f27803 cc13780	Leicestershire v Somerset
	County Championship 1969
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 5th, 7th, 8th July 1969 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 5 (Batting 3, Bowling 2); Somerset 5 (Batting 3, Bowling 2)
Umpires	H Mellows, CG Pepper
Scorers	WH Ashdown (Leicestershire), T Tout (Somerset)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 396/6 (Illingworth 67*, Birkenshaw 17*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 27/0 (Hallam 25*, Norman 2*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	c Carter b KE Palmer	56
MEJC Norman	c Carter b Chappell	23
PT Marner	c and b Robinson	66
BJ Booth	c Carter b Langford	15
CC Inman	c Denning b Langford	141
*R Illingworth	not out	67
BR Knight	c Langford b KE Palmer	0
J Birkenshaw	not out	17
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
RJ Barratt	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb, 3 nb)	11
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 121 overs)	396
Fall of wickets:
1-72, 2-86, 3-125, 4-178, 5-365, 6-371

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
R Palmer	22	7	59	0	-	-
Burgess	19	1	83	0	-	-
KE Palmer	20	2	70	2	-	-
Chappell	11	1	59	1	-	-
Langford	37	15	76	2	-	-
Robinson	12	3	38	1	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c and b Barratt	48
A Clarkson	c Knight b Illingworth	33
GS Chappell	c Hallam b Barratt	101
MJ Kitchen	c McKenzie b Barratt	54
KE Palmer	b Illingworth	0
GI Burgess	c Inman b Illingworth	3
PW Denning	b McKenzie	25
R Palmer	c McKenzie b Barratt	1
PJ Robinson	not out	17
*BA Langford	c Tolchard b McKenzie	0
+CEP Carter	c Booth b McKenzie	9
Extras	(7 lb, 3 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 112 overs)	301
Fall of wickets:
1-68, 2-120, 3-245, 4-248, 5-248, 6-249, 7-252, 8-285, 9-285, 10-301 (112 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	18	2	56	3	-	-
Knight	15	2	51	0	-	-
Marner	5	2	19	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	19	6	55	0	-	-
Illingworth	27	11	40	3	-	-
Barratt	28	9	70	4	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	c Denning b Langford	38
MEJC Norman	b Langford	15
PT Marner	st Carter b Robinson	7
BJ Booth	st Carter b Robinson	1
CC Inman	b Langford	17
*R Illingworth	c Kitchen b Langford	6
BR Knight	c sub b Robinson	19
J Birkenshaw	c sub b Robinson	5
+RW Tolchard	not out	6
RJ Barratt	c sub b Robinson	0
GD McKenzie	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb)	5
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 41.1 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-55, 3-57, 4-67, 5-84, 6-89, 7-102, 8-118, 9-119 (41.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Burgess	2	0	13	0	-	-
Chappell	2	0	12	0	-	-
Langford	19	6	47	4	-	-
Robinson	18.1	4	42	5	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	b Birkenshaw	23
A Clarkson	c Inman b Birkenshaw	63
GS Chappell	c Inman b Birkenshaw	29
MJ Kitchen	not out	70
PW Denning	b Barratt	0
GI Burgess	c Inman b Birkenshaw	3
R Palmer	run out	8
PJ Robinson	not out	0
KE Palmer	did not bat
*BA Langford	did not bat
+CEP Carter	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 10 lb)	15
Total	(6 wickets, 64 overs)	211
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-105, 3-138, 4-152, 5-179, 6-204

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	10	3	34	0	-	-
Knight	6	1	21	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	24	3	71	4	-	-
Illingworth	12	3	38	0	-	-
Barratt	12	6	32	1	-	-

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Notes
--> GS Chappell (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 78
--> GD McKenzie reached 650 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings

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