f31678 cc15260	Somerset v Worcestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 23rd, 25th, 26th July 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 5 (Batting 4, Bowling 1); Worcestershire 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3)
Umpires	BJ Meyer, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 76/0 (Turner 41*, Ormrod 23*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 43/2 (Richards 13*, Kitchen 1*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Rose	st Humphries b D'Oliveira	128
PW Denning	c Boyns b Cumbes	18
IVA Richards	c Boyns b Cumbes	13
MJ Kitchen	c D'Oliveira b Gifford	129
IT Botham	c Cumbes b D'Oliveira	7
*DB Close	b D'Oliveira	0
GI Burgess	not out	24
+DJS Taylor	lbw b Gifford	21
VJ Marks	did not bat
CH Dredge	did not bat
DR Gurr	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	11
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 99.5 overs)	351
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-48, 3-285, 4-300, 5-300, 6-301, 7-351 (99.5 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	18	1	70	0	-	-
Cumbes	14	2	62	2	-	-
D'Oliveira	28	5	79	3	-	-
Boyns	15	2	54	0	-	-
Gifford	24.5	5	75	2	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	c Close b Gurr	85
JA Ormrod	c and b Gurr	57
PA Neale	c Taylor b Botham	10
EJO Hemsley	c Denning b Botham	54
BL D'Oliveira	not out	74
SP Henderson	not out	21
CN Boyns	did not bat
+DJ Humphries	did not bat
VA Holder	did not bat
*N Gifford	did not bat
J Cumbes	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 8 lb, 10 nb, 15 w)	36
Total	(4 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	337
Fall of wickets:
1-152, 2-168, 3-179, 4-283

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	22	4	62	2	-	-
Gurr	14	6	38	2	-	-
Dredge	15	4	36	0	-	-
Burgess	22	7	81	0	-	-
Marks	24	6	75	0	-	-
Richards	3	0	9	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Rose	c Boyns b Holder	14
PW Denning	b Gifford	11
IVA Richards	b Holder	27
MJ Kitchen	b D'Oliveira	16
IT Botham	c Ormrod b Holder	10
*DB Close	not out	57
GI Burgess	b D'Oliveira	2
+DJS Taylor	b D'Oliveira	18
VJ Marks	b Gifford	40
CH Dredge	b Gifford	1
DR Gurr	not out	3
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb, 9 nb, 1 w)	22
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 97.3 overs)	221
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-25, 3-80, 4-91, 5-93, 6-100, 7-118, 8-201, 9-211

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	22	9	41	3	-	-
Cumbes	9	0	43	0	-	-
D'Oliveira	31	14	58	3	-	-
Gifford	35.3	17	57	3	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	c Taylor b Burgess	16
JA Ormrod	c Taylor b Burgess	9
PA Neale	b Botham	86
EJO Hemsley	lbw b Botham	40
BL D'Oliveira	b Dredge	6
CN Boyns	c Rose b Marks	3
SP Henderson	run out	1
VA Holder	b Marks	0
+DJ Humphries	not out	0
*N Gifford	not out	4
J Cumbes	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 10 lb, 4 w)	22
Total	(8 wickets, 51.5 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-38, 3-146, 4-161, 5-171, 6-179, 7-179, 8-179

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	16	3	42	2	-	-
Gurr	5	1	19	0	-	-
Dredge	4	0	20	1	-	-
Burgess	10	1	41	2	-	-
Marks	13	4	38	2	-	-
Richards	3.5	2	5	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
--> BL D'Oliveira (1) passed 11000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 71
--> PA Neale (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> DR Gurr reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings

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