a1198	Leicestershire v Somerset
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1974 (Semi-Final)
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 26th, 27th June 1974 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 140 runs
Umpires	C Cook, DGL Evans
Close of play day 1	Somerset 20/2 (Kitchen 8*, Richards 3*; 6 overs)
Man of the Match	BF Davison

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Leicestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
B Dudleston	c Botham b Burgess	54
JF Steele	b Jones	91
+RW Tolchard	run out	1
BF Davison	c Richards b Jones	73
JC Balderstone	b Moseley	1
MEJC Norman	c Denning b Clapp	26
NM McVicker	c Botham b Moseley	0
*R Illingworth	lbw b Jones	6
J Birkenshaw	not out	1
GD McKenzie	not out	5
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 55 overs)	270
Fall of wickets:
1-105, 2-106, 3-221, 4-231, 5-235, 6-238, 7-257, 8-264

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Jones	11	1	39	3	-	-	22.00	3.55
Burgess	11	0	41	1	-	-	66.00	3.73
Breakwell	2	0	15	0	-	-	-	7.50
Botham	9	1	60	0	-	-	-	6.67
Clapp	11	0	67	1	-	-	66.00	6.09
Moseley	11	2	36	2	-	-	33.00	3.27

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Somerset innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
MJ Kitchen	c McVicker b Illingworth	20
GI Burgess	run out	2
PW Denning	c Tolchard b Higgs	2
IVA Richards	c Dudleston b Illingworth	42
*DB Close	c Steele b Birkenshaw	3
+JM Parks	not out	19
IT Botham	b Illingworth	18
D Breakwell	run out	4
HR Moseley	lbw b Illingworth	7
AA Jones	b Illingworth	0
RJ Clapp	c Birkenshaw b McKenzie	3
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 40.4 overs)	130
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-17, 3-51, 4-65, 5-80, 6-103, 7-110, 8-118, 9-118, 10-130 (40.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
McKenzie	6.4	1	19	1	-	-	40.00	2.85
Higgs	6	0	19	1	-	-	36.00	3.17
Illingworth	11	2	20	5	-	-	13.20	1.82
Birkenshaw	11	0	51	1	-	-	66.00	4.64
McVicker	3	0	7	0	-	-	-	2.33
Steele	3	1	4	0	-	-	-	1.33

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
--> B Dudleston passed 2000 runs in ListA matches when he reached 22
--> R Illingworth achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ListA matches in the Somerset innings (previous best was 5-29)
--> J Birkenshaw reached 50 wickets in ListA matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset innings

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