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| Venue | County Ground, Taunton on 27th, 28th August 1981 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Somerset Second XI won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Somerset Second XI 1; Devon 3 |
| Umpires | TC Price, DS Thompsett |
| Scorers | CW Fry (Somerset Second XI), BPJ Moylan-Jones (Devon) |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Devon first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NA Folland | c Spiller b Russom | 2 | |||||
| CA Melhuish | lbw b Davis | 23 | |||||
| NR Gaywood | run out | 30 | |||||
| JH Edwards | lbw b Davis | 2 | |||||
| B Shaw | c Olive b Jennings | 31 | |||||
| G Wallen | b Spiller | 8 | |||||
| *BL Matthews | c Gard b Spiller | 5 | |||||
| PA Brown | not out | 5 | |||||
| ML Taylor | c Palmer b Spiller | 15 | |||||
| +ME Stevens | c Breakwell b Jennings | 0 | |||||
| JA Smith | c Gard b Davis | 12 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 3 lb, 6 nb, 1 w) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 66.2 overs) | 144 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3, 2-44, 3-46, 4-69, 5-85, 6-102, 7-109, 8-125, 9-125, 10-144 (66.2 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ackland | 8 | 4 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Russom | 6 | 3 | 11 | 1 | - | - | |
| Davis | 11.2 | 3 | 24 | 3 | - | - | |
| Palmer | 12 | 7 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Spiller | 15 | 4 | 41 | 3 | - | - | |
| Jennings | 14 | 5 | 18 | 2 | - | - | |
| Somerset Second XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NA Felton | b Taylor | 9 | |||||
| M Olive | c Matthews b Taylor | 28 | |||||
| GV Palmer | c Edwards b Smith | 29 | |||||
| PA Slocombe | c Stevens b Smith | 1 | |||||
| AWJ Spiller | c Stevens b Taylor | 1 | |||||
| D Breakwell | c Edwards b Smith | 0 | |||||
| +T Gard | not out | 20 | |||||
| KF Jennings | lbw b Brown | 8 | |||||
| MR Davis | c Stevens b Gaywood | 11 | |||||
| TJ Ackland | not out | 1 | |||||
| N Russom | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 11 lb, 4 nb, 4 w) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 49.3 overs) | 129 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18, 2-63, 3-66, 4-74, 5-74, 6-74, 7-90, 8-114 | |||||||
| Devon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Taylor | 16 | 6 | 28 | 3 | - | - | |
| Smith | 16 | 1 | 50 | 3 | - | - | |
| Gaywood | 8.3 | 5 | 15 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wallen | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Brown | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | - | - | |
| Devon second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NA Folland | b Ackland | 24 | |||||
| CA Melhuish | c Russom b Palmer | 5 | |||||
| NR Gaywood | lbw b Palmer | 0 | |||||
| JH Edwards | lbw b Davis | 4 | |||||
| G Wallen | c Davis b Spiller | 85 | |||||
| B Shaw | c Russom b Palmer | 18 | |||||
| *BL Matthews | b Slocombe | 49 | |||||
| ML Taylor | c Felton b Spiller | 14 | |||||
| PA Brown | not out | 1 | |||||
| +ME Stevens | did not bat | ||||||
| JA Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 2 w) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 52.2 overs) | 212 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14, 2-14, 3-26, 4-47, 5-92, 6-179, 7-204, 8-212 (52.2 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ackland | 9 | 1 | 35 | 1 | - | - | |
| Palmer | 13 | 3 | 36 | 3 | - | - | |
| Davis | 12 | 4 | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
| Spiller | 10.2 | 2 | 54 | 2 | - | - | |
| Jennings | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Slocombe | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Somerset Second XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NA Felton | st Stevens b Gaywood | 69 | |||||
| M Olive | c Edwards b Taylor | 11 | |||||
| PA Slocombe | lbw b Brown | 5 | |||||
| D Breakwell | c Edwards b Gaywood | 29 | |||||
| AWJ Spiller | c Edwards b Gaywood | 7 | |||||
| MR Davis | st Stevens b Gaywood | 24 | |||||
| KF Jennings | c Taylor b Gaywood | 26 | |||||
| GV Palmer | not out | 15 | |||||
| +T Gard | c Brown b Gaywood | 11 | |||||
| N Russom | b Gaywood | 0 | |||||
| TJ Ackland | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (10 b, 8 lb, 1 w) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, 46 overs) | 216 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-17, 2-26, 3-100, 4-115, 5-152, 6-185, 7-195, 8-215, 9-216 | |||||||
| Devon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Taylor | 10 | 0 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| Smith | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Brown | 13 | 2 | 51 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wallen | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gaywood | 17 | 0 | 85 | 7 | - | - | |
| Matthews | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> JA Smith made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> KF Jennings made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NR Gaywood (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GV Palmer (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> NA Felton (2) passed his previous highest score of 63 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PA Slocombe (2) passed 2000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 2
--> MR Davis (2) passed his previous highest score of 16 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JA Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Somerset Second XI first innings (previous best was 1-20)
--> NR Gaywood achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Somerset Second XI second innings (previous best was 2-14)
--> NR Gaywood achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Somerset Second XI second innings
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