f23780 cc11857	Somerset v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1961
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 17th, 19th, 20th June 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 0; Leicestershire 4 (Batting 2)
Umpires	JF Crapp, HE Hammond
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 32/1 (Watson 22*, Bird 0*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 71/1 (Roe 34*, Wight 28*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	lbw b Boshier	10
B Roe	b van Geloven	24
PB Wight	b Spencer	6
WE Alley	c Hallam b van Geloven	41
JG Lomax	c Boshier b Savage	40
MJ Kitchen	c and b Birkenshaw	19
*+HW Stephenson	c Birkenshaw b Savage	19
CRM Atkinson	b Spencer	38
KE Palmer	not out	20
BA Langford	c Julian b Boshier	13
KD Biddulph	b Spencer	0
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 97 overs)	239
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-26, 3-61, 4-120, 5-124, 6-152, 7-179, 8-215, 9-234, 10-239 (97 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	24	8	49	3	-	-
Boshier	23	7	48	2	-	-
van Geloven	22	6	62	2	-	-
Savage	22	11	53	2	-	-
Birkenshaw	6	2	18	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	c Lomax b Palmer	8
*W Watson	not out	217
HD Bird	c Stephenson b Palmer	4
A Wharton	not out	120
LR Gardner	did not bat
J van Geloven	did not bat
J Birkenshaw	did not bat
+R Julian	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
JS Savage	did not bat
BS Boshier	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 14 lb)	15
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 110 overs)	364
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-48

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	23	6	79	0	-	-
Palmer	23	2	85	2	-	-
CRM Atkinson	22	7	63	0	-	-
Langford	32	3	95	0	-	-
Lomax	10	4	27	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Birkenshaw b Spencer	6
B Roe	lbw b Savage	46
PB Wight	c Julian b Birkenshaw	77
WE Alley	c Julian b Savage	6
JG Lomax	c and b Birkenshaw	24
MJ Kitchen	c sub b Spencer	36
CRM Atkinson	b van Geloven	44
KE Palmer	not out	64
*+HW Stephenson	c Savage b Birkenshaw	4
BA Langford	c Gardner b Birkenshaw	17
KD Biddulph	not out	14
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(9 wickets, 143 overs)	345
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-96, 3-126, 4-138, 5-194, 6-212, 7-288, 8-295, 9-318

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	22	8	72	2	-	-
Boshier	17	5	52	0	-	-
van Geloven	22	6	58	1	-	-
Savage	37	25	23	2	-	-
Birkenshaw	44	12	128	4	-	-
Bird	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> WE Alley (1) passed 8500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 32
--> W Watson (1) passed his previous highest score of 214 in County Championship matches
--> W Watson (1) passed 23000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 100
--> MJ Kitchen (2) passed his previous highest score of 23 in first-class matches
--> MJ Kitchen (2) passed his previous highest score of 23 in County Championship matches
--> KE Palmer (2) passed his previous highest score of 56 in first-class matches
--> KE Palmer (2) passed his previous highest score of 56 in County Championship matches
--> JS Savage reached 400 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> BS Boshier reached 350 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings

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