f28645 cc14101	Leicestershire v Somerset
	County Championship 1971
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 1st, 3rd, 4th May 1971 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 7 (Batting 6, Bowling 1); Somerset 4 (Batting 2, Bowling 2)
Umpires	WL Budd, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 15/0 (Virgin 5*, Kitchen 10*; 7 overs)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (1) 350/3 (Close 104*, Clarkson 69*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c and b O'Keeffe	67
PR Haywood	lbw b Langford	26
BJ Booth	run out	4
CC Inman	b Langford	135
BF Davison	lbw b Langford	34
*R Illingworth	not out	56
+RW Tolchard	not out	36
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
JF Steele	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
PM Stringer	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 10 lb, 11 nb, 1 w)	23
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 103 overs)	381
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-71, 3-122, 4-210, 5-307

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	15	2	66	0	-	-
Burgess	14	2	38	0	-	-
Cartwright	20	6	48	0	-	-
O'Keeffe	27	7	89	1	-	-
Langford	20	5	83	3	-	-
Close	7	0	34	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	b Illingworth	120
MJ Kitchen	c Tolchard b Booth	47
PJ Robinson	c Birkenshaw b Booth	0
DB Close	not out	104
A Clarkson	not out	69
GI Burgess	did not bat
TW Cartwright	did not bat
KJ O'Keeffe	did not bat
+DJS Taylor	did not bat
*BA Langford	did not bat
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 125 overs)	350
Fall of wickets:
1-115, 2-123, 3-198

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	18	6	46	0	-	-
Stringer	16	3	65	0	-	-
Illingworth	29	12	50	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	31	7	79	0	-	-
Steele	18	5	42	0	-	-
Booth	7	0	37	2	-	-
Davison	6	0	21	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PR Haywood	c Close b Jones	6
BJ Booth	c sub b Cartwright	35
BF Davison	st Taylor b Robinson	81
CC Inman	c Burgess b Cartwright	20
B Dudleston	not out	28
*R Illingworth	not out	30
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
JF Steele	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
PM Stringer	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 1 nb)	9
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 63 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-74, 3-106, 4-147

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	8	3	25	1	-	-
Burgess	8	1	24	0	-	-
Cartwright	23	8	39	2	-	-
O'Keeffe	10	2	44	0	-	-
Langford	4	0	25	0	-	-
Robinson	10	1	43	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	b Birkenshaw	17
MJ Kitchen	c Steele b Illingworth	101
A Clarkson	run out	39
GI Burgess	c Davison b Illingworth	12
DB Close	c and b Steele	4
TW Cartwright	c Inman b Steele	5
PJ Robinson	b Birkenshaw	16
KJ O'Keeffe	not out	5
+DJS Taylor	c Davison b Steele	10
*BA Langford	not out	2
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(8 wickets, 53 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-140, 3-168, 4-182, 5-182, 6-191, 7-205, 8-218

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	9	1	42	0	-	-
Stringer	3	0	11	0	-	-
Illingworth	13	0	62	2	-	-
Birkenshaw	13	1	45	2	-	-
Steele	12	0	40	3	-	-
Davison	3	1	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> KJ O'Keeffe made his debut in County Championship matches
--> BF Davison (2) passed his previous highest score of 76 in County Championship matches
--> BF Davison (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 63
--> B Dudleston (2) passed 3500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 15
--> BJ Booth reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings

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