f27325 cc13563	Nottinghamshire v Somerset
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Elm Avenue, Newark-on-Trent on 29th, 30th June, 1st July 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Nottinghamshire 8 (Batting 3, Bowling 5); Somerset 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	A Jepson, CG Pepper
Close of play day 1	Nottinghamshire (1) 137/3 (Smedley 7*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 106/0 (Virgin 40*, Kitchen 62*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Murray b Sobers	3
MJ Kitchen	c Smedley b Taylor	6
GS Chappell	c Forbes b Halfyard	46
GI Burgess	c Moore b Taylor	3
WE Alley	c Murray b Halfyard	25
*RC Kerslake	c and b Halfyard	1
LML Barnwell	b Sobers	4
PJ Robinson	c Murray b Sobers	13
BA Langford	not out	13
+RA Brooks	c Murray b Taylor	4
FE Rumsey	c Murray b Sobers	0
Extras	(6 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 64.1 overs)	126
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-23, 3-33, 4-82, 5-84, 6-91, 7-104, 8-119, 9-126, 10-126 (64.1 ov)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sobers	18.1	9	23	4	-	-
Forbes	11	5	17	0	-	-
Taylor	15	3	27	3	-	-
Halfyard	16	3	43	3	-	-
White	4	0	8	0	-	-

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Nottinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Bolus	b Rumsey	74
G Frost	c Alley b Rumsey	29
HI Moore	c Alley b Burgess	20
MJ Smedley	c Brooks b Rumsey	8
JM Parkin	c Kerslake b Alley	18
*GS Sobers	c Brooks b Rumsey	0
+DL Murray	c Virgin b Burgess	5
RA White	c Robinson b Alley	11
MNS Taylor	c Brooks b Chappell	26
C Forbes	c Kerslake b Burgess	30
DJ Halfyard	not out	23
Extras	(7 lb, 5 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 88.1 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-107, 3-137, 4-138, 5-138, 6-147, 7-175, 8-178, 9-221, 10-256 (88.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	25	4	72	4	-	-
Burgess	23.1	2	79	3	-	-
Langford	12	4	14	0	-	-
Alley	21	5	53	2	-	-
Chappell	7	0	26	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Forbes b Sobers	57
MJ Kitchen	c and b White	113
GS Chappell	c and b White	17
GI Burgess	st Murray b White	1
WE Alley	c Forbes b White	9
*RC Kerslake	b Halfyard	2
LML Barnwell	not out	45
PJ Robinson	c Sobers b White	0
BA Langford	b Forbes	6
+RA Brooks	lbw b Forbes	8
FE Rumsey	b Forbes	17
Extras	(7 b, 8 lb, 5 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 144.2 overs)	295
Fall of wickets:
1-146, 2-177, 3-181, 4-203, 5-206, 6-208, 7-208, 8-232, 9-242, 10-295 (144.2 ov)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sobers	40	12	94	1	-	-
Forbes	17.2	5	35	3	-	-
Taylor	13	5	33	0	-	-
Halfyard	28	11	41	1	-	-
White	46	22	72	5	-	-

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Nottinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Bolus	c Robinson b Alley	13
G Frost	b Burgess	19
HI Moore	b Burgess	15
MJ Smedley	b Burgess	13
JM Parkin	c and b Alley	6
*GS Sobers	lbw b Alley	4
+DL Murray	c Robinson b Alley	11
C Forbes	not out	5
RA White	not out	17
MNS Taylor	did not bat
DJ Halfyard	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(7 wickets, 43 overs)	110
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-45, 3-54, 4-59, 5-75, 6-76, 7-89

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	6	2	17	0	-	-
Burgess	15	3	32	3	-	-
Langford	6	4	2	0	-	-
Alley	13	2	37	4	-	-
Chappell	3	0	15	0	-	-

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Notes
--> C Forbes (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> MJ Kitchen (2) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 66
--> RC Kerslake (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> MNS Taylor reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> FE Rumsey reached 500 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Nottinghamshire first innings
--> RA White reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> GI Burgess reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Nottinghamshire second innings
--> GI Burgess reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Nottinghamshire second innings

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