f29257 cc14403	Somerset v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1972
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 26th, 27th, 28th July 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 83 runs
Points	Somerset 4 (Batting 2, Bowling 2); Leicestershire 19 (Batting 5, Bowling 4)
Umpires	AE Fagg, H Yarnold
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 333/7 (Birkenshaw 14*, McKenzie 0*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 54/1 (Dudleston 21*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	b Cartwright	23
JF Steele	b Cartwright	13
MEJC Norman	c O'Keeffe b Langford	122
BF Davison	b Jones	16
BJ Booth	run out	36
*+RW Tolchard	c Close b Jones	71
PR Haywood	run out	21
J Birkenshaw	c Kitchen b Cartwright	15
GD McKenzie	c Virgin b Jones	0
CT Spencer	b Cartwright	0
K Higgs	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb, 2 nb, 4 w)	17
Total	(all out, 104.2 overs)	334
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-39, 3-59, 4-160, 5-283, 6-309, 7-333, 8-334, 9-334, 10-334 (104.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	25.2	6	84	3	-	-
Moseley	16	1	47	0	-	-
Cartwright	34	14	82	4	-	-
O'Keeffe	17	2	53	0	-	-
Langford	8	0	35	1	-	-
Burgess	4	0	16	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Tolchard b McKenzie	0
MJ Kitchen	c Davison b Birkenshaw	23
*DB Close	run out	93
GI Burgess	c Spencer b Higgs	9
PW Denning	c Dudleston b Birkenshaw	13
TW Cartwright	b Birkenshaw	0
KJ O'Keeffe	c Tolchard b Steele	13
+DJS Taylor	c Spencer b McKenzie	15
HR Moseley	not out	34
BA Langford	c Steele b Birkenshaw	1
AA Jones	c Norman b McKenzie	8
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 86 overs)	213
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-57, 3-68, 4-102, 5-102, 6-137, 7-154, 8-155, 9-205, 10-213 (86 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	15	1	50	3	-	-
Higgs	16	4	35	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	33	16	49	4	-	-
Spencer	9	1	29	0	-	-
Steele	13	4	46	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	not out	102
JF Steele	lbw b Cartwright	27
MEJC Norman	c Langford b Moseley	40
BF Davison	did not bat
BJ Booth	did not bat
*+RW Tolchard	did not bat
PR Haywood	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 3 nb)	8
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 35.1 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-177 (35.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	9	0	47	0	-	-
Moseley	3.1	0	22	1	-	-
Cartwright	14	3	42	1	-	-
O'Keeffe	5	1	27	0	-	-
Langford	3	0	26	0	-	-
Burgess	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Tolchard b McKenzie	0
MJ Kitchen	c Tolchard b Birkenshaw	16
*DB Close	b Birkenshaw	44
GI Burgess	st Tolchard b Birkenshaw	23
TW Cartwright	c Davison b Birkenshaw	2
BA Langford	c Spencer b Birkenshaw	0
HR Moseley	b Steele	67
PW Denning	not out	31
KJ O'Keeffe	c sub b Birkenshaw	17
+DJS Taylor	c Dudleston b Birkenshaw	6
AA Jones	c McKenzie b Birkenshaw	8
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(all out, 53.5 overs)	215
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-59, 3-60, 4-70, 5-90, 6-90, 7-159, 8-201, 9-207, 10-215 (53.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	5	0	30	1	-	-
Higgs	4	1	21	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	20.5	3	94	8	-	-
Steele	21	6	46	1	-	-
Dudleston	3	0	23	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RW Tolchard (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 21
--> RW Tolchard (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 60
--> DB Close (1) passed 28500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 22
--> HR Moseley (2) passed his previous highest score of 58 in County Championship matches
--> HR Moseley (2) passed his previous highest score of 58 in First-Class matches
--> TW Cartwright reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> J Birkenshaw reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> J Birkenshaw achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 7-30)
--> J Birkenshaw achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 7-28)

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