f31729 cc15310	Somerset v Gloucestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 27th, 29th, 30th August 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 5 wickets
Points	Somerset 20 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Gloucestershire 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Umpires	R Julian, WE Phillipson
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 109/3 (Denning 25*, Kitchen 5*; 24 overs)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 217/6 (Shepherd 18*, Graveney 1*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Sadiq Mohammad	st Taylor b Burgess	88
+AW Stovold	b Dredge	6
Zaheer Abbas	c Taylor b Dredge	7
AJ Hignell	b Burgess	15
*MJ Procter	c Burgess b Dredge	25
DR Shepherd	c Taylor b Burgess	4
P Bainbridge	lbw b Robinson	39
DA Graveney	c Kitchen b Marks	11
JH Shackleton	not out	18
BM Brain	b Robinson	0
JH Childs	c Jennings b Marks	6
Extras	(12 lb, 5 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 98.2 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-29, 3-88, 4-144, 5-149, 6-163, 7-167, 8-214, 9-214, 10-236 (98.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Burgess	31	10	67	3	-	-
Dredge	24	5	63	3	-	-
Jennings	16	7	31	0	-	-
Breakwell	13	7	28	0	-	-
Marks	11.2	7	23	2	-	-
Robinson	3	0	7	2	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PW Denning	b Graveney	122
GI Burgess	c Stovold b Procter	4
IVA Richards	c Stovold b Childs	70
CH Dredge	c Shackleton b Childs	1
MJ Kitchen	b Brain	32
*DB Close	b Shackleton	23
VJ Marks	b Procter	19
+DJS Taylor	c Shackleton b Procter	40
D Breakwell	c Zaheer Abbas b Procter	16
KF Jennings	c Hignell b Graveney	0
PJ Robinson	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb, 10 nb)	22
Total	(all out, 77.1 overs)	349
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-101, 3-103, 4-146, 5-149, 6-240, 7-315, 8-336, 9-349, 10-349 (77.1 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	21.1	0	100	4	-	-
Brain	21	4	83	1	-	-
Shackleton	10	1	51	1	-	-
Childs	12	4	38	2	-	-
Graveney	13	2	55	2	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Sadiq Mohammad	c Denning b Richards	88
+AW Stovold	st Taylor b Jennings	40
Zaheer Abbas	lbw b Burgess	0
AJ Hignell	c Close b Breakwell	18
*MJ Procter	c Robinson b Burgess	46
P Bainbridge	lbw b Burgess	0
DR Shepherd	not out	142
DA Graveney	c Jennings b Robinson	28
JH Shackleton	not out	10
BM Brain	did not bat
JH Childs	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb, 5 nb)	12
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 121.2 overs)	384
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-52, 3-108, 4-179, 5-183, 6-215, 7-366

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Burgess	29	7	87	3	-	-
Dredge	16	1	71	0	-	-
Jennings	16	2	64	1	-	-
Breakwell	18	8	39	1	-	-
Marks	26	8	68	0	-	-
Robinson	10	3	25	1	-	-
Richards	6	1	10	1	-	-
Close	0.2	0	8	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PW Denning	b Childs	107
GI Burgess	c Stovold b Brain	9
MJ Kitchen	c Stovold b Graveney	36
*DB Close	c Zaheer Abbas b Brain	87
IVA Richards	b Childs	3
VJ Marks	not out	11
+DJS Taylor	not out	3
CH Dredge	did not bat
D Breakwell	did not bat
KF Jennings	did not bat
PJ Robinson	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb, 6 nb)	16
Total	(5 wickets, 59.1 overs)	272
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-106, 3-250, 4-253, 5-255

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	17.1	3	83	0	-	-
Brain	15	0	79	2	-	-
Childs	12	1	45	2	-	-
Graveney	15	5	49	1	-	-

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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
--> PJ Robinson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> PJ Robinson made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> PW Denning (1) passed his previous highest score of 109 in First-Class matches
--> PW Denning (1) passed his previous highest score of 109 in County Championship matches
--> PW Denning (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 109
--> JH Shackleton (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> PW Denning (2) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 72
--> GI Burgess reached 400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> DA Graveney reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings

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