f33069 cc15728	Somerset v Middlesex
	Schweppes County Championship 1980
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 31st May, 1st, 2nd June 1980 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 7 wickets
Points	Somerset 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Middlesex 19 (Batting 4, Bowling 3)
Umpires	D Shackleton, AGT Whitehead
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 301/8d
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 23/0 (Rose 14*, Gavaskar 8*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BC Rose	c Gould b Edmonds	28
SM Gavaskar	run out	14
PM Roebuck	c Gould b Merry	29
PW Denning	b van der Bijl	40
IT Botham	c and b Edmonds	89
VJ Marks	not out	52
JW Lloyds	b Edmonds	0
+DJS Taylor	lbw b Merry	7
KF Jennings	c Gould b Edmonds	1
CH Dredge	not out	21
HEI Gore	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 6 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	20
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 87.2 overs)	301
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-54, 3-91, 4-212, 5-216, 6-217, 7-236, 8-238

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
van der Bijl	21	9	44	1	-	-
Selvey	9.2	0	57	0	-	-
Merry	12	2	48	2	-	-
Emburey	20	6	61	0	-	-
Edmonds	25	5	71	4	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JM Brearley	c and b Jennings	98
RO Butcher	c and b Botham	6
CT Radley	lbw b Botham	0
GD Barlow	c Jennings b Marks	72
MW Gatting	not out	81
+IJ Gould	c Botham b Dredge	12
PH Edmonds	not out	21
JE Emburey	did not bat
MWW Selvey	did not bat
VAP van der Bijl	did not bat
WG Merry	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 95.2 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-17, 3-154, 4-218, 5-251

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	18	5	71	2	-	-
Gore	13	3	40	0	-	-
Jennings	27.2	8	60	1	-	-
Dredge	11	1	47	1	-	-
Marks	25	4	68	1	-	-
Lloyds	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BC Rose	c Brearley b Emburey	14
SM Gavaskar	c Gould b van der Bijl	8
PM Roebuck	c Gould b van der Bijl	2
PW Denning	b Merry	19
IT Botham	c Radley b Merry	31
VJ Marks	c Gould b Merry	0
JW Lloyds	c Selvey b Merry	11
+DJS Taylor	c Edmonds b Emburey	27
KF Jennings	st Gould b Edmonds	0
CH Dredge	not out	9
HEI Gore	c Gould b van der Bijl	1
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 58 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-23, 3-28, 4-71, 5-71, 6-76, 7-98, 8-109, 9-127, 10-128 (58 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
van der Bijl	19	8	31	3	-	-
Selvey	6	2	14	0	-	-
Merry	7	1	24	4	-	-
Emburey	19	10	42	2	-	-
Edmonds	7	4	11	1	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JM Brearley	c Taylor b Jennings	25
RO Butcher	c Jennings b Marks	14
CT Radley	not out	44
GD Barlow	c Botham b Lloyds	27
MW Gatting	not out	14
+IJ Gould	did not bat
PH Edmonds	did not bat
JE Emburey	did not bat
MWW Selvey	did not bat
VAP van der Bijl	did not bat
WG Merry	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(3 wickets, 37.5 overs)	130
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-55, 3-105

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	7	1	21	0	-	-
Gore	3	1	3	0	-	-
Jennings	7	0	21	1	-	-
Dredge	4	0	20	0	-	-
Marks	11	3	32	1	-	-
Lloyds	4.5	0	20	1	-	-
Gavaskar	1	0	7	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
--> JM Brearley (1) passed 21500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 42
--> WG Merry achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 3-42)
--> WG Merry achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 3-42)

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