f30574 cc14827	Gloucestershire v Somerset
	County Championship 1975
Venue	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 24th, 26th, 27th May 1975 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 10 wickets
Points	Gloucestershire 2 (Batting 1, Bowling 1); Somerset 18 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	DGL Evans, A Jepson
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 100/2 (Taylor 37*, Slocombe 7*; 40 overs)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 141/3 (Knight 27*, Brassington 2*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Sadiq Mohammad	c Richards b Burgess	11
AW Stovold	c Close b Botham	25
Zaheer Abbas	c and b Burgess	11
RDV Knight	b Botham	0
JC Foat	b Burgess	9
DR Shepherd	c Botham b Jones	23
*AS Brown	c Taylor b Moseley	19
DA Graveney	c Close b Botham	15
+AJ Brassington	c Close b Jones	11
J Davey	not out	20
JH Dixon	run out	5
Extras	(12 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	19
Total	(all out, 75.2 overs)	168
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-55, 3-56, 4-56, 5-66, 6-105, 7-114, 8-132, 9-142, 10-168 (75.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	16	6	27	2	-	-
Moseley	18	6	27	1	-	-
Botham	21	7	37	3	-	-
Burgess	16.2	3	48	3	-	-
Breakwell	4	2	10	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+DJS Taylor	lbw b Davey	38
BC Rose	c Brassington b Dixon	55
PW Denning	c Sadiq Mohammad b Dixon	0
PA Slocombe	c Knight b Davey	102
IVA Richards	c Brassington b Davey	33
*DB Close	not out	138
GI Burgess	not out	2
IT Botham	did not bat
D Breakwell	did not bat
HR Moseley	did not bat
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 112 overs)	374
Fall of wickets:
1-86, 2-92, 3-105, 4-143, 5-363

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davey	29	7	88	3	-	-
Dixon	22	3	82	2	-	-
Brown	25	2	73	0	-	-
Knight	16	2	45	0	-	-
Graveney	17	2	65	0	-	-
Sadiq Mohammad	3	0	15	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Sadiq Mohammad	c Denning b Jones	16
AW Stovold	lbw b Botham	12
Zaheer Abbas	lbw b Moseley	79
RDV Knight	c Richards b Burgess	37
+AJ Brassington	not out	20
JC Foat	c Taylor b Moseley	0
*AS Brown	c sub b Breakwell	18
DA Graveney	c Slocombe b Breakwell	4
DR Shepherd	c Rose b Botham	2
J Davey	c Richards b Jones	1
JH Dixon	b Jones	10
Extras	(5 lb, 5 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 90.2 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-52, 3-138, 4-158, 5-160, 6-185, 7-194, 8-196, 9-197, 10-209 (90.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	19.2	6	31	3	-	-
Moseley	20	4	44	2	-	-
Botham	17	5	53	2	-	-
Burgess	17	7	29	1	-	-
Breakwell	13	3	32	2	-	-
Close	4	1	10	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IT Botham	not out	4
D Breakwell	not out	0
+DJS Taylor	did not bat
BC Rose	did not bat
PW Denning	did not bat
PA Slocombe	did not bat
IVA Richards	did not bat
*DB Close	did not bat
GI Burgess	did not bat
HR Moseley	did not bat
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(no wicket, 1.2 overs)	5

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Foat	1	1	0	0	-	-
Stovold	0.2	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> J Davey (1) passed his previous highest score of 19 in County Championship matches
--> PA Slocombe (1) passed his previous highest score of 61 in first-class matches
--> PA Slocombe (1) passed his previous highest score of 61 in County Championship matches
--> RDV Knight (2) passed 8500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 12

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