f31637 cc15228	Somerset v Hampshire
	Schweppes County Championship 1977
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 2nd, 4th, 5th July 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 152 runs
Points	Somerset 18 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Hampshire 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	JG Langridge, KE Palmer
Scorers	E Brice (Somerset), VH Isaacs (Hampshire)
Close of play day 1	Hampshire (1) 79/3 (Jesty 14*, Rice 0*; 23 overs)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 159/3 (Breakwell 0*, Kitchen 0*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Rose	c Stephenson b Elms	0
VJ Marks	c Greenidge b Jesty	0
IVA Richards	c Rice b Taylor	60
MJ Kitchen	c Cowley b Rice	19
IT Botham	b Southern	114
*DB Close	b Rice	9
+DJS Taylor	c Stephenson b Rice	13
D Breakwell	b Taylor	19
CH Dredge	c Stephenson b Elms	21
DR Gurr	not out	16
HR Moseley	b Elms	1
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 92 overs)	284
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-10, 3-80, 4-80, 5-104, 6-172, 7-211, 8-250, 9-274, 10-284 (92 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Elms	16	5	69	3	-	-
Jesty	12	4	53	1	-	-
Taylor	20	5	56	2	-	-
Rice	25	10	50	3	-	-
Southern	14	6	30	1	-	-
Cowley	5	1	14	0	-	-

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Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CG Greenidge	lbw b Breakwell	45
DJ Rock	b Botham	0
DR Turner	b Botham	10
TE Jesty	c Close b Botham	21
JM Rice	c Taylor b Botham	2
NGC Cowley	not out	109
AJ Murtagh	b Gurr	0
MNS Taylor	c Kitchen b Gurr	35
RB Elms	b Gurr	0
*+GR Stephenson	c Botham b Breakwell	76
JW Southern	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 17 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	20
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 106.2 overs)	318
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-17, 3-78, 4-89, 5-90, 6-91, 7-183, 8-183, 9-318 (106.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	21	2	69	4	-	-
Moseley	19	6	44	0	-	-
Gurr	19	4	71	3	-	-
Dredge	11	4	15	0	-	-
Breakwell	19.2	8	51	2	-	-
Marks	17	9	48	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Rose	b Taylor	46
VJ Marks	c Greenidge b Cowley	38
IVA Richards	c Stephenson b Southern	73
D Breakwell	c Turner b Southern	6
MJ Kitchen	c Rice b Taylor	0
IT Botham	c Cowley b Southern	40
*DB Close	b Southern	4
+DJS Taylor	not out	37
CH Dredge	c Stephenson b Rice	49
DR Gurr	not out	7
HR Moseley	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 94.2 overs)	305
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-159, 3-159, 4-159, 5-198, 6-205, 7-210, 8-295

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Elms	5	0	26	0	-	-
Jesty	5	1	23	0	-	-
Taylor	8	2	41	2	-	-
Rice	25.2	3	89	1	-	-
Southern	30	11	74	4	-	-
Cowley	21	8	47	1	-	-

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Hampshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CG Greenidge	c Taylor b Gurr	8
DJ Rock	c Rose b Breakwell	21
DR Turner	c Taylor b Moseley	17
TE Jesty	c Taylor b Botham	9
JM Rice	b Botham	7
NGC Cowley	b Marks	21
AJ Murtagh	b Botham	0
MNS Taylor	b Gurr	3
RB Elms	lbw b Breakwell	5
*+GR Stephenson	c Moseley b Botham	21
JW Southern	not out	2
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	5
Total	(all out, 46.4 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-46, 3-59, 4-63, 5-70, 6-74, 7-79, 8-84, 9-113, 10-119 (46.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	16	5	43	4	-	-
Moseley	4	0	15	1	-	-
Gurr	7	0	23	2	-	-
Dredge	3	1	9	0	-	-
Breakwell	9	4	16	2	-	-
Marks	7.4	5	8	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
--> IT Botham (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 94
--> NGC Cowley (1) passed his previous highest score of 62 in First-Class matches
--> NGC Cowley (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> NGC Cowley (1) passed his previous highest score of 62 in County Championship matches
--> NGC Cowley (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> MNS Taylor (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 34
--> GR Stephenson (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32
--> IVA Richards (2) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 42
--> DJ Rock (2) equalled his previous highest score of 21 in County Championship matches
--> DJ Rock (2) equalled his previous highest score of 21 in First-Class matches
--> DR Turner (2) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> IT Botham reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Hampshire first innings

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