f27272 cc13520	Somerset v Nottinghamshire
	County Championship 1968
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 8th, 9th, 10th June 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Nottinghamshire won by 3 wickets
Points	Somerset 5 (Bowling 5); Nottinghamshire 15 (Bowling 5)
Umpires	JG Langridge, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Nottinghamshire (1) 155/6 (Frost 14*, Bielby 10*)
Close of play day 2	Nottinghamshire (2) 2/0 (Bolus 2*, White 0*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	lbw b Forbes	8
MJ Kitchen	lbw b Sobers	15
A Clarkson	lbw b Forbes	8
GS Chappell	lbw b Sobers	5
WE Alley	c Murray b Halfyard	12
GI Burgess	c and b Taylor	12
*RC Kerslake	c Forbes b Halfyard	19
R Palmer	lbw b Sobers	29
BA Langford	b Sobers	10
+RA Brooks	lbw b Sobers	0
FE Rumsey	not out	8
Extras	(1 lb, 1 w)	2
Total	(all out, 64.5 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-31, 3-35, 4-36, 5-54, 6-60, 7-97, 8-111, 9-111, 10-128 (64.5 ov)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sobers	15.5	5	31	5	-	-
Forbes	13	7	19	2	-	-
Taylor	15	4	32	1	-	-
Halfyard	19	6	44	2	-	-
White	2	2	0	0	-	-

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Nottinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Bolus	b Rumsey	13
RA White	c Virgin b Alley	57
HI Moore	c Virgin b Rumsey	12
MJ Smedley	c Kerslake b Rumsey	4
*GS Sobers	b Burgess	2
+DL Murray	lbw b Burgess	32
G Frost	lbw b Palmer	22
SR Bielby	lbw b Palmer	14
MNS Taylor	c Kitchen b Palmer	0
C Forbes	b Rumsey	4
DJ Halfyard	not out	0
Extras	(8 lb, 6 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 61.2 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-57, 3-61, 4-72, 5-129, 6-129, 7-165, 8-167, 9-174, 10-174 (61.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	25	7	63	4	-	-
Palmer	15.2	5	32	3	-	-
Burgess	19	6	57	2	-	-
Alley	2	0	8	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Moore b Taylor	32
MJ Kitchen	c Moore b Forbes	10
A Clarkson	lbw b Sobers	2
GS Chappell	c Halfyard b Sobers	51
WE Alley	b Taylor	4
GI Burgess	c Murray b Taylor	0
*RC Kerslake	c Frost b Taylor	2
R Palmer	c Bielby b Taylor	19
BA Langford	c Murray b Taylor	18
FE Rumsey	b Forbes	0
+RA Brooks	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 4 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 56.4 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-32, 3-68, 4-88, 5-88, 6-90, 7-117, 8-146, 9-147, 10-148 (56.4 ov)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sobers	10	2	34	2	-	-
Forbes	16	6	32	2	-	-
Taylor	18.4	5	53	6	-	-
Halfyard	12	6	19	0	-	-

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Nottinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Bolus	c Virgin b Palmer	6
RA White	c Virgin b Burgess	19
HI Moore	c Virgin b Chappell	13
MJ Smedley	c Langford b Chappell	42
*GS Sobers	c Kitchen b Chappell	5
+DL Murray	c Kerslake b Chappell	0
G Frost	lbw b Alley	6
SR Bielby	not out	4
MNS Taylor	not out	2
C Forbes	did not bat
DJ Halfyard	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(7 wickets, 48.2 overs)	103
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-29, 3-64, 4-74, 5-76, 6-87, 7-101

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	5	3	7	0	-	-
Palmer	10	1	27	1	-	-
Burgess	10	6	24	1	-	-
Alley	14	5	19	1	-	-
Chappell	9.2	3	20	4	-	-

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Notes
--> RT Virgin (2) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 27
--> GS Chappell (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> MJ Smedley (2) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> GS Chappell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Nottinghamshire second innings (previous best was 4-37)
--> GS Chappell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Nottinghamshire second innings (previous best was 4-37)

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