a1878	Somerset v Leicestershire
	Benson and Hedges Cup 1977 (Group A)
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 30th April, 2nd May 1977 (55-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Leicestershire won by 4 wickets
Points	Somerset 0; Leicestershire 3
Umpires	DJ Halfyard, KE Palmer
Close of play day 1	No play
Man of the Match	R Illingworth

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Somerset innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
BC Rose	lbw b Clift	7
PW Denning	c Tolchard b Higgs	2
IVA Richards	c Gower b Clift	43
MJ Kitchen	lbw b Higgs	54
IT Botham	c Booth b Illingworth	20
GI Burgess	c and b Illingworth	2
*+DJS Taylor	c Steele b Illingworth	5
D Breakwell	c Clift b Illingworth	4
KF Jennings	c Steele b Higgs	0
CH Dredge	not out	0
HR Moseley	b Higgs	0
Extras	(6 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 48.5 overs)	145
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-52, 3-61, 4-108, 5-110, 6-122, 7-142, 8-144, 9-145, 10-145 (48.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Higgs	7.5	2	13	4	-	-	11.75	1.66
Ward	8	0	35	0	-	-	-	4.38
Booth	6	0	27	0	-	-	-	4.50
Clift	6	2	9	2	-	-	18.00	1.50
Steele	11	2	40	0	-	-	-	3.64
Illingworth	10	4	13	4	-	-	15.00	1.30

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Leicestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
B Dudleston	c Moseley b Botham	12
JC Balderstone	c Taylor b Moseley	0
DI Gower	lbw b Moseley	0
BF Davison	b Richards	88
+RW Tolchard	c Taylor b Botham	20
JF Steele	not out	20
PB Clift	c Kitchen b Moseley	0
*R Illingworth	not out	4
P Booth	did not bat
A Ward	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(6 wickets, 44.2 overs)	149
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-1, 3-49, 4-89, 5-128, 6-141

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Moseley	11	3	17	3	-	-	22.00	1.55
Dredge	4	0	19	0	-	-	-	4.75
Botham	11	2	36	2	-	-	33.00	3.27
Breakwell	11	0	40	0	-	-	-	3.64
Richards	7	1	28	1	-	-	42.00	4.00
Denning	0.2	0	4	0	-	-	-	12.00

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
--> A Ward made his debut for Leicestershire in List A matches

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