f24944 cc12469	Somerset v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1963
Venue	Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare on 14th, 15th August 1963 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by an innings and 94 runs
Points	Somerset 10; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	R Aspinall, HE Hammond
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), T Tout (Somerset)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 20/2 (Bird 12*, Greensword 3*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	run out	44
B Roe	c Julian b Spencer	12
PB Wight	c Greensword b van Geloven	7
WE Alley	c Julian b Smith	26
RT Virgin	b Savage	6
CHM Greetham	b Savage	141
KE Palmer	b Savage	0
RC Kerslake	b Smith	11
BA Langford	lbw b Smith	0
*+HW Stephenson	c Greensword b Savage	80
DG Doughty	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 100.2 overs)	333
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-32, 3-66, 4-74, 5-115, 6-115, 7-145, 8-145, 9-328, 10-333 (100.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	19	6	64	1	-	-
van Geloven	21	4	68	1	-	-
Greensword	1	0	1	0	-	-
Savage	33.2	4	114	4	-	-
Smith	26	8	80	3	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	lbw b Langford	1
HD Bird	c Virgin b Palmer	17
PA Munden	c Stephenson b Doughty	2
S Greensword	c Virgin b Langford	5
CC Inman	not out	44
A Wharton	b Palmer	13
J van Geloven	b Palmer	1
CT Spencer	c Stephenson b Palmer	0
+R Julian	c Stephenson b Palmer	2
JS Savage	b Palmer	4
RC Smith	c Virgin b Langford	0
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 48.2 overs)	93
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-10, 3-26, 4-34, 5-72, 6-74, 7-74, 8-88, 9-92, 10-93 (48.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	18	4	37	6	-	-
Langford	22.2	11	42	3	-	-
Doughty	6	4	9	1	-	-
Greetham	2	1	1	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	b Langford	62
HD Bird	c Virgin b Palmer	4
PA Munden	c Alley b Palmer	0
S Greensword	c Alley b Greetham	0
CC Inman	c Stephenson b Langford	27
A Wharton	b Wight	7
J van Geloven	c Virgin b Langford	26
CT Spencer	c Roe b Wight	0
+R Julian	b Langford	0
JS Savage	not out	14
RC Smith	c Kerslake b Wight	5
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 38 overs)	146
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-11, 3-12, 4-85, 5-100, 6-100, 7-100, 8-120, 9-135, 10-146 (38 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	7	1	35	2	-	-
Langford	15	6	41	4	-	-
Doughty	4	1	19	0	-	-
Greetham	3	0	17	1	-	-
Wight	9	1	33	3	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> DG Doughty made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> G Atkinson (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 2
--> CHM Greetham (1) passed his previous highest score of 104 in County Championship matches
--> CHM Greetham (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 96
--> CHM Greetham (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 44
--> HW Stephenson (1) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 38
--> CT Spencer reached 850 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> KE Palmer reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> BA Langford reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> BA Langford reached 750 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> BA Langford reached 700 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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