f31194 cc15091	Nottinghamshire v Somerset
	County Championship 1976
Venue	Trent Bridge, Nottingham on 31st July, 2nd, 3rd August 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Nottinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 6 wickets
Points	Nottinghamshire 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3); Somerset 15 (Batting 4, Bowling 1)
Umpires	WL Budd, JF Crapp
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 52/1 (Rose 20*, Slocombe 13*; 20 overs)
Close of play day 2	Nottinghamshire (2) 107/4 (Nanan 21*, Smedley 9*)

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Nottinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SB Hassan	b Botham	10
PA Todd	c Rose b Gurr	11
DW Randall	not out	204
CEB Rice	c Marks b Gurr	50
N Nanan	lbw b Marks	46
*MJ Smedley	not out	30
+MJ Harris	did not bat
RA White	did not bat
JD Birch	did not bat
PA Wilkinson	did not bat
KE Cooper	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 9 lb, 2 nb)	13
Total	(4 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	364
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-34, 3-135, 4-261

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moseley	19	6	49	0	-	-
Gurr	14	2	81	2	-	-
Burgess	22	9	76	0	-	-
Botham	14	2	59	1	-	-
Close	1	0	8	0	-	-
Breakwell	20	4	52	0	-	-
Marks	10	4	26	1	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Rose	retired ill	20
PM Roebuck	c Rice b Wilkinson	15
PA Slocombe	c Todd b Wilkinson	90
+DJS Taylor	c Harris b Cooper	6
*DB Close	c Smedley b Hassan	26
IT Botham	c Nanan b White	80
GI Burgess	c Rice b Cooper	12
VJ Marks	c Harris b Wilkinson	24
D Breakwell	c Harris b Wilkinson	0
HR Moseley	not out	7
DR Gurr	not out	6
Extras	(4 b, 12 lb, 2 nb)	18
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	304
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-59, 3-110, 4-234, 5-262, 6-279, 7-281, 8-295

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	29	8	58	4	-	-
Cooper	22	0	74	2	-	-
Birch	15	4	61	0	-	-
Hassan	8	3	22	1	-	-
White	24	5	66	1	-	-
Nanan	2	1	5	0	-	-

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Nottinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SB Hassan	c Taylor b Moseley	48
PA Todd	lbw b Gurr	7
DW Randall	c Taylor b Gurr	0
CEB Rice	c Marks b Botham	13
N Nanan	b Gurr	21
*MJ Smedley	c Roebuck b Breakwell	31
+MJ Harris	c Taylor b Breakwell	79
RA White	c Roebuck b Close	22
JD Birch	not out	1
PA Wilkinson	c Roebuck b Close	0
KE Cooper	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb, 5 nb, 4 w)	18
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 71.1 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-21, 3-56, 4-79, 5-107, 6-175, 7-239, 8-239, 9-240 (71.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moseley	18	3	53	1	-	-
Gurr	17	3	65	3	-	-
Burgess	8	1	29	0	-	-
Botham	13	4	16	1	-	-
Close	5.1	0	31	2	-	-
Breakwell	10	5	28	2	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PM Roebuck	b Wilkinson	8
PA Slocombe	c Nanan b Cooper	0
*DB Close	lbw b Wilkinson	35
IT Botham	not out	167
GI Burgess	c sub b White	78
+DJS Taylor	not out	3
BC Rose	did not bat
VJ Marks	did not bat
D Breakwell	did not bat
HR Moseley	did not bat
DR Gurr	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb, 2 nb)	11
Total	(4 wickets, 64.5 overs)	302
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-40, 3-51, 4-257

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	15	2	46	2	-	-
Cooper	15	1	82	1	-	-
Birch	8	1	41	0	-	-
Hassan	8	0	28	0	-	-
White	18.5	2	94	1	-	-

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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
--> DW Randall (1) passed his previous highest score of 164 in first-class matches
--> DW Randall (1) passed his previous highest score of 164 in County Championship matches
--> DW Randall (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 110
--> DW Randall (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> N Nanan (1) passed his previous highest score of 44 in County Championship matches
--> MJ Smedley (1) passed 14000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 6
--> HR Moseley (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 2
--> IT Botham (2) passed his previous highest score of 97 in County Championship matches
--> IT Botham (2) passed his previous highest score of 97 in first-class matches
--> IT Botham reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Nottinghamshire first innings
--> BC Rose retired ill in the Somerset first innings having scored 20 (team score 52/1)

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