f30616 cc14865	Leicestershire v Somerset
	County Championship 1975
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 18th, 19th, 20th June 1975 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Leicestershire won by 116 runs
Points	Leicestershire 18 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Somerset 3 (Batting 1, Bowling 2)
Umpires	R Julian, BJ Meyer
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 66/1 (Rose 31*, Denning 29*; 24 overs)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 203/5 (Tolchard 73*, Birkenshaw 16*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Rose b Botham	126
JF Steele	b Jones	68
JC Balderstone	b Botham	8
BF Davison	not out	81
*R Illingworth	c Taylor b Moseley	14
+RW Tolchard	c Rose b Jennings	6
J Birkenshaw	not out	1
GF Cross	did not bat
NM McVicker	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 6 nb)	12
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	316
Fall of wickets:
1-130, 2-160, 3-249, 4-291, 5-307

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	19	4	47	1	-	-
Moseley	23	6	62	1	-	-
Botham	21	2	68	2	-	-
Jennings	14	3	36	1	-	-
Breakwell	17	0	71	0	-	-
Close	6	3	20	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+DJS Taylor	c Illingworth b Higgs	1
BC Rose	b McVicker	59
PW Denning	run out	35
PA Slocombe	c Tolchard b Higgs	26
*DB Close	c Higgs b Balderstone	32
IT Botham	c Tolchard b Higgs	0
JM Parks	b Higgs	3
KF Jennings	lbw b Higgs	0
D Breakwell	c Dudleston b Balderstone	10
HR Moseley	c Illingworth b Higgs	20
AA Jones	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 74.1 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-77, 3-113, 4-154, 5-154, 6-166, 7-167, 8-167, 9-196, 10-197 (74.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	16	3	48	0	-	-
Higgs	21.1	5	62	6	-	-
Illingworth	6	4	2	0	-	-
McVicker	14	3	41	1	-	-
Cross	6	3	15	0	-	-
Balderstone	11	2	18	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Jennings b Jones	8
JF Steele	lbw b Jones	7
JC Balderstone	b Breakwell	22
BF Davison	c Taylor b Botham	16
*R Illingworth	b Botham	46
+RW Tolchard	c Slocombe b Breakwell	76
J Birkenshaw	c Close b Breakwell	17
GF Cross	not out	15
NM McVicker	not out	7
GD McKenzie	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 8 nb)	14
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 75.4 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-22, 3-45, 4-65, 5-169, 6-205, 7-205

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	11	3	38	2	-	-
Moseley	11	2	25	0	-	-
Botham	27	7	76	2	-	-
Jennings	4	1	16	0	-	-
Breakwell	22.4	7	59	3	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+DJS Taylor	c Tolchard b McKenzie	12
BC Rose	c Illingworth b Balderstone	45
PW Denning	c Davison b McKenzie	7
PA Slocombe	b Balderstone	25
*DB Close	c Tolchard b Balderstone	31
IT Botham	c Tolchard b McVicker	27
KF Jennings	not out	14
JM Parks	c Tolchard b Birkenshaw	45
D Breakwell	c Davison b McKenzie	7
HR Moseley	lbw b Higgs	0
AA Jones	b Higgs	5
Extras	(3 b, 7 lb, 3 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 110 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-56, 3-74, 4-123, 5-138, 6-185, 7-208, 8-220, 9-221, 10-231 (110 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	18	5	39	3	-	-
Higgs	21	4	49	2	-	-
Illingworth	8	7	2	0	-	-
McVicker	13	4	35	1	-	-
Balderstone	31	13	58	3	-	-
Birkenshaw	11	7	24	1	-	-
Steele	8	3	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> KF Jennings made his debut in First-Class matches
--> KF Jennings made his debut in County Championship matches
--> AA Jones (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1

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