f30709 cc14938	Somerset v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1975
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 16th, 18th, 19th August 1975 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Gloucestershire 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3)
Umpires	AEG Rhodes, P Rochford
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 55/1 (Taylor 16*, Denning 37*; 17 overs)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 89/0 (Sadiq Mohammad 53*, Knight 34*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Sadiq Mohammad	st Taylor b Richards	86
AW Stovold	b Botham	13
RDV Knight	c Richards b Jones	45
DR Shepherd	c Roebuck b Richards	22
JC Foat	c Jones b Botham	0
AJ Hignell	c Taylor b Jones	13
DA Graveney	c Richards b Rose	4
*AS Brown	c Taylor b Rose	0
+AJ Brassington	lbw b Rose	0
J Davey	c Taylor b Jones	1
JH Dixon	not out	2
Extras	(3 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 71 overs)	196
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-140, 3-163, 4-176, 5-176, 6-188, 7-188, 8-188, 9-189, 10-196 (71 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	18	5	62	3	-	-
Moseley	16	0	40	0	-	-
Botham	21	5	55	2	-	-
Close	3	0	10	0	-	-
Richards	9	2	10	2	-	-
Breakwell	1	1	0	0	-	-
Rose	3	0	9	3	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+DJS Taylor	lbw b Davey	76
BC Rose	c Sadiq Mohammad b Davey	1
PW Denning	c and b Graveney	53
IVA Richards	lbw b Davey	128
*DB Close	run out	2
PA Slocombe	c Brown b Davey	5
PM Roebuck	not out	35
IT Botham	c Foat b Davey	11
D Breakwell	not out	34
HR Moseley	did not bat
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 114 overs)	356
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-88, 3-240, 4-264, 5-265, 6-272, 7-296

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davey	25	8	57	5	-	-
Dixon	14	2	64	0	-	-
Brown	26	5	90	0	-	-
Graveney	38	10	93	1	-	-
Knight	10	1	40	0	-	-
Sadiq Mohammad	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Sadiq Mohammad	not out	53
RDV Knight	not out	34
AW Stovold	did not bat
DR Shepherd	did not bat
JC Foat	did not bat
AJ Hignell	did not bat
DA Graveney	did not bat
*AS Brown	did not bat
+AJ Brassington	did not bat
J Davey	did not bat
JH Dixon	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb)	2
Total	(no wicket, 26 overs)	89

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	4	0	11	0	-	-
Moseley	4	1	22	0	-	-
Botham	4	0	14	0	-	-
Close	9	1	34	0	-	-
Breakwell	5	2	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> Sadiq Mohammad (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 55
--> Sadiq Mohammad (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 55
--> BC Rose achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Gloucestershire first innings (previous best was 1-5)
--> IT Botham reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> AA Jones reached 350 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> BC Rose achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Gloucestershire first innings (previous best was 1-5)

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