f31622 cc15217	Leicestershire v Somerset
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 25th, 27th, 28th June 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Somerset 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	A Jepson, JG Langridge
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 23/1 (Slocombe 8*, Richards 14*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 132/4 (Davison 59*, Tolchard 5*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	b Moseley	5
*R Illingworth	c Taylor b Botham	11
JC Balderstone	c Taylor b Moseley	60
BF Davison	c Taylor b Botham	13
DI Gower	c Kitchen b Dredge	56
+RW Tolchard	b Moseley	0
J Birkenshaw	run out	22
PB Clift	c Taylor b Botham	64
K Shuttleworth	c Kitchen b Botham	7
A Ward	c Taylor b Moseley	8
K Higgs	not out	3
Extras	(12 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 79.5 overs)	268
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-27, 3-52, 4-151, 5-151, 6-151, 7-204, 8-237, 9-262, 10-268 (79.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	29	8	77	4	-	-
Moseley	22.5	1	56	4	-	-
Dredge	17	4	59	1	-	-
Rose	3	0	21	0	-	-
Breakwell	6	0	29	0	-	-
Richards	2	0	7	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Rose	c Tolchard b Higgs	1
PA Slocombe	b Higgs	21
IVA Richards	c Illingworth b Birkenshaw	104
MJ Kitchen	c Tolchard b Higgs	7
IT Botham	b Higgs	0
GI Burgess	b Higgs	14
M Olive	lbw b Shuttleworth	15
*+DJS Taylor	lbw b Clift	26
D Breakwell	c Higgs b Shuttleworth	6
CH Dredge	b Clift	8
HR Moseley	not out	1
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 4 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 75.5 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-30, 3-130, 4-130, 5-149, 6-163, 7-176, 8-184, 9-207, 10-214 (75.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ward	12	3	62	0	-	-
Higgs	24	7	45	5	-	-
Shuttleworth	21	6	42	2	-	-
Clift	13.5	4	33	2	-	-
Birkenshaw	5	2	21	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	b Moseley	0
*R Illingworth	lbw b Botham	26
JC Balderstone	lbw b Moseley	4
BF Davison	lbw b Burgess	92
DI Gower	lbw b Burgess	30
+RW Tolchard	c Olive b Moseley	8
J Birkenshaw	c Taylor b Moseley	41
PB Clift	c Taylor b Botham	0
K Shuttleworth	not out	30
A Ward	not out	1
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb, 4 nb)	13
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 80 overs)	245
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-8, 3-53, 4-110, 5-138, 6-189, 7-191, 8-235

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	29	7	84	2	-	-
Moseley	24	3	76	4	-	-
Breakwell	6	1	12	0	-	-
Burgess	21	6	60	2	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Rose	not out	54
PA Slocombe	c and b Steele	40
IVA Richards	not out	25
MJ Kitchen	did not bat
IT Botham	did not bat
GI Burgess	did not bat
M Olive	did not bat
*+DJS Taylor	did not bat
D Breakwell	did not bat
CH Dredge	did not bat
HR Moseley	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb)	6
Total	(1 wicket, 35.1 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-78

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ward	5	2	12	0	-	-
Higgs	5	1	11	0	-	-
Shuttleworth	3	0	24	0	-	-
Clift	4	1	9	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	10	2	30	0	-	-
Steele	7	0	25	1	-	-
Balderstone	1.1	0	8	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
--> PB Clift (1) passed his previous highest score of 52 in County Championship matches
--> PB Clift (1) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 47
--> HR Moseley reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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