minc7766	Devon v Somerset Second XI
	Minor Counties Championship 1979
Venue	The County Cricket Ground, Exeter on 24th, 25th August 1979 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Devon won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Devon 2; Somerset Second XI 2
Umpires	SJ Billing, PJ Eele
Scorers	CW Fry (Somerset Second XI), BPJ Moylan-Jones (Devon)
Close of play day 1	Devon (1) 161/6 (Harriott 54*, Allin 9*; 52 overs)

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Somerset Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
M Olive	c Evans b Yeabsley	29
T Gard	run out	23
JW Lloyds	c G Wallen b Yeabsley	46
MJ Kitchen	c Kingdon b Wagstaffe	57
N Russom	b Kingdon	6
NFM Popplewell	c JG Tolchard b Yeabsley	48
AWJ Spiller	not out	12
PJ Robinson	did not bat
GJ Hall	did not bat
MR Davis	did not bat
DR Gurr	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 14 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	23
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 64.5 overs)	244
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-55, 3-128, 4-145, 5-227, 6-244 (64.5 ov)

Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kingdon	23	5	69	1	-	-
Yeabsley	23.5	8	53	3	-	-
Allin	13	0	64	0	-	-
Wagstaffe	5	0	35	1	-	-

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Devon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Tolchard	c Russom b Davis	6
*BL Matthews	c Davis b Gurr	6
RC Tolchard	lbw b Popplewell	30
G Wallen	b Popplewell	26
RF Harriott	not out	54
C Wallen	b Popplewell	2
MC Wagstaffe	b Popplewell	13
AW Allin	not out	9
DI Yeabsley	did not bat
MG Kingdon	did not bat
+GR Evans	did not bat
Extras	(11 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(6 wickets, 52 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-13, 3-70, 4-85, 5-91, 6-147

Somerset Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gurr	9	1	32	1	-	-
Davis	18	3	47	1	-	-
Popplewell	19	3	48	4	-	-
Hall	5	2	18	0	-	-
Robinson	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> DR Gurr made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NFM Popplewell (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NFM Popplewell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Devon first innings (previous best was 2-55)

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