f31559	Somerset v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1977
Venue	Recreation Ground, Bath on 18th, 19th, 20th May 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 7 wickets
Umpires	HD Bird, TW Spencer
Scorers	T Brice (Somerset), DK Sherwood (Australians)
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 130/3 (Rose 38*, Breakwell 11*)
Close of play day 2	Australians (2) 172/4 (Hookes 85*, Marsh 0*)

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB McCosker	c Botham b Garner	2
CS Serjeant	st Taylor b Burgess	13
*GS Chappell	b Garner	113		146	12	3
GJ Cosier	b Garner	44
KD Walters	c Denning b Burgess	23
DW Hookes	b Botham	3
+RW Marsh	b Garner	3
KJ O'Keeffe	c Denning b Burgess	11
JR Thomson	b Burgess	0
MF Malone	b Burgess	2
G Dymock	not out	0
Extras	(10 b, 6 nb, 2 w)	18
Total	(all out, 67.3 overs)	232
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-57, 3-177, 4-197, 5-200, 6-204, 7-223, 8-223, 9-231, 10-232 (67.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Garner	20	5	66	4	-	-
Moseley	16	5	52	0	-	-
Burgess	9.3	2	25	5	-	-
Botham	15	2	48	1	-	-
Breakwell	7	0	23	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Rose	not out	110
PW Denning	c Marsh b Dymock	39
IVA Richards	c Hookes b Malone	18
*DB Close	c McCosker b Malone	0
D Breakwell	c Chappell b O'Keeffe	23
IT Botham	c McCosker b O'Keeffe	59
PA Slocombe	not out	55
GI Burgess	did not bat
+DJS Taylor	did not bat
J Garner	did not bat
HR Moseley	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 24 nb, 1 w)	36
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 94 overs)	340
Fall of wickets:
1-81, 2-116, 3-117, 4-146, 5-228

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	16	2	60	0	-	15
Dymock	17	7	48	1	-	7
Malone	22	4	70	2	-	-
O'Keeffe	35	15	114	2	-	-
Chappell	2	0	11	0	-	-
Walters	2	1	1	0	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB McCosker	run out	2
CS Serjeant	c Garner b Botham	50
GJ Cosier	c Taylor b Botham	2
DW Hookes	b Burgess	108
KD Walters	b Botham	25
+RW Marsh	b Garner	0
*GS Chappell	c Garner b Botham	39
KJ O'Keeffe	c Denning b Moseley	20
JR Thomson	c Botham b Garner	0
MF Malone	c Richards b Breakwell	17
G Dymock	not out	6
Extras	(4 b, 10 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	20
Total	(all out, 71.3 overs)	289
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-18, 3-141, 4-172, 5-183, 6-214, 7-251, 8-252, 9-271, 10-289 (71.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Garner	23	6	71	2	-	-
Moseley	17	6	55	1	-	-
Burgess	9	3	41	1	-	-
Botham	22	6	98	4	-	-
Breakwell	0.3	0	4	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Rose	c Marsh b Thomson	27
PW Denning	b Chappell	34
IVA Richards	c Cosier b O'Keeffe	53
PA Slocombe	not out	8
IT Botham	not out	39
*DB Close	did not bat
D Breakwell	did not bat
GI Burgess	did not bat
+DJS Taylor	did not bat
J Garner	did not bat
HR Moseley	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 11 nb, 3 w)	21
Total	(3 wickets, 39.1 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-129, 3-129

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	12	1	57	1	-	-
Dymock	5	0	25	0	-	-
Malone	9	2	18	0	-	-
O'Keeffe	5.1	0	32	1	-	-
Chappell	8	4	29	1	-	-

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Notes
--> J Garner made his debut for Somerset in First-Class matches
--> J Garner made his debut in England in First-Class matches

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