f28199 cc13916	Somerset v Middlesex
	County Championship 1970
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 16th, 18th, 19th May 1970 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Middlesex won by 9 wickets
Points	Somerset 2 (Bowling 2); Middlesex 16 (Batting 3, Bowling 3)
Umpires	WL Budd, JF Crapp
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 29/0 (Russell 16*, Smith 12*; 14 overs)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 20/0 (Virgin 6*, Clarkson 10*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Parfitt b Jones	22
A Clarkson	b Latchman	26
MJ Kitchen	c Murray b Connolly	11
M Hill	run out	13
GI Burgess	c Radley b Latchman	16
TW Cartwright	c Featherstone b Connolly	20
+DJS Taylor	lbw b Titmus	6
PJ Robinson	b Connolly	13
R Palmer	c Parfitt b Price	5
*BA Langford	not out	16
AA Jones	c Russell b Titmus	1
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 101.3 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-52, 3-72, 4-92, 5-92, 6-117, 7-123, 8-134, 9-151, 10-158 (101.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Price	14	6	29	1	-	-
Connolly	25	14	33	3	-	-
Titmus	33.3	18	36	2	-	-
Jones	14	6	20	1	-	-
Latchman	15	5	31	2	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Russell	c Robinson b Jones	19
MJ Smith	lbw b Cartwright	50
*PH Parfitt	c Cartwright b Burgess	54
CT Radley	c Cartwright b Burgess	49
NG Featherstone	c sub b Burgess	36
+JT Murray	b Palmer	69
FJ Titmus	c Taylor b Palmer	0
KV Jones	c Clarkson b Palmer	18
AH Latchman	b Burgess	20
AN Connolly	b Burgess	20
JSE Price	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 3 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 104.2 overs)	347
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-102, 3-178, 4-179, 5-284, 6-284, 7-284, 8-316, 9-340, 10-347 (104.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	26	2	111	3	-	-
Jones	20	7	56	1	-	-
Cartwright	28	8	59	1	-	-
Burgess	21.2	5	74	5	-	-
Langford	3	0	20	0	-	-
Robinson	6	3	15	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	b Connolly	26
A Clarkson	c Parfitt b Price	13
PJ Robinson	c Featherstone b Titmus	53
M Hill	b Titmus	16
GI Burgess	c Radley b Price	44
MJ Kitchen	b Titmus	0
TW Cartwright	not out	52
+DJS Taylor	b Jones	4
R Palmer	c Murray b Jones	12
*BA Langford	c Latchman b Titmus	4
AA Jones	lbw b Jones	0
Extras	(5 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 114.5 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-86, 3-102, 4-151, 5-151, 6-169, 7-186, 8-207, 9-230, 10-230 (114.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Price	23	5	42	2	-	-
Connolly	11	3	20	1	-	-
Titmus	44	24	50	4	-	-
Jones	20.5	8	44	3	-	-
Latchman	8	1	56	0	-	-
Parfitt	8	6	12	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	b Cartwright	1
+JT Murray	not out	25
*PH Parfitt	not out	15
WE Russell	did not bat
CT Radley	did not bat
NG Featherstone	did not bat
FJ Titmus	did not bat
KV Jones	did not bat
AH Latchman	did not bat
AN Connolly	did not bat
JSE Price	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(1 wicket, 6.2 overs)	42
Fall of wickets:
1-10

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	3.2	0	30	0	-	-
Cartwright	3	0	11	1	-	-

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Notes
--> M Hill (1) passed 10000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 10
--> A Clarkson (2) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 5
--> AA Jones reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings

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