f32161 cc15435	Somerset v Leicestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 15th, 17th, 18th July 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Somerset won by 216 runs
Points	Somerset 18 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Leicestershire 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	WE Alley, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 136/5 (Tolchard 39*, Clift 28*; 48 overs)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 268/8 (Dredge 3*, Jennings 0*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BC Rose	c Steele b Taylor	12
PW Denning	b Higgs	7
IVA Richards	lbw b Higgs	99
PM Roebuck	lbw b Higgs	2
PA Slocombe	c Birkenshaw b Taylor	4
VJ Marks	c Birkenshaw b Taylor	0
+DJS Taylor	c Shuttleworth b Taylor	0
D Breakwell	c Birkenshaw b Shuttleworth	56
CH Dredge	c Tolchard b Shuttleworth	23
KF Jennings	not out	5
HR Moseley	lbw b Higgs	5
Extras	(4 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 57 overs)	219
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-19, 3-37, 4-42, 5-42, 6-44, 7-152, 8-202, 9-212, 10-219 (57 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	16	6	38	4	-	-
Taylor	15	1	59	4	-	-
Clift	13	1	43	0	-	-
Shuttleworth	13	0	73	2	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	lbw b Dredge	0
B Dudleston	b Dredge	24
JC Balderstone	c Taylor b Dredge	24
BF Davison	b Jennings	4
+RW Tolchard	c Taylor b Jennings	50
J Birkenshaw	b Dredge	2
PB Clift	c Slocombe b Dredge	61
*R Illingworth	lbw b Jennings	5
K Shuttleworth	c Taylor b Moseley	11
LB Taylor	b Moseley	2
K Higgs	not out	1
Extras	(4 b, 13 lb)	17
Total	(all out, 77.2 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-35, 3-42, 4-64, 5-70, 6-150, 7-164, 8-187, 9-190, 10-201 (77.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moseley	19.2	5	53	2	-	-
Dredge	30	10	68	5	-	-
Jennings	25	8	52	3	-	-
Marks	3	1	11	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BC Rose	b Taylor	1
PW Denning	c Birkenshaw b Clift	13
IVA Richards	c sub b Birkenshaw	110
PM Roebuck	run out	50
PA Slocombe	c Tolchard b Shuttleworth	28
VJ Marks	c sub b Birkenshaw	5
+DJS Taylor	lbw b Clift	26
D Breakwell	c and b Shuttleworth	15
CH Dredge	not out	18
KF Jennings	not out	31
HR Moseley	did not bat
Extras	(13 lb, 9 nb, 1 w)	23
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 100 overs)	320
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-43, 3-179, 4-185, 5-204, 6-232, 7-252, 8-266

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	20	5	60	1	-	-
Clift	19	6	56	2	-	-
Shuttleworth	20	4	73	2	-	-
Balderstone	17	1	52	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	21	4	56	2	-	-
Illingworth	3	3	0	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Steele	lbw b Moseley	10
B Dudleston	b Dredge	0
JC Balderstone	c Marks b Jennings	12
BF Davison	c Taylor b Dredge	0
+RW Tolchard	lbw b Jennings	11
J Birkenshaw	lbw b Dredge	17
PB Clift	c Denning b Moseley	18
*R Illingworth	lbw b Moseley	23
K Shuttleworth	not out	27
LB Taylor	b Marks	1
K Higgs	absent hurt
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 45.4 overs)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-17, 3-19, 4-25, 5-53, 6-53, 7-82, 8-115, 9-122 (45.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moseley	15	2	54	3	-	-
Dredge	17	5	23	3	-	-
Jennings	10	2	28	2	-	-
Marks	3.4	0	14	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 First-Class matches for the season when he reached 64
--> IVA Richards (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 64
--> IVA Richards (1) passed 12500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 57
--> D Breakwell (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> CH Dredge (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> KF Jennings reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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