f30646 cc14886	Lancashire v Somerset
	County Championship 1975
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 5th, 7th July 1975 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Lancashire won by an innings and 145 runs
Points	Lancashire 18 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Somerset 2 (Bowling 2)
Umpires	R Aspinall, A Jepson
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 229/5 (Reidy 20*, Hughes 9*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+DJS Taylor	c Lever b Lee	0
BC Rose	b Lever	5
PW Denning	c Lever b Lee	7
PA Slocombe	c Reidy b Lee	6
IVA Richards	c Hughes b Lee	15
*DB Close	lbw b Lever	0
GI Burgess	b Lee	16
IT Botham	c Engineer b Lee	0
D Breakwell	c Engineer b Shuttleworth	2
RJ Clapp	not out	0
AA Jones	c Hughes b Shuttleworth	6
Extras	(4 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 30.3 overs)	61
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-10, 3-16, 4-18, 5-36, 6-49, 7-49, 8-55, 9-55, 10-61 (30.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	9	3	27	2	-	-
Lee	15	7	14	6	-	-
Shuttleworth	6.3	1	16	2	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Kennedy	c Richards b Botham	24
+FM Engineer	c Taylor b Botham	34
FC Hayes	lbw b Botham	42
*CH Lloyd	c Rose b Clapp	67
BW Reidy	b Close	20
J Abrahams	c Taylor b Botham	18
DP Hughes	c Richards b Botham	51
J Simmons	not out	57
P Lever	run out	3
K Shuttleworth	not out	1
PG Lee	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 11 lb, 14 nb, 2 w)	29
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 111 overs)	346
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-68, 3-179, 4-186, 5-209, 6-229, 7-320, 8-339

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	30	3	92	0	-	-
Clapp	19	6	53	1	-	-
Burgess	20	6	57	0	-	-
Botham	27	8	69	5	-	-
Close	5	1	14	1	-	-
Richards	7	2	23	0	-	-
Rose	3	0	9	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Rose	lbw b Lever	7
PA Slocombe	c Lloyd b Lever	3
PW Denning	c Engineer b Lee	12
IVA Richards	b Lee	0
*DB Close	c and b Simmons	52
+DJS Taylor	lbw b Shuttleworth	2
IT Botham	lbw b Lee	8
RJ Clapp	c Lever b Hughes	32
AA Jones	not out	1
GI Burgess	absent hurt
D Breakwell	absent hurt
Extras	(2 b, 9 lb, 12 nb)	23
Total	(all out, 44.3 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-15, 3-18, 4-35, 5-42, 6-75, 7-136, 8-140 (44.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	11	3	26	2	-	-
Lee	15	4	45	3	-	-
Shuttleworth	4	1	14	1	-	-
Simmons	10	4	19	1	-	-
Hughes	4.3	1	13	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> BW Reidy (1) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 3
--> DP Hughes (1) passed 3000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 9
--> J Simmons (1) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 20
--> PG Lee reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset first innings

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