f34694 cc16334	Leicestershire v Somerset
	Schweppes County Championship 1983
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 9th, 11th, 12th July 1983 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by an innings and 71 runs
Points	Leicestershire 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3); Somerset 24 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	C Cook, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 161/2 (Richards 86*, Gard 1*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 42/1 (Balderstone 18*, Gower 15*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JC Balderstone	c Popplewell b Garner	52
IP Butcher	c Gard b Botham	1
DI Gower	c Gard b Wilson	41
BF Davison	b Botham	45
NE Briers	c Rose b Botham	11
*+RW Tolchard	lbw b Garner	0
PB Clift	retired hurt	11
JF Steele	c Richards b Botham	2
AME Roberts	lbw b Botham	3
NGB Cook	c Gard b Garner	1
LB Taylor	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb, 5 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 50.3 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-67, 3-137, 4-145, 5-145, 6-174, 7-178, 8-179, 9-180 (50.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Garner	15.3	4	42	3	-	-
Botham	14	3	38	5	-	-
Dredge	4	1	25	0	-	-
Wilson	11	1	44	1	-	-
Marks	6	3	18	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PM Roebuck	lbw b Steele	51
*BC Rose	c sub b Taylor	20
IVA Richards	c Taylor b Roberts	216			26	1
+T Gard	c Butcher b Roberts	10
PW Denning	b Cook	14
NFM Popplewell	c Tolchard b Cook	0
VJ Marks	b Clift	23
CH Dredge	c Butcher b Clift	4
IT Botham	c Davison b Steele	152			18	5
J Garner	c and b Taylor	5
PHL Wilson	not out	9
Extras	(1 b, 13 lb, 7 nb, 3 w)	24
Total	(all out, 137.5 overs)	528
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-147, 3-184, 4-213, 5-213, 6-285, 7-289, 8-461, 9-478, 10-528 (137.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Roberts	28	3	111	2	-	-
Taylor	34	5	115	2	-	-
Cook	42	6	143	2	-	-
Steele	20.5	3	90	2	-	-
Clift	13	2	45	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JC Balderstone	lbw b Dredge	25
IP Butcher	c sub b Garner	5
DI Gower	b Richards	73
BF Davison	c Gard b Dredge	26
NE Briers	c Botham b Marks	11
*+RW Tolchard	b Richards	71
PB Clift	lbw b Marks	15
JF Steele	not out	12
NGB Cook	c sub b Marks	3
AME Roberts	b Marks	4
LB Taylor	c Wilson b Marks	22
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 7 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 104.4 overs)	277
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-77, 3-117, 4-137, 5-153, 6-212, 7-240, 8-243, 9-247, 10-277 (104.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Garner	12	2	32	1	-	-
Botham	3	2	9	0	-	-
Dredge	12	3	31	2	-	-
Wilson	6	1	7	0	-	-
Marks	41.4	15	105	5	-	-
Richards	29	13	75	2	-	-
Popplewell	1	0	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Somerset score at 100 overs in the first innings was 332-7
--> PB Clift (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 11
--> IVA Richards (1) passed 21500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 22
--> PB Clift reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> CH Dredge reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> PB Clift retired hurt in the Leicestershire first innings having scored 11 (team had lost 5 wickets)

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