f32245 cc15509	Worcestershire v Somerset
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 6th, 7th, 8th September 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Worcestershire 3 (Batting 3); Somerset 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	DGL Evans, TG Wilson
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 204/6 (Ormrod 85*, Boyns 11*; 53 overs)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 11/0 (Jones 5*, Humphries 5*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BJR Jones	c Jennings b Gurr	4
JA Ormrod	c Gard b Botham	116
PA Neale	lbw b Botham	9
EJO Hemsley	c Denning b Jennings	81
DN Patel	b Botham	0
SP Henderson	c Botham b Jennings	0
+DJ Humphries	lbw b Botham	0
CN Boyns	lbw b Botham	11
GG Watson	c Moseley b Botham	15
*N Gifford	not out	4
AP Pridgeon	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 8 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	19
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 77.4 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-51, 3-179, 4-181, 5-182, 6-183, 7-204, 8-236, 9-259 (77.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	33.4	9	86	6	-	-
Gurr	16	2	52	1	-	-
Moseley	12	5	31	0	-	-
Jennings	11	1	49	2	-	-
Marks	5	1	22	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BC Rose	c Hemsley b Patel	111
PW Denning	b Watson	19
PA Slocombe	not out	106
MJ Kitchen	not out	8
VJ Marks	did not bat
IT Botham	did not bat
D Breakwell	did not bat
KF Jennings	did not bat
+T Gard	did not bat
DR Gurr	did not bat
HR Moseley	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	7
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 64.3 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-230

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	12	1	47	1	-	-
Pridgeon	12	1	47	0	-	-
Boyns	17	1	71	0	-	-
Patel	15.3	2	56	1	-	-
Gifford	8	2	23	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BJR Jones	lbw b Gurr	7
+DJ Humphries	c Gurr b Breakwell	80
PA Neale	not out	103
DN Patel	run out	26
SP Henderson	not out	32
JA Ormrod	did not bat
EJO Hemsley	did not bat
CN Boyns	did not bat
GG Watson	did not bat
*N Gifford	did not bat
AP Pridgeon	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 68.2 overs)	254
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-133, 3-184

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	3.2	0	9	0	-	-
Gurr	6	1	15	1	-	-
Marks	28	3	121	0	-	-
Breakwell	31	5	103	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BC Rose	c Boyns b Pridgeon	46
PA Slocombe	b Watson	98
IT Botham	b Gifford	40
MJ Kitchen	c Ormrod b Gifford	12
VJ Marks	not out	27
D Breakwell	b Watson	14
PW Denning	run out	0
KF Jennings	not out	5
+T Gard	did not bat
DR Gurr	did not bat
HR Moseley	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 3 nb, 3 w)	9
Total	(6 wickets, 47.5 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-76, 2-169, 3-193, 4-214, 5-230, 6-235

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	18.5	1	87	2	-	-
Pridgeon	14	1	65	1	-	-
Boyns	6	0	42	0	-	-
Gifford	9	0	48	2	-	-

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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
--> CN Boyns made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> JA Ormrod (1) passed 17000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> BC Rose (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 66
--> PA Slocombe (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 32
--> PA Slocombe (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 106
--> VJ Marks (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 15
--> IT Botham reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 6th wicket in the Worcestershire first innings

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