f35738	Somerset v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1985
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 8th, 9th, 10th May 1985 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by 233 runs
Umpires	R Julian, DR Shepherd
Scorers	DAH Oldam (Somerset), MP Ringham (Australians)
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 151/4 (Rose 42*, Botham 53*)
Close of play day 2	Australians (2) 282/6 (Wellham 12*, Boon 1*)

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KC Wessels	c Botham b Marks	41
AMJ Hilditch	c Davis b Botham	20
DM Wellham	c Davis b Botham	64
*AR Border	c Botham b Marks	106	103	106		4
DC Boon	not out	56
+WB Phillips	not out	62
GRJ Matthews	did not bat
CJ McDermott	did not bat
JR Thomson	did not bat
RG Holland	did not bat
GF Lawson	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb)	7
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 80 overs)	356
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-85, 3-221, 4-248

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davis	14	2	71	0	-	-
Turner	15	0	85	0	-	-
Botham	12	3	28	2	-	-
Marks	25	4	87	2	-	-
Popplewell	3	0	21	0	-	-
Booth	11	1	57	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NFM Popplewell	c Boon b Thomson	25
PM Roebuck	c Phillips b Lawson	13
RL Ollis	run out	11
BC Rose	retired hurt	81
RJ Harden	c Phillips b McDermott	0
*IT Botham	st +sub (RB Phillips) b Holland	65				1
VJ Marks	c +sub (RB Phillips) b Holland	50
+T Gard	c Wessels b Holland	30
MS Turner	b Thomson	9
MR Davis	st +sub (RB Phillips) b Holland	11
SC Booth	not out	4
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 7 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 74.3 overs)	314
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-54, 3-65, 4-65, 5-170, 6-273, 7-290, 8-308, 9-314 (74.3 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	17	3	75	2	-	-
Lawson	8	2	31	1	-	-
Holland	29.3	11	87	4	-	-
McDermott	11	1	71	1	-	-
Matthews	9	0	42	0	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AMJ Hilditch	c Harden b Booth	46
KC Wessels	c Botham b Booth	156		207
GRJ Matthews	c Roebuck b Booth	22
CJ McDermott	c sub b Marks	0
JR Thomson	lbw b Marks	7
RG Holland	c Popplewell b Booth	35
DM Wellham	not out	26
DC Boon	not out	21
*AR Border	did not bat
+WB Phillips	did not bat
GF Lawson	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 74 overs)	316
Fall of wickets:
1-125, 2-173, 3-179, 4-191, 5-264, 6-273

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davis	7	0	32	0	-	-
Turner	11	1	58	0	-	-
Botham	6	2	16	0	-	-
Marks	28	6	110	2	-	-
Booth	22	2	98	4	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NFM Popplewell	lbw b McDermott	0
PM Roebuck	not out	33
RL Ollis	lbw b Thomson	4
RJ Harden	c +sub (RB Phillips) b Thomson	17
*IT Botham	c +sub (RB Phillips) b Thomson	4
VJ Marks	c +sub (RB Phillips) b Thomson	48
+T Gard	c sub (DR Gilbert) b Holland	0
MS Turner	c +sub (RB Phillips) b Thomson	0
MR Davis	c Holland b Thomson	4
SC Booth	c Boon b Holland	5
BC Rose	absent hurt
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 5 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 43.1 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-15, 3-43, 4-49, 5-111, 6-113, 7-114, 8-118, 9-125 (43.1 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	14	1	44	6	-	-
Holland	17.1	5	30	2	-	-
McDermott	12	2	46	1	-	-

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Notes
--> RJ Harden made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AR Border (1) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 34
--> WB Phillips (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> VJ Marks (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> AMJ Hilditch (2) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 39
--> AMJ Hilditch made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> WB Phillips made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> GRJ Matthews made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> DC Boon made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> RG Holland made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> CJ McDermott made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> BC Rose retired hurt in the Somerset first innings having scored 81 (team had lost 5 wickets)

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RB Phillips kept wicket for the Australians on Day 2 and 3 as WB Phillips was ill

 

 

 

 

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