f30110 cc14660	Gloucestershire v Somerset
	County Championship 1974
Venue	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 25th, 27th, 28th May 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 8 wickets
Points	Gloucestershire 17 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Somerset 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	PB Wight, H Yarnold
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 104/4 (Zaheer Abbas 13*, Shepherd 12*; 42 overs)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 136/6 (Breakwell 1*, Botham 0*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SG Wilkinson	b Procter	13
*DB Close	c Procter b Knight	0
PW Denning	b Brown	13
IVA Richards	c Sadiq Mohammad b Brown	102
JM Parks	lbw b Procter	0
GI Burgess	c Swetman b Knight	13
+DJS Taylor	c Milton b Knight	0
IT Botham	c Brown b Mortimore	2
D Breakwell	run out	59
HR Moseley	not out	36
AA Jones	b Procter	7
Extras	(8 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 76.1 overs)	254
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-28, 3-28, 4-37, 5-89, 6-89, 7-98, 8-160, 9-224, 10-254 (76.1 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	20.1	5	60	3	-	-
Knight	15	4	34	3	-	-
Brown	17	4	60	2	-	-
Mortimore	17	5	47	1	-	-
Sadiq Mohammad	7	1	44	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CA Milton	c and b Moseley	3
Sadiq Mohammad	lbw b Moseley	37
RDV Knight	c Close b Burgess	32
MJ Procter	c Denning b Burgess	6
Zaheer Abbas	b Jones	28
DR Shepherd	lbw b Richards	101
MST Dunstan	lbw b Botham	19
*AS Brown	b Jones	4
DA Graveney	c Close b Breakwell	18
+R Swetman	c Breakwell b Moseley	9
JB Mortimore	not out	6
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 104.4 overs)	276
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-63, 3-79, 4-80, 5-148, 6-205, 7-214, 8-252, 9-262, 10-276 (104.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	31	8	54	2	-	-
Moseley	31.4	9	82	3	-	-
Burgess	15	2	44	2	-	-
Botham	14	1	51	1	-	-
Breakwell	8	3	19	1	-	-
Richards	5	0	13	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SG Wilkinson	c Milton b Mortimore	15
*DB Close	c Brown b Procter	12
PW Denning	c Zaheer Abbas b Knight	29
IVA Richards	b Mortimore	20
JM Parks	c Knight b Mortimore	13
GI Burgess	c Milton b Mortimore	30
D Breakwell	b Procter	0
+DJS Taylor	retired hurt	0
IT Botham	c Swetman b Procter	1
HR Moseley	not out	1
AA Jones	c Milton b Procter	3
Extras	(7 b, 13 lb)	20
Total	(all out, 54.1 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-55, 3-87, 4-89, 5-130, 6-135, 7-137, 8-140, 9-144 (54.1 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	11.1	3	18	4	-	-
Knight	12	3	25	1	-	-
Brown	9	2	32	0	-	-
Mortimore	21	7	44	4	-	-
Sadiq Mohammad	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CA Milton	b Richards	8
Sadiq Mohammad	b Richards	54
RDV Knight	not out	31
MJ Procter	not out	21
Zaheer Abbas	did not bat
DR Shepherd	did not bat
*AS Brown	did not bat
MST Dunstan	did not bat
DA Graveney	did not bat
+R Swetman	did not bat
JB Mortimore	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb)	9
Total	(2 wickets, 46 overs)	123
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-85

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	5	2	10	0	-	-
Moseley	4	0	11	0	-	-
Breakwell	18	4	40	0	-	-
Richards	19	7	53	2	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> SG Wilkinson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> SG Wilkinson made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> IVA Richards (1) passed his previous highest score of 74 in County Championship matches
--> IVA Richards (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> IVA Richards (1) passed his previous highest score of 82 in First-Class matches
--> IVA Richards (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> Zaheer Abbas (1) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> DB Close (2) passed 22000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 12
--> Sadiq Mohammad (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 38
--> Sadiq Mohammad (2) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> RDV Knight (2) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> DJS Taylor retired hurt in the Somerset second innings having scored 0 (team score 135/6)

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