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| Venue | Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare on 12th, 13th, 14th August 1981 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Somerset won by 5 wickets |
| Points | Somerset 23 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Worcestershire 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | DGL Evans, R Julian |
| Close of play day 1 | Somerset (1) 130/4 (Richards 62*, Popplewell 16*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Worcestershire (2) 162/8 (Gifford 5*, Alleyne 8*) |
| Worcestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *GM Turner | c and b Dredge | 1 | |||||
| MS Scott | c and b Moseley | 8 | |||||
| PA Neale | c and b Moseley | 7 | |||||
| Younis Ahmed | c Taylor b Dredge | 9 | |||||
| DN Patel | c Taylor b Popplewell | 30 | |||||
| EJO Hemsley | c Russom b Dredge | 46 | |||||
| +DJ Humphries | b Russom | 53 | |||||
| JD Inchmore | c Dredge b Marks | 18 | |||||
| N Gifford | c Rose b Russom | 8 | |||||
| HL Alleyne | c Taylor b Dredge | 3 | |||||
| AP Pridgeon | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 1 nb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 57.4 overs) | 188 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-10, 3-25, 4-35, 5-64, 6-123, 7-155, 8-183, 9-184, 10-188 (57.4 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Moseley | 8 | 0 | 33 | 2 | - | - | |
| Dredge | 23.4 | 5 | 75 | 4 | - | - | |
| Popplewell | 9 | 1 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Russom | 7 | 3 | 18 | 2 | - | - | |
| Marks | 10 | 6 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *BC Rose | c Turner b Inchmore | 25 | |||||
| JW Lloyds | c Humphries b Alleyne | 13 | |||||
| IVA Richards | c Inchmore b Pridgeon | 150 | |||||
| PM Roebuck | c Younis Ahmed b Inchmore | 4 | |||||
| PW Denning | c Younis Ahmed b Inchmore | 0 | |||||
| NFM Popplewell | c Pridgeon b Inchmore | 46 | |||||
| VJ Marks | c Humphries b Inchmore | 7 | |||||
| N Russom | lbw b Pridgeon | 12 | |||||
| +DJS Taylor | c Humphries b Pridgeon | 3 | |||||
| HR Moseley | c Inchmore b Gifford | 2 | |||||
| CH Dredge | not out | 5 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 2 lb, 10 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 83.4 overs) | 280 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-27, 2-85, 3-97, 4-97, 5-209, 6-228, 7-259, 8-269, 9-274, 10-280 (83.4 ov) | |||||||
| Worcestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Alleyne | 17 | 2 | 60 | 1 | - | - | |
| Pridgeon | 31 | 4 | 91 | 3 | - | - | |
| Inchmore | 20 | 2 | 85 | 5 | - | - | |
| Gifford | 15.4 | 6 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| Worcestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *GM Turner | c Richards b Dredge | 20 | |||||
| MS Scott | c Dredge b Moseley | 2 | |||||
| PA Neale | lbw b Moseley | 2 | |||||
| Younis Ahmed | lbw b Moseley | 60 | |||||
| DN Patel | lbw b Popplewell | 10 | |||||
| EJO Hemsley | b Popplewell | 20 | |||||
| +DJ Humphries | c Roebuck b Marks | 1 | |||||
| JD Inchmore | b Dredge | 26 | |||||
| N Gifford | c Denning b Dredge | 31 | |||||
| HL Alleyne | lbw b Dredge | 16 | |||||
| AP Pridgeon | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 5 lb, 1 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 63.2 overs) | 198 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9, 2-17, 3-25, 4-57, 5-94, 6-99, 7-140, 8-152, 9-185, 10-198 (63.2 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Moseley | 21 | 1 | 75 | 3 | - | - | |
| Dredge | 18.2 | 5 | 53 | 4 | - | - | |
| Popplewell | 13 | 3 | 36 | 2 | - | - | |
| Russom | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marks | 8 | 3 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Somerset second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *BC Rose | c Humphries b Inchmore | 4 | |||||
| JW Lloyds | lbw b Alleyne | 1 | |||||
| IVA Richards | b Alleyne | 41 | |||||
| PM Roebuck | retired hurt | 1 | |||||
| PW Denning | c Scott b Pridgeon | 25 | |||||
| NFM Popplewell | c Turner b Alleyne | 5 | |||||
| VJ Marks | not out | 12 | |||||
| N Russom | not out | 12 | |||||
| +DJS Taylor | did not bat | ||||||
| HR Moseley | did not bat | ||||||
| CH Dredge | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 3 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 32 overs) | 107 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-5, 3-72, 4-82, 5-84 | |||||||
| Worcestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Alleyne | 14 | 2 | 43 | 3 | - | - | |
| Pridgeon | 11 | 0 | 44 | 1 | - | - | |
| Inchmore | 7 | 1 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> IVA Richards (1) passed 18500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 48
--> N Russom (2) equalled his previous highest score of 12 in County Championship matches
--> N Gifford reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> JD Inchmore reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> PM Roebuck retired hurt in the Somerset second innings having scored 1 (team had lost 2 wickets)
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