f29689 cc14545	Leicestershire v Somerset
	County Championship 1973
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 4th, 5th, 6th July 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Somerset 2 (Bowling 2)
Umpires	WE Phillipson, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 9/0 (Dudleston 6*, Steele 1*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 41/1 (Kitchen 20*, Close 16*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Kitchen	b McKenzie	8
PJ Robinson	b Higgs	21
*DB Close	b Matthews	12
JM Parks	run out	55
BC Rose	c and b Balderstone	9
PW Denning	c and b Birkenshaw	36
GI Burgess	c Haywood b Steele	13
D Breakwell	c RW Tolchard b McKenzie	29
+DJS Taylor	b Matthews	7
HR Moseley	not out	6
AA Jones	b Matthews	0
Extras	(4 lb, 8 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 105.4 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-30, 3-69, 4-88, 5-123, 6-158, 7-171, 8-203, 9-209, 10-209 (105.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	22	6	45	2	-	-
Higgs	22	10	39	1	-	-
Matthews	11.4	5	29	3	-	-
Birkenshaw	18	5	39	1	-	-
Balderstone	15	5	22	1	-	-
Steele	17	6	22	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	lbw b Jones	18
JF Steele	c Taylor b Burgess	51
JC Balderstone	c Kitchen b Jones	18
JG Tolchard	c Parks b Burgess	11
BF Davison	lbw b Breakwell	79
*+RW Tolchard	not out	33
PR Haywood	not out	19
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
RB Matthews	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb, 6 nb, 2 w)	19
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 92 overs)	248
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-98, 3-98, 4-132, 5-212

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	18	3	44	2	-	-
Moseley	8	2	10	0	-	-
Burgess	29	10	64	2	-	-
Breakwell	23	6	48	1	-	-
Close	11	2	53	0	-	-
Taylor	3	1	10	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Kitchen	not out	20
PJ Robinson	lbw b Higgs	2
*DB Close	not out	16
JM Parks	did not bat
BC Rose	did not bat
PW Denning	did not bat
GI Burgess	did not bat
D Breakwell	did not bat
+DJS Taylor	did not bat
HR Moseley	did not bat
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(3 nb)	3
Total	(1 wicket, 11 overs)	41
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Robinson)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	4	2	21	0	-	-
Higgs	5	1	13	1	-	-
Matthews	2	1	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> PW Denning (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8

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