a1681	Leicestershire v Somerset
	John Player League 1976
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 23rd May 1976 (40-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 43 runs
Points	Leicestershire 4; Somerset 0
Umpires	C Cook, DGL Evans

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Leicestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
B Dudleston	b Jennings	31
GF Cross	run out	23
+RW Tolchard	b Jennings	19
BF Davison	b Jennings	56
JC Balderstone	b Kitchen	22
*R Illingworth	c Rose b Moseley	3
PB Clift	c Taylor b Moseley	15
J Birkenshaw	c Taylor b Botham	9
NM McVicker	not out	13
P Booth	c Kitchen b Moseley	2
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 8 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-65, 3-85, 4-145, 5-163, 6-170, 7-182, 8-198, 9-205 (40 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Burgess	8	0	39	0	-	-	-	4.88
Jennings	8	0	33	3	-	-	16.00	4.12
Botham	8	2	29	1	-	-	48.00	3.62
Moseley	8	0	27	3	-	-	16.00	3.38
Breakwell	6	0	50	0	-	-	-	8.33
Kitchen	2	0	15	1	-	-	12.00	7.50

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Somerset innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*DB Close	b Higgs	26
PA Slocombe	c Birkenshaw b Clift	13
IT Botham	b Higgs	5
PW Denning	c Davison b Clift	26
GI Burgess	b Higgs	1
+DJS Taylor	run out	1
MJ Kitchen	b Cross	37
BC Rose	b Booth	17
D Breakwell	c McVicker b Cross	17
KF Jennings	not out	2
HR Moseley	b Booth	6
Extras	(11 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 34.5 overs)	162
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-49, 3-56, 4-62, 5-65, 6-111, 7-127, 8-153, 9-156, 10-162 (34.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Booth	5.5	0	24	2	-	-	17.50	4.11
Higgs	6	4	4	3	-	-	12.00	0.67
McVicker	3	0	22	0	-	-	-	7.33
Clift	7	0	33	2	-	-	21.00	4.71
Illingworth	5	1	24	0	-	-	-	4.80
Birkenshaw	4	0	22	0	-	-	-	5.50
Cross	4	0	22	2	-	-	12.00	5.50

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Notes
--> PB Clift passed his previous highest score of 14 in List A matches
--> GF Cross reached 50 wickets in List A matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset innings

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