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Format: CricInfo Version 2

County Championship, 1976
Somerset v Leicestershire
County Ground, Taunton
8,9,10 September 1976 (3-day match)

Result: Somerset won by 89 runs
Points: Somerset 17, Leicestershire 7

Toss:
Umpires: WE Alley and DGL Evans

Close of Play:

  • Day 1:
  • Day 2:
    Somerset 1st innings
    BC Rose                              c & 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
    Extras                (lb 2, nb 1)                              3
    Total                 (7 wickets, 100 overs)                  408
    
    DNB: DR Gurr, HR Moseley.
    
    FoW: 1-20, 2-24, 3-169, 4-181, 5-181, 6-239, 7-371.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    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
    
    Leicestershire 1st innings
    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
    Extras                (b 1, lb 12, w 2, nb 12)                 27
    Total                 (8 wickets, 100 overs)                  332
    
    DNB: K Higgs.
    
    FoW: 1-60, 2-113, 3-193, 4-222, 5-250, 6-299, 7-315, 8-322.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    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
    
    Somerset 2nd innings
    BC Rose                                  b Higgs                2
    PW Denning                               b Steele              14
    PA Slocombe           c Gower            b Illingworth          1
    IT Botham             c Birkenshaw       b Steele               0
    GI Burgess            c Clift            b Booth               47
    VJ Marks              c Tolchard         b Higgs               57
    +DJS Taylor           not out                                  28
    D Breakwell           st Tolchard        b Birkenshaw          36
    Extras                (nb 1)                                    1
    Total                 (7 wickets declared, 57 overs)          186
    
    DNB: *DB Close, DR Gurr, HR Moseley.
    
    FoW: 1-2, 2-27, 3-27, 4-52, 5-89, 6-141, 7-186.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    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
    
    Leicestershire 2nd innings (target: 263 runs)
    DI Gower                                 b Breakwell           20
    JF Steele             not out                                   4
    JC Balderstone        st Taylor          b Breakwell            3
    BF Davison            st Taylor          b Breakwell           44
    *R Illingworth        c Denning          b Marks                1
    +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
    P Booth               lbw                b Marks                0
    K Higgs               c Burgess          b Marks                0
    Extras                (lb 3, nb 1)                              4
    Total                 (all out, 33.2 overs)                   173
    
    FoW: 1-44, 2-77, 3-124, 4-137, 5-146,
         6-152, 7-167, 8-169, 9-173, 10-173.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    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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