f30690	Somerset v Australians
	Australia in England 1975
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 6th, 7th, 8th August 1975 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by 9 wickets
Umpires	H Horton, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 28/1 (Taylor 7*, Botham 8*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 242/5 (Close 39*, Marks 6*)

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Turner	lbw b Moseley	19
BM Laird	c Moseley b Jones	15
*GS Chappell	c Taylor b Jones	38
R Edwards	c Close b Richards	56
KD Walters	b Moseley	103
GJ Gilmour	b Breakwell	20
+RD Robinson	b Jones	17
DK Lillee	not out	30
AA Mallett	not out	10
AG Hurst	did not bat
JD Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 9 lb, 10 nb, 1 w)	23
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 92 overs)	331
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-53, 3-102, 4-165, 5-194, 6-252, 7-315

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	20	2	70	3	-	-
Moseley	17	4	27	2	-	-
Botham	21	4	66	0	-	-
Marks	8	0	40	0	-	-
Close	5	0	30	0	-	-
Richards	7	1	26	1	-	-
Breakwell	14	4	49	1	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+DJS Taylor	c Chappell b Lillee	21
BC Rose	c Robinson b Gilmour	10
IT Botham	b Gilmour	8
PW Denning	c Gilmour b Hurst	17
IVA Richards	lbw b Lillee	0
*DB Close	lbw b Hurst	10
PA Slocombe	not out	12
VJ Marks	c Robinson b Higgs	3
D Breakwell	c Edwards b Higgs	13
HR Moseley	b Hurst	0
AA Jones	absent ill
Extras	(4 lb, 8 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 30.2 overs)	106
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-32, 3-51, 4-51, 5-71, 6-76, 7-85, 8-105, 9-106 (30.2 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillee	10	1	31	2	-	-
Gilmour	12	2	41	2	-	-
Hurst	5.2	3	8	3	-	-
Higgs	3	2	14	2	-	-

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Somerset second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA Slocombe	run out	49
BC Rose	c Mallett b Higgs	68
PW Denning	c Chappell b Mallett	44
IVA Richards	st Robinson b Higgs	12
*DB Close	c Robinson b Mallett	52
+DJS Taylor	c Turner b Mallett	4
VJ Marks	c Turner b Higgs	12
IT Botham	c Robinson b Higgs	0
D Breakwell	c Walters b Higgs	14
HR Moseley	not out	5
AA Jones	c Chappell b Mallett	0
Extras	(9 b, 4 lb, 5 nb, 3 w)	21
Total	(all out, 92.4 overs)	281
Fall of wickets:
1-122, 2-151, 3-173, 4-197, 5-215, 6-256, 7-256, 8-274, 9-281, 10-281 (92.4 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillee	6	1	20	0	-	-
Gilmour	4	0	30	0	-	-
Hurst	8	2	24	0	-	-
Higgs	34	10	96	5	-	-
Mallett	30.4	8	70	4	-	-
Walters	6	2	11	0	-	-
Laird	2	0	7	0	-	-
Edwards	2	0	2	0	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Turner	lbw b Jones	0	3	3	-	-
BM Laird	not out	3	21	47	-	-
GJ Gilmour	not out	51	37	44	7	2
*GS Chappell	did not bat
R Edwards	did not bat
KD Walters	did not bat
+RD Robinson	did not bat
DK Lillee	did not bat
AA Mallett	did not bat
AG Hurst	did not bat
JD Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(1 wicket, 10.1 overs)	57
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Turner)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	4	1	20	1	-	-
Moseley	5	1	30	0	-	-
Botham	1.1	1	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AG Hurst reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings

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