f23837 cc11899	Leicestershire v Somerset
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Brush Ground, Loughborough on 8th, 10th, 11th July 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 41 runs
Points	Leicestershire 12; Somerset 0
Umpires	F Jakeman, WFF Price
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 0/0 (Roe 0*, G Atkinson 0*)
Close of play day 2	No play

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	lbw b CRM Atkinson	93
A Wharton	lbw b Palmer	1
J van Geloven	c Langford b Alley	34
LR Gardner	c Palmer b Lomax	0
DFX Munden	c Lomax b Greetham	23
J Birkenshaw	not out	81
RL Pratt	c G Atkinson b CRM Atkinson	7
+R Julian	c Stephenson b CRM Atkinson	7
CT Spencer	c Stephenson b Greetham	7
JS Savage	c Langford b CRM Atkinson	6
BS Boshier	c Greetham b Hall	13
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 97.4 overs)	279
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-94, 3-95, 4-136, 5-179, 6-198, 7-208, 8-215, 9-234, 10-279 (97.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	23	4	55	1	-	-
Hall	10.4	1	42	1	-	-
Alley	18	4	33	1	-	-
Lomax	10	0	34	1	-	-
CRM Atkinson	22	3	71	4	-	-
Greetham	14	2	37	2	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Roe	c Julian b Boshier	0
G Atkinson	lbw b Spencer	0
PB Wight	not out	45
WE Alley	lbw b Boshier	9
JG Lomax	run out	4
CHM Greetham	c van Geloven b Boshier	7
KE Palmer	b Boshier	20
*+HW Stephenson	c Munden b Boshier	2
CRM Atkinson	not out	13
BA Langford	did not bat
GH Hall	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 33 overs)	101
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-11, 4-24, 5-38, 6-68, 7-70

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	13	5	32	1	-	-
Boshier	16	4	54	5	-	-
Pratt	4	1	14	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	not out	16
A Wharton	lbw b Alley	3
J van Geloven	not out	1
LR Gardner	did not bat
DFX Munden	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
RL Pratt	did not bat
+R Julian	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
JS Savage	did not bat
BS Boshier	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(1 wicket, declared, 8 overs)	21
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (Wharton)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	4	1	14	0	-	-
Alley	4	1	6	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Roe	c Gardner b Savage	50
G Atkinson	b Savage	25
PB Wight	run out	22
WE Alley	b Savage	10
JG Lomax	c Wharton b Boshier	3
CHM Greetham	c Spencer b Boshier	4
KE Palmer	c Spencer b Savage	1
*+HW Stephenson	c Wharton b Savage	27
CRM Atkinson	lbw b Birkenshaw	8
BA Langford	c Hallam b Savage	0
GH Hall	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 43 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-97, 3-109, 4-113, 5-134, 6-140, 7-150, 8-150, 9-150, 10-158 (43 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	7	0	22	0	-	-
Boshier	14	5	25	2	-	-
Savage	17	4	72	6	-	-
van Geloven	4	0	23	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	1	0	8	1	-	-

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Notes
--> MR Hallam (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 80
--> MR Hallam (1) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 54
--> J Birkenshaw (1) passed his previous highest score of 42 in County Championship matches
--> J Birkenshaw (1) passed his previous highest score of 61 in First-Class matches
--> KE Palmer reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> BS Boshier reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> JS Savage completed a hat-trick in the Somerset second innings (Stephenson, Palmer, Langford)

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