f31087 cc15007	Somerset v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1976
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 29th, 31st May, 1st June 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 8 runs
Points	Somerset 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Gloucestershire 13 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	AE Fagg, H Horton
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 43/4 (Stovold 18*, Shepherd 4*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 325/6 (Shepherd 29*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Rose	c Brassington b Graveney	104
PA Slocombe	lbw b Brown	36
PW Denning	b Brown	41
*DB Close	b Brown	0
MJ Kitchen	c Davey b Graveney	69
+DJS Taylor	not out	41
GI Burgess	retired hurt	10
IT Botham	b Graveney	13
D Breakwell	b Davey	0
KF Jennings	not out	3
RJ Clapp	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 9 lb, 2 nb)	16
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	333
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-138, 3-138, 4-237, 5-290, 6-326, 7-327

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davey	20	2	82	1	-	-
Shackleton	10	1	34	0	-	-
Procter	16	5	32	0	-	-
Brown	28	8	64	3	-	-
Graveney	24	4	94	3	-	-
Sadiq Mohammad	2	0	11	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Sadiq Mohammad	c Breakwell b Botham	2
NHC Cooper	b Botham	1
Zaheer Abbas	b Clapp	5
MJ Procter	c Taylor b Botham	7
AW Stovold	c Close b Botham	18
DR Shepherd	b Clapp	27
*AS Brown	lbw b Botham	0
DA Graveney	lbw b Jennings	2
JH Shackleton	c Close b Clapp	0
+AJ Brassington	not out	4
J Davey	b Botham	1
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 5 w)	12
Total	(all out, 39.1 overs)	79
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-9, 3-9, 4-29, 5-52, 6-52, 7-61, 8-68, 9-74, 10-79 (39.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clapp	13	6	18	3	-	-
Botham	16.1	6	25	6	-	-
Jennings	8	1	24	1	-	-
Close	1	1	0	0	-	-
Kitchen	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Sadiq Mohammad	c and b Jennings	8
NHC Cooper	b Botham	38
Zaheer Abbas	b Close	141
MJ Procter	c Breakwell b Close	32
AW Stovold	b Botham	58
DR Shepherd	lbw b Jennings	30
*AS Brown	b Botham	4
DA Graveney	b Botham	0
+AJ Brassington	not out	15
JH Shackleton	st Taylor b Breakwell	30
J Davey	b Botham	0
Extras	(8 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 120.1 overs)	372
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-126, 3-209, 4-236, 5-319, 6-325, 7-325, 8-327, 9-371, 10-372 (120.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	37.1	6	125	5	-	-
Jennings	25	6	71	2	-	-
Close	27	9	90	2	-	-
Kitchen	3	0	21	0	-	-
Rose	4	0	9	0	-	-
Breakwell	24	12	40	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Rose	c Shepherd b Procter	48
PA Slocombe	lbw b Brown	17
PW Denning	c Sadiq Mohammad b Brown	4
*DB Close	c Shackleton b Brown	10
MJ Kitchen	c Shackleton b Procter	10
+DJS Taylor	c Sadiq Mohammad b Procter	0
IT Botham	b Procter	3
D Breakwell	c Shepherd b Graveney	0
KF Jennings	c Stovold b Procter	6
GI Burgess	not out	1
RJ Clapp	c Sadiq Mohammad b Procter	1
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 42.3 overs)	110
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-47, 3-73, 4-97, 5-97, 6-100, 7-101, 8-108, 9-108, 10-110 (42.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davey	5	0	20	0	-	-
Procter	14.3	4	35	6	-	-
Brown	9	2	27	3	-	-
Graveney	14	9	18	1	-	-

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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
--> BC Rose (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 57
--> DR Shepherd (1) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 16
--> Zaheer Abbas (2) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 131
--> JH Shackleton (2) passed his previous highest score of 28 in First-Class matches
--> JH Shackleton (2) passed his previous highest score of 28 in County Championship matches
--> IT Botham achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Gloucestershire first innings (previous best was 5-59)
--> IT Botham achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Gloucestershire first innings (previous best was 5-59)
--> AS Brown reached 1200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> GI Burgess retired hurt in the Somerset first innings having scored 10 (team score 307/5)

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