f32555 cc15529	Somerset v Surrey
	Schweppes County Championship 1979
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 16th, 17th, 18th May 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3); Surrey 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3)
Umpires	DJ Constant, DJ Dennis
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 299/8 (Smith 69*, Pocock 0*; 99 overs)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (1) 72/3 (Denning 30*, Marks 4*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AR Butcher	c Jennings b Botham	48
GS Clinton	b Botham	4
GP Howarth	c Slocombe b Botham	95
*RDV Knight	c Taylor b Botham	7
GRJ Roope	c Rose b Botham	2
DM Smith	not out	69
+CJ Richards	c Roebuck b Botham	0
RD Jackman	c Rose b Breakwell	36
ST Clarke	b Breakwell	16
PI Pocock	not out	0
PHL Wilson	did not bat
Extras	(16 lb, 8 nb)	24
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 99.3 overs)	301
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-132, 3-156, 4-158, 5-182, 6-184, 7-273, 8-299

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	29.3	6	81	6	-	-
Gurr	21	2	75	0	-	-
Jennings	29	9	70	0	-	-
Marks	6	1	24	0	-	-
Breakwell	14	5	27	2	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BC Rose	c Clinton b Clarke	6
PA Slocombe	retired hurt	1
PW Denning	c Knight b Clarke	74
PM Roebuck	c Clinton b Clarke	0
IVA Richards	c Richards b Jackman	26
VJ Marks	c Richards b Jackman	6
IT Botham	c Clarke b Jackman	31
D Breakwell	c Smith b Clarke	0
+DJS Taylor	not out	15
KF Jennings	not out	2
DR Gurr	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 3 nb)	10
Total	(7 wickets, 62 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-16, 3-64, 4-78, 5-112, 6-112, 7-165

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clarke	25	11	68	4	-	-
Jackman	17	2	65	3	-	-
Pocock	13	6	17	0	-	-
Wilson	7	2	11	0	-	-

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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
--> GP Howarth (1) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 51
--> PW Denning (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 8
--> ST Clarke achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 2-2)
--> PA Slocombe retired hurt in the Somerset first innings having scored 1 (team had lost 0 wickets)

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