	33
JF Steele	b Burgess	38
JC Balderstone	run out	100
BF Davison	c Taylor b Moseley	43
*R Illingworth	b Breakwell	10
+RW Tolchard	b Close	24
J Birkenshaw	not out	46
NM McVicker	b Gurr	1
PB Clift	c Breakwell b Moseley	7
P Booth	not out	3
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 12 lb, 12 nb, 2 w)	27
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	332
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-113, 3-193, 4-222, 5-250, 6-299, 7-315, 8-322

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gurr	23	5	85	1	-	-
Moseley	22	2	66	2	-	-
Burgess	18	6	39	1	-	-
Botham	14	2	43	1	-	-
Breakwell	13	4	33	1	-	-
Close	7	1	30	1	-	-
Marks	3	0	9	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Rose	b Higgs	2
PW Denning	b Steele	14
VJ Marks	c Tolchard b Higgs	57
IT Botham	c Birkenshaw b Steele	0
PA Slocombe	c Gower b Illingworth	1
GI Burgess	c Clift b Booth	47
+DJS Taylor	not out	28
D Breakwell	st Tolchard b Birkenshaw	36
*DB Close	did not bat
DR Gurr	did not bat
HR Moseley	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 57 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-27, 3-27, 4-52, 5-89, 6-141, 7-186 (57 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Booth	4	0	23	1	-	-
Higgs	14	2	37	2	-	-
McVicker	1	0	3	0	-	-
Clift	3	0	11	0	-	-
Steele	11	2	32	2	-	-
Illingworth	17	5	38	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	2	0	20	1	-	-
Balderstone	5	0	21	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DI Gower	b Breakwell	20
BF Davison	st Taylor b Breakwell	44
+RW Tolchard	c Slocombe b Breakwell	38
J Birkenshaw	c Botham b Marks	46
NM McVicker	c Taylor b Breakwell	7
PB Clift	c Rose b Marks	6
JC Balderstone	st Taylor b Breakwell	3
*R Illingworth	c Denning b Marks	1
JF Steele	not out	4
P Booth	lbw b Marks	0
K Higgs	c Burgess b Marks	0
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 33.2 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-77, 3-124, 4-137, 5-146, 6-152, 7-167, 8-169, 9-173, 10-173 (33.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gurr	2	0	17	0	-	-
Moseley	2	0	19	0	-	-
Breakwell	15	1	71	5	-	-
Marks	14.2	0	62	5	-	-

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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
--> NM McVicker made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> NM McVicker made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> BC Rose (1) passed his previous highest score of 125 in County Championship matches
--> BC Rose (1) passed his previous highest score of 125 in First-Class matches
--> BC Rose (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 52
--> IT Botham (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 66
--> IT Botham (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 41
--> JC Balderstone (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 91
--> JC Balderstone (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 31
--> J Birkenshaw (2) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> R Illingworth reached 1450 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> K Higgs reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> VJ Marks achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire second innings (previous best was 4-55)
--> VJ Marks achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire second innings
--> VJ Marks achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire second innings (previous best was 3-58)
--> VJ Marks achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire second innings
--> JC Balderstone retired hurt in the Leicestershire first innings and later returned

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