f30262 cc14778	Somerset v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1974
Venue	Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare on 17th, 19th, 20th August 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 179 runs
Points	Somerset 15 (Batting 1, Bowling 4); Leicestershire 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	C Cook, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 87/7 (RW Tolchard 3*, McVicker 1*; 51 overs)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 287/6 (Close 107*, Breakwell 23*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Kitchen	c Birkenshaw b Higgs	1
+DJS Taylor	b McKenzie	3
PW Denning	lbw b Higgs	0
IVA Richards	lbw b McKenzie	2
*DB Close	c Steele b Higgs	59
JM Parks	lbw b McKenzie	14
GI Burgess	run out	1
IT Botham	b McVicker	39
D Breakwell	lbw b McKenzie	40
BA Langford	lbw b McKenzie	3
HR Moseley	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 9 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	19
Total	(all out, 71.3 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-6, 3-8, 4-8, 5-53, 6-55, 7-123, 8-133, 9-154, 10-181 (71.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	19.3	5	41	5	-	-
Higgs	24	8	40	3	-	-
McVicker	21	4	57	1	-	-
Birkenshaw	7	1	24	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	lbw b Botham	25
JF Steele	run out	6
MEJC Norman	lbw b Burgess	25
BF Davison	b Botham	2
DJ Humphries	lbw b Botham	0
JG Tolchard	lbw b Burgess	5
+RW Tolchard	not out	17
J Birkenshaw	lbw b Moseley	1
NM McVicker	b Botham	19
GD McKenzie	lbw b Langford	0
*K Higgs	b Botham	1
Extras	(20 lb, 9 nb, 1 w)	30
Total	(all out, 74.2 overs)	131
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-52, 3-56, 4-56, 5-79, 6-80, 7-81, 8-127, 9-128, 10-131 (74.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moseley	23	9	23	1	-	-
Burgess	20	13	17	2	-	-
Botham	28.2	8	59	5	-	-
Langford	3	1	2	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+DJS Taylor	lbw b McKenzie	5
GI Burgess	c Birkenshaw b McKenzie	3
PW Denning	run out	25
IVA Richards	b McVicker	41
*DB Close	not out	114
JM Parks	c Davison b McKenzie	66
IT Botham	c Humphries b McVicker	4
D Breakwell	retired hurt	23
BA Langford	not out	6
MJ Kitchen	did not bat
HR Moseley	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 10 lb, 3 nb)	16
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 98 overs)	303
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-26, 3-43, 4-101, 5-235, 6-246

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	27	6	49	3	-	-
Higgs	22	3	69	0	-	-
McVicker	24	4	83	2	-	-
Birkenshaw	11	1	39	0	-	-
Steele	14	0	47	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	lbw b Burgess	28
JF Steele	lbw b Moseley	2
MEJC Norman	c Taylor b Moseley	10
BF Davison	lbw b Moseley	62
+RW Tolchard	b Moseley	1
JG Tolchard	c Parks b Botham	5
DJ Humphries	lbw b Burgess	0
J Birkenshaw	b Burgess	24
NM McVicker	c Taylor b Botham	2
GD McKenzie	b Langford	12
*K Higgs	not out	0
Extras	(14 b, 3 lb, 10 nb, 1 w)	28
Total	(all out, 58.5 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-32, 3-59, 4-74, 5-96, 6-107, 7-139, 8-154, 9-164, 10-174 (58.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moseley	18	8	43	4	-	-
Burgess	17	3	45	3	-	-
Botham	23	6	58	2	-	-
Langford	0.5	0	0	1	-	-

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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
--> DJ Humphries made his debut in County Championship matches
--> PW Denning (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 10
--> J Birkenshaw (2) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> GD McKenzie reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> NM McVicker reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> IT Botham achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 3-19)
--> IT Botham achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire first innings
--> IT Botham achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 3-19)
--> IT Botham achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings
--> D Breakwell retired hurt in the Somerset second innings having scored 23 (team had lost 6 wickets)

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