f30273 cc14792	Somerset v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1974
Venue	Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare on 24th, 26th, 27th August 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 5 wickets
Points	Somerset 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Gloucestershire 16 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	R Julian, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 136/3 (Procter 57*, Shepherd 44*; 39 overs)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 24/2 (Denning 6*, Breakwell 0*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PM Roebuck	b Procter	0
PW Denning	b Brown	12
+DJS Taylor	c Hignell b Graveney	60
IVA Richards	c Procter b Graveney	67
*DB Close	c Brown b Graveney	25
JM Parks	c Hignell b Graveney	26
GI Burgess	lbw b Graveney	0
IT Botham	c Knight b Procter	41
D Breakwell	b Procter	17
BA Langford	not out	0
AA Jones	b Procter	0
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 94.5 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-50, 3-145, 4-150, 5-193, 6-193, 7-222, 8-258, 9-258, 10-259 (94.5 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	10.5	3	12	4	-	-
Knight	17	6	34	0	-	-
Brown	13	1	47	1	-	-
Mortimore	25	6	70	0	-	-
Graveney	29	6	85	5	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Stovold	b Burgess	15
RB Nicholls	b Botham	3
RDV Knight	c Taylor b Botham	13
MJ Procter	st Taylor b Breakwell	95
DR Shepherd	b Botham	50
JC Foat	c Parks b Langford	17
AJ Hignell	c Botham b Breakwell	18
*AS Brown	c Burgess b Breakwell	3
DA Graveney	c Close b Langford	0
JB Mortimore	b Breakwell	7
+AJ Brassington	not out	0
Extras	(1 lb, 3 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 82 overs)	225
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-33, 3-35, 4-143, 5-191, 6-211, 7-217, 8-218, 9-223, 10-225 (82 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	14	1	39	0	-	-
Burgess	6	2	20	1	-	-
Langford	21	8	49	2	-	-
Botham	15	1	39	3	-	-
Close	2	0	18	0	-	-
Breakwell	24	11	56	4	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PM Roebuck	c and b Graveney	8
+DJS Taylor	c Hignell b Mortimore	10
PW Denning	b Graveney	29
D Breakwell	b Mortimore	28
IVA Richards	lbw b Mortimore	18
*DB Close	st Brassington b Mortimore	17
JM Parks	not out	35
GI Burgess	c Nicholls b Graveney	31
IT Botham	not out	9
BA Langford	did not bat
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb)	7
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 79.2 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-18, 3-64, 4-80, 5-112, 6-117, 7-180

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	2	0	4	0	-	-
Knight	1	1	0	0	-	-
Brown	2	0	5	0	-	-
Mortimore	35	12	76	4	-	-
Graveney	36.2	12	88	3	-	-
Nicholls	3	0	12	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Stovold	b Botham	4
RB Nicholls	c Close b Langford	13
RDV Knight	b Breakwell	56
MJ Procter	c Richards b Langford	8
DR Shepherd	c Richards b Close	93
*AS Brown	not out	30
AJ Hignell	not out	4
JC Foat	did not bat
DA Graveney	did not bat
JB Mortimore	did not bat
+AJ Brassington	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 12 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	19
Total	(5 wickets, 59.4 overs)	227
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-42, 3-66, 4-122, 5-218

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	3	0	10	0	-	-
Langford	25	8	90	2	-	-
Botham	6.4	0	23	1	-	-
Close	5	2	19	1	-	-
Breakwell	20	7	66	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
--> IVA Richards (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 18
--> IVA Richards (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 18
--> IVA Richards (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> DB Close (1) passed 31500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> MJ Procter (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 70
--> DR Shepherd (2) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 89
--> MJ Procter reached 800 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings

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