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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