f27437 cc13660	Somerset v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1968
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 21st, 22nd, 23rd August 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Leicestershire won by an innings and 53 runs
Points	Somerset 1 (Bowling 1); Leicestershire 20 (Batting 5, Bowling 5)
Umpires	H Mellows, H Yarnold
Scorers	WH Ashdown (Leicestershire), T Tout (Somerset)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 131/1 (Hallam 54*, Booth 23*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 118/1 (Clarkson 70*, Kerslake 2*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	lbw b Cotton	5
A Clarkson	b Spencer	2
PJ Robinson	b Spencer	1
MJ Kitchen	b Cotton	35
WE Alley	c Marner b Pember	21
KE Palmer	b Pember	11
*RC Kerslake	c Tolchard b Pember	17
GI Burgess	c Tolchard b Pember	7
BA Langford	c Hallam b Birkenshaw	19
+CEP Carter	c Tolchard b Pember	1
FE Rumsey	not out	0
Extras	(7 lb, 5 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 49.2 overs)	131
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-8, 3-8, 4-47, 5-76, 6-92, 7-99, 8-129, 9-131, 10-131 (49.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cotton	15	1	38	2	-	-
Spencer	10	1	20	2	-	-
Pember	16.2	2	45	5	-	-
Birkenshaw	7	3	12	1	-	-
Knight	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MR Hallam	c Carter b Langford	81
MEJC Norman	run out	41
BJ Booth	c Kerslake b Robinson	62
CC Inman	b Burgess	61
PT Marner	c Langford b Burgess	48
BR Knight	c Carter b Rumsey	11
J Birkenshaw	c Clarkson b Robinson	18
+RW Tolchard	not out	46
JDD Pember	b Robinson	0
J Cotton	c Rumsey b Burgess	8
CT Spencer	not out	29
Extras	(6 b, 7 lb, 6 nb)	19
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 124 overs)	424
Fall of wickets:
1-87, 2-190, 3-208, 4-298, 5-320, 6-322, 7-357, 8-362, 9-373

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	25	2	78	1	-	-
Burgess	23	3	56	3	-	-
Palmer	14	3	59	0	-	-
Robinson	28	6	115	3	-	-
Langford	29	11	72	1	-	-
Alley	5	0	25	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Marner b Birkenshaw	43
A Clarkson	b Birkenshaw	70
*RC Kerslake	c Booth b Birkenshaw	23
PJ Robinson	c Marner b Cotton	10
MJ Kitchen	c Inman b Birkenshaw	18
WE Alley	c Spencer b Knight	43
KE Palmer	lbw b Pember	13
GI Burgess	c Knight b Pember	1
BA Langford	c Marner b Cotton	8
+CEP Carter	c Cotton b Booth	0
FE Rumsey	not out	5
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 69.3 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-106, 2-119, 3-143, 4-161, 5-170, 6-226, 7-226, 8-235, 9-235, 10-240 (69.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cotton	16	3	57	2	-	-
Spencer	9	0	45	0	-	-
Pember	10	1	45	2	-	-
Birkenshaw	27	10	60	4	-	-
Knight	6	3	22	1	-	-
Booth	1.3	1	5	1	-	-

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Notes
--> CEP Carter made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CEP Carter made his debut in County Championship matches
--> MJ Kitchen (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> KE Palmer (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> MR Hallam (1) passed 21000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 78
--> MR Hallam (1) passed 23500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 39
--> J Birkenshaw (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> RT Virgin (2) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 3
--> WE Alley (2) passed 19500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> BA Langford (2) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> JDD Pember achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 2-39)
--> JDD Pember achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Somerset first innings
--> JDD Pember achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 2-39)
--> JDD Pember achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings
--> GI Burgess reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> GI Burgess reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> J Birkenshaw reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings

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