f25383 cc12654	Leicestershire v Somerset
	County Championship 1964
Venue	Coventry Road, Hinckley on 18th, 20th, 21st July 1964 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 148 runs
Points	Leicestershire 0; Somerset 10
Umpires	AE Fagg, F Jakeman
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), T Tout (Somerset)
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 246/8 (Palmer 60*, Eele 17*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 74/6 (Kitchen 17*, Palmer 1*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c van Geloven b Savage	66
RT Virgin	b Boshier	12
B Roe	b Boshier	0
*WE Alley	c Burch b Spencer	20
PB Wight	b Spencer	25
MJ Kitchen	c Burch b Cross	17
RC Kerslake	c van Geloven b Cross	3
KE Palmer	not out	60
BA Langford	c Burch b Spencer	15
+PJ Eele	not out	17
FE Rumsey	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 5 w)	11
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 116 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-29, 3-63, 4-109, 5-150, 6-150, 7-158, 8-183

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	27	6	57	3	-	-
Boshier	25	10	40	2	-	-
van Geloven	22	3	46	0	-	-
Cross	22	7	52	2	-	-
Savage	20	7	40	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	c Virgin b Alley	22
BJ Booth	b Rumsey	5
GF Cross	c Eele b Palmer	42
CC Inman	c and b Palmer	43
S Jayasinghe	b Langford	9
J Birkenshaw	b Palmer	0
J van Geloven	c Palmer b Langford	1
+GW Burch	lbw b Rumsey	6
CT Spencer	c Virgin b Rumsey	27
JS Savage	not out	11
BS Boshier	c Wight b Rumsey	0
Extras	(3 lb, 2 nb, 3 w)	8
Total	(all out, 71.1 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-60, 3-92, 4-103, 5-118, 6-128, 7-132, 8-143, 9-170, 10-174 (71.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	26	7	64	3	-	-
Rumsey	17.1	3	56	4	-	-
Alley	9	4	15	1	-	-
Langford	19	6	31	2	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	lbw b Boshier	13
RT Virgin	b Cross	19
B Roe	b Cross	8
*WE Alley	lbw b Cross	6
PB Wight	b Boshier	0
MJ Kitchen	c Birkenshaw b Savage	40
RC Kerslake	lbw b Cross	8
KE Palmer	not out	40
BA Langford	c Boshier b van Geloven	16
+PJ Eele	not out	4
FE Rumsey	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb)	11
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 67 overs)	165
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-40, 3-46, 4-47, 5-47, 6-73, 7-122, 8-159

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	16	4	36	0	-	-
Boshier	23	6	39	2	-	-
van Geloven	3	0	10	1	-	-
Cross	18	3	47	4	-	-
Savage	7	2	22	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	b Langford	3
BJ Booth	c Eele b Palmer	0
GF Cross	c Wight b Langford	16
CC Inman	c Eele b Langford	7
S Jayasinghe	b Kerslake	13
J Birkenshaw	b Langford	0
J van Geloven	c Alley b Langford	8
+GW Burch	lbw b Kerslake	6
CT Spencer	b Kerslake	19
JS Savage	not out	5
BS Boshier	c Palmer b Kerslake	3
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 35.5 overs)	89
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-23, 3-24, 4-37, 5-37, 6-45, 7-62, 8-64, 9-85, 10-89 (35.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	7	3	19	1	-	-
Rumsey	4	0	9	0	-	-
Langford	14	7	24	5	-	-
Kerslake	10.5	2	28	4	-	-

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Notes
--> CC Inman (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 43
--> CT Spencer (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> PJ Eele (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> WE Alley reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> GF Cross achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 4-76)
--> GF Cross achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 4-76)
--> RC Kerslake achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire second innings (previous best was 3-62)

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