f37002 cc17082	Leicestershire v Somerset
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1987
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 30th May, 1st, 2nd June 1987 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Somerset 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	JH Hampshire, MJ Kitchen
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 173/2 (Hardy 71*, Crowe 14*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 326/9 (Gower 48*, Such 0*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Rose	c Willey b Agnew	28
NA Felton	c Potter b Agnew	52
JJE Hardy	c Whitticase b DeFreitas	82
MD Crowe	c Whitaker b Agnew	44
RJ Harden	lbw b Agnew	0
*VJ Marks	c Willey b Agnew	18
+ND Burns	c Potter b Such	21
GD Rose	c Boon b DeFreitas	10
GV Palmer	c Boon b Agnew	6
NA Mallender	not out	11
AN Jones	c Whitticase b DeFreitas	0
Extras	(5 lb, 8 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 96 overs)	285
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-127, 3-218, 4-219, 5-219, 6-258, 7-258, 8-267, 9-285, 10-285 (96 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Agnew	37	5	85	6	-	-
Benjamin	20	2	80	0	-	-
DeFreitas	16	3	54	3	-	-
Such	21	5	52	1	-	-
Willey	2	0	9	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Potter	c Burns b Marks	23
RA Cobb	lbw b Marks	88
*P Willey	c and b Mallender	113
JJ Whitaker	b Mallender	0
DI Gower	not out	48
TJ Boon	lbw b Palmer	6
+P Whitticase	c Felton b Marks	0
PAJ DeFreitas	lbw b GD Rose	21
WKM Benjamin	c Crowe b GD Rose	3
JP Agnew	c and b GD Rose	15
PM Such	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(9 wickets, 74 overs)	326
Fall of wickets:
1-77, 2-224, 3-230, 4-234, 5-255, 6-256, 7-279, 8-297, 9-323

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	10	1	55	0	-	-
Mallender	16	1	73	2	-	-
GD Rose	14	1	67	3	-	-
Palmer	8	1	40	1	-	-
Marks	23	6	74	3	-	-
Crowe	3	1	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> BC Rose made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> BC Rose made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> P Willey (1) 100 in 86 balls, 86 minutes with 15 fours and 3 sixes
--> DI Gower (1) passed 17500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 35

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