f27246	Somerset v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1968
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 29th, 30th, 31st May 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	CS Elliott, AE Fagg
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 434/3 (Walters 61*, Inverarity 33*)
Close of play day 2	Australians (2) 23/0 (Redpath 16*, Joslin 6*)

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IR Redpath	c Brooks b Alley	39
IM Chappell	c Robinson b Langford	147
RM Cowper	c Langford b R Palmer	148
KD Walters	not out	61
RJ Inverarity	not out	33
LR Joslin	did not bat
*+BN Jarman	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
JW Gleeson	did not bat
DA Renneberg	did not bat
EW Freeman	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 120 overs)	434
Fall of wickets:
1-70, 2-303, 3-356

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
R Palmer	21	4	89	1	-	-
KE Palmer	16	1	62	0	-	-
Alley	20	10	30	1	-	-
Burgess	15	1	47	0	-	-
Langford	25	4	85	1	-	-
Robinson	13	4	57	0	-	-
Chappell	10	0	58	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	lbw b Cowper	56
MJ Kitchen	c Freeman b Gleeson	32
A Clarkson	c and b Gleeson	63
GS Chappell	c Inverarity b Renneberg	44
WE Alley	b Cowper	3
GI Burgess	hit wkt b Gleeson	20
KE Palmer	c Redpath b Gleeson	0
PJ Robinson	c Inverarity b Gleeson	13
R Palmer	lbw b Gleeson	5
*BA Langford	c Jarman b Renneberg	37
+RA Brooks	not out	14
Extras	(9 b, 6 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 116.3 overs)	304
Fall of wickets:
1-91, 2-93, 3-172, 4-189, 5-214, 6-214, 7-240, 8-248, 9-257, 10-304 (116.3 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	16	2	40	0	-	-
Renneberg	15.3	3	37	2	-	-
Freeman	12	2	50	0	-	-
Gleeson	40	13	97	6	-	-
Cowper	28	12	46	2	-	-
Chappell	5	2	17	0	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IR Redpath	b Langford	112
LR Joslin	st Brooks b Langford	61
KD Walters	c Brooks b Robinson	4
RJ Inverarity	not out	0
IM Chappell	did not bat
RM Cowper	did not bat
*+BN Jarman	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
JW Gleeson	did not bat
DA Renneberg	did not bat
EW Freeman	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 2 w)	5
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 35 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-167, 2-182, 3-182 (35 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
R Palmer	7	1	43	0	-	-
KE Palmer	1	0	14	0	-	-
Alley	6	0	34	0	-	-
Burgess	6	0	28	0	-	-
Langford	10	2	36	2	-	-
Robinson	5	2	22	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c and b McKenzie	0
MJ Kitchen	b McKenzie	34
A Clarkson	lbw b McKenzie	7
GS Chappell	b McKenzie	11
WE Alley	run out	26
GI Burgess	b Gleeson	21
PJ Robinson	not out	48
R Palmer	st Jarman b Gleeson	28
*BA Langford	lbw b Renneberg	2
+RA Brooks	not out	1
KE Palmer	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb)	9
Total	(8 wickets, 79 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-18, 3-34, 4-63, 5-96, 6-108, 7-168, 8-186

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	20	4	47	4	-	-
Renneberg	14	2	44	1	-	-
Freeman	5	0	17	0	-	-
Gleeson	13	7	29	2	-	-
Cowper	12	4	16	0	-	-
Chappell	10	3	15	0	-	-
Walters	5	2	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RM Cowper (1) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 64
--> JW Gleeson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 5-44)

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