f32653 cc15604	Leicestershire v Somerset
	Schweppes County Championship 1979
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 14th, 16th, 17th July 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3); Somerset 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3)
Umpires	WE Alley, KE Palmer
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 307/7 innings closed
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 90/1 (Dudleston 34*, Balderstone 36*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Marks b Dredge	8
JF Steele	c Roebuck b Garner	12
JC Balderstone	c Richards b Garner	0
NE Briers	b Dredge	109
BF Davison	c Denning b Garner	7
*+RW Tolchard	b Garner	109
P Booth	b Garner	6
PB Clift	not out	30
K Shuttleworth	not out	3
NGB Cook	did not bat
LB Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 15 nb, 1 w)	23
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	307
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-20, 3-32, 4-32, 5-265, 6-267, 7-279

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Garner	23	7	62	5	-	-
Dredge	17	4	58	2	-	-
Jennings	16	3	64	0	-	-
Breakwell	22	7	50	0	-	-
Marks	21	4	45	0	-	-
Richards	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BC Rose	lbw b Shuttleworth	49
PA Slocombe	b Clift	66
IVA Richards	b Steele	106
PM Roebuck	c Dudleston b Cook	45
PW Denning	c Dudleston b Cook	11
VJ Marks	c Davison b Cook	0
+DJS Taylor	lbw b Clift	7
D Breakwell	not out	10
CH Dredge	not out	14
KF Jennings	did not bat
J Garner	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 4 nb)	12
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	320
Fall of wickets:
1-84, 2-155, 3-275, 4-281, 5-281, 6-296, 7-296

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	12	1	36	0	-	-
Shuttleworth	21	6	58	1	-	-
Balderstone	6	1	17	0	-	-
Clift	21	11	40	2	-	-
Booth	8	0	42	0	-	-
Steele	16	2	60	1	-	-
Cook	16	3	55	3	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Dudleston	c Roebuck b Marks	142
JF Steele	c Richards b Garner	14
JC Balderstone	c Jennings b Marks	51
BF Davison	c Marks b Breakwell	8
NE Briers	lbw b Richards	15
*+RW Tolchard	not out	23
PB Clift	c Dredge b Richards	27
P Booth	not out	4
K Shuttleworth	did not bat
NGB Cook	did not bat
LB Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 11 lb, 1 nb)	19
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 96 overs)	303
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-136, 3-175, 4-241, 5-245, 6-292

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Garner	8	4	8	1	-	-
Dredge	7	2	26	0	-	-
Jennings	7	3	13	0	-	-
Breakwell	32	9	89	1	-	-
Marks	31	9	96	2	-	-
Richards	9	0	47	2	-	-
Roebuck	2	0	5	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BC Rose	not out	72
PA Slocombe	b Shuttleworth	4
IVA Richards	b Booth	26
PM Roebuck	c Steele b Cook	11
PW Denning	not out	20
VJ Marks	did not bat
+DJS Taylor	did not bat
D Breakwell	did not bat
CH Dredge	did not bat
KF Jennings	did not bat
J Garner	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(3 wickets, 51 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-74, 3-96

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shuttleworth	6	0	33	1	-	-
Balderstone	6	2	10	0	-	-
Clift	11	3	21	0	-	-
Booth	8	1	35	1	-	-
Steele	3	0	8	0	-	-
Cook	14	6	25	1	-	-
Briers	3	2	1	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
--> Day 3 Lunch: Leicestershire (2) ?/?
--> B Dudleston (1) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> PA Slocombe (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> NGB Cook achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 1-15)
--> K Shuttleworth reached 600 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings

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