f31205 cc15099	Somerset v Lancashire
	County Championship 1976
Venue	Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare on 7th, 9th, 10th August 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 99 runs
Points	Somerset 4 (Bowling 4); Lancashire 14 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	DJ Constant, R Julian
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (2) 18/1 (Kennedy 5*, Lyon 10*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 15/0 (Taylor 6*, Slocombe 9*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	not out	41
A Kennedy	c Botham b Moseley	2
H Pilling	lbw b Botham	11
J Abrahams	b Botham	0
*D Lloyd	b Burgess	8
DP Hughes	c Marks b Gurr	2
J Simmons	lbw b Gurr	0
RM Ratcliffe	lbw b Gurr	17
+J Lyon	lbw b Gurr	1
PG Lee	b Gurr	9
P Lever	run out	15
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 46 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-41, 3-41, 4-50, 5-67, 6-67, 7-91, 8-102, 9-108, 10-119 (46 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moseley	12	8	18	1	-	-
Gurr	14	7	30	5	-	-
Burgess	8	3	21	1	-	-
Botham	7	1	22	2	-	-
Dredge	5	2	15	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+DJS Taylor	c Lyon b Lee	1
PA Slocombe	c and b Lee	15
MJ Kitchen	lbw b Ratcliffe	16
*DB Close	c Kennedy b Simmons	31
IT Botham	c Pilling b Simmons	25
GI Burgess	c Lloyd b Simmons	0
VJ Marks	b Simmons	20
D Breakwell	c Abrahams b Lee	7
CH Dredge	b Simmons	7
DR Gurr	not out	6
HR Moseley	b Lee	1
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 54.4 overs)	138
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-29, 3-37, 4-80, 5-80, 6-93, 7-112, 8-116, 9-133, 10-138 (54.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	5	1	10	0	-	-
Lee	21.4	5	45	4	-	-
Ratcliffe	8	2	41	1	-	-
Simmons	15	8	21	5	-	-
Hughes	5	0	12	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Kennedy	c Burgess b Gurr	13
J Simmons	retired hurt	1
RM Ratcliffe	b Moseley	0
+J Lyon	lbw b Moseley	60
H Pilling	c Kitchen b Gurr	32
J Abrahams	b Dredge	1
*D Lloyd	b Gurr	146
DP Hughes	c Taylor b Dredge	8
PG Lee	b Dredge	5
B Wood	not out	17
P Lever	c Burgess b Gurr	12
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 7 nb, 5 w)	19
Total	(all out, 106.4 overs)	314
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-28, 3-89, 4-90, 5-129, 6-161, 7-169, 8-301, 9-314 (106.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moseley	28	10	71	2	-	-
Gurr	32.4	7	69	4	-	-
Burgess	9	1	33	0	-	-
Botham	2	0	6	0	-	-
Dredge	12	4	30	3	-	-
Breakwell	9	1	25	0	-	-
Close	9	1	53	0	-	-
Marks	5	1	8	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+DJS Taylor	c Kennedy b Lee	7
PA Slocombe	c Lyon b Ratcliffe	20
MJ Kitchen	c Lloyd b Lever	56
*DB Close	not out	47
GI Burgess	b Ratcliffe	0
IT Botham	c Pilling b Ratcliffe	6
VJ Marks	c sub b Ratcliffe	1
D Breakwell	c and b Ratcliffe	20
CH Dredge	b Ratcliffe	2
DR Gurr	c Lyon b Lee	5
HR Moseley	b Ratcliffe	3
Extras	(12 b, 12 lb, 5 nb)	29
Total	(all out, 79.1 overs)	196
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-61, 3-114, 4-115, 5-131, 6-138, 7-165, 8-171, 9-176, 10-196 (79.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	20	8	37	1	-	-
Lee	27	9	54	2	-	-
Ratcliffe	28.1	8	67	7	-	-
Hughes	2	0	3	0	-	-
Wood	2	1	6	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
--> PG Lee (1) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 2
--> A Kennedy (2) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 12
--> J Lyon (2) passed his previous highest score of 44 in County Championship matches
--> J Lyon (2) passed his previous highest score of 48 in first-class matches
--> D Lloyd (2) passed 12000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 93
--> IT Botham reached 150 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> DR Gurr achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Lancashire first innings (previous best was 3-63)
--> PG Lee reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> PG Lee reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> CH Dredge achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Lancashire second innings (previous best was 2-37)
--> CH Dredge achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Lancashire second innings (previous best was 2-37)
--> RM Ratcliffe achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 6-40)
--> RM Ratcliffe achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 6-40)
--> B Wood retired hurt in the Lancashire first innings and later returned
--> J Simmons retired hurt in the Lancashire second innings having scored 1 (team had lost 0 wickets)

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