f31103 cc15019	Worcestershire v Somerset
	County Championship 1976
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 5th, 7th, 8th June 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Worcestershire 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3); Somerset 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	WE Phillipson, P Rochford
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 92/2 (Denning 42*, Kitchen 9*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 146/3 (Imran Khan 40*, D'Oliveira 10*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Ormrod	c Rose b Botham	13
GM Turner	b Burgess	20
PA Neale	c Jennings b Breakwell	80
Imran Khan	c and b Breakwell	54
BL D'Oliveira	c Botham b Moseley	10
EJO Hemsley	c Burgess b Botham	4
DN Patel	c Taylor b Botham	9
+HG Wilcock	c Moseley b Breakwell	10
JD Inchmore	b Botham	5
*N Gifford	c Botham b Breakwell	8
AP Pridgeon	not out	0
Extras	(5 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 76.3 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-35, 3-139, 4-167, 5-185, 6-189, 7-204, 8-208, 9-212, 10-220 (76.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moseley	13	6	28	1	-	-
Botham	20	0	77	4	-	-
Burgess	13	5	36	1	-	-
Jennings	9	2	36	0	-	-
Evans	5	0	14	0	-	-
Breakwell	16.3	8	22	4	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Rose	c Hemsley b Inchmore	7
PA Slocombe	b Pridgeon	17
PW Denning	c Ormrod b Inchmore	48
MJ Kitchen	b D'Oliveira	30
*+DJS Taylor	c Wilcock b Pridgeon	44
GI Burgess	c Neale b Pridgeon	58
IT Botham	c Imran Khan b Gifford	11
D Breakwell	c Imran Khan b Pridgeon	32
KF Jennings	b Imran Khan	7
NJ Evans	c Wilcock b Pridgeon	0
HR Moseley	not out	6
Extras	(7 b, 16 lb, 14 nb, 2 w)	39
Total	(all out, 104.4 overs)	299
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-67, 3-108, 4-144, 5-211, 6-235, 7-262, 8-289, 9-290, 10-299 (104.4 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Imran Khan	20	5	40	1	-	-
Inchmore	22	7	60	2	-	-
D'Oliveira	29	12	49	1	-	-
Pridgeon	19.4	3	63	5	-	-
Gifford	14	2	48	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	c Taylor b Botham	13
JA Ormrod	lbw b Botham	23
PA Neale	b Breakwell	36
Imran Khan	st Taylor b Breakwell	81
BL D'Oliveira	not out	108
EJO Hemsley	not out	19
DN Patel	did not bat
+HG Wilcock	did not bat
JD Inchmore	did not bat
*N Gifford	did not bat
AP Pridgeon	did not bat
Extras	(18 b, 5 lb, 10 nb, 2 w)	35
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 105 overs)	315
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-77, 3-124, 4-267

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moseley	13	3	27	0	-	-
Botham	20	2	82	2	-	-
Burgess	3	0	18	0	-	-
Jennings	16	5	42	0	-	-
Evans	13	1	48	0	-	-
Breakwell	40	17	63	2	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Rose	b Gifford	63
PA Slocombe	c Wilcock b Inchmore	6
PW Denning	c Hemsley b Imran Khan	3
MJ Kitchen	c Hemsley b Gifford	79
IT Botham	run out	1
GI Burgess	not out	13
D Breakwell	lbw b Imran Khan	0
*+DJS Taylor	not out	4
KF Jennings	did not bat
NJ Evans	did not bat
HR Moseley	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 6 nb)	8
Total	(6 wickets, 50 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-17, 3-154, 4-156, 5-156, 6-161

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Imran Khan	10	1	28	2	-	-
Inchmore	10	2	20	1	-	-
Pridgeon	7	0	30	0	-	-
Gifford	14	2	44	2	-	-
Patel	5	1	14	0	-	-
Hemsley	4	0	33	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
--> NJ Evans made his debut in first-class matches
--> NJ Evans made his debut in County Championship matches
--> D Breakwell reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> HR Moseley reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> AP Pridgeon achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 3-18)

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