f32058 cc15351	Somerset v Gloucestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 27th, 29th, 30th May 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 10 wickets
Points	Somerset 20 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Gloucestershire 3 (Batting 1, Bowling 2)
Umpires	WE Alley, R Julian
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 25/1 (Tait 2*, Zaheer Abbas 20*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 191/6 (Zaheer Abbas 135*, Stovold 1*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA Slocombe	c Brassington b Procter	108
PW Denning	c and b Partridge	34
IVA Richards	c Graveney b Davey	67
PM Roebuck	not out	80
MJ Kitchen	b Procter	0
IT Botham	b Partridge	86
*BC Rose	not out	5
+DJS Taylor	did not bat
CH Dredge	did not bat
KF Jennings	did not bat
HR Moseley	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 3 nb)	7
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	387
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-155, 3-244, 4-244, 5-373

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	21	3	78	2	-	-
Brain	15	2	81	0	-	-
Davey	24	6	59	1	-	-
Partridge	20	5	77	2	-	-
Graveney	20	6	85	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Stovold	run out	3
A Tait	run out	38
Zaheer Abbas	c Dredge b Botham	20
NHC Cooper	c Richards b Botham	12
*MJ Procter	c Botham b Dredge	0
DR Shepherd	c Taylor b Botham	0
MD Partridge	c Moseley b Botham	26
DA Graveney	not out	27
+AJ Brassington	b Dredge	1
BM Brain	c Slocombe b Botham	9
J Davey	b Moseley	6
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 61.2 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-26, 3-49, 4-52, 5-55, 6-89, 7-106, 8-109, 9-134, 10-150 (61.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	22	3	53	5	-	-
Dredge	23	5	57	2	-	-
Moseley	6.2	3	7	1	-	-
Jennings	6	2	17	0	-	-
Roebuck	4	1	8	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AW Stovold	c Slocombe b Moseley	28
A Tait	b Botham	9
Zaheer Abbas	c Taylor b Botham	140
NHC Cooper	b Jennings	8
*MJ Procter	c Rose b Moseley	35
DR Shepherd	c Taylor b Moseley	1
MD Partridge	run out	0
DA Graveney	c Roebuck b Moseley	0
+AJ Brassington	c Jennings b Moseley	3
BM Brain	b Moseley	1
J Davey	not out	20
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 71.4 overs)	248
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-107, 3-157, 4-164, 5-177, 6-184, 7-204, 8-213, 9-215, 10-248 (71.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	26	4	101	2	-	-
Dredge	8.4	0	32	0	-	-
Moseley	18	8	35	6	-	-
Jennings	5	1	28	1	-	-
Roebuck	14	3	49	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA Slocombe	not out	6
PW Denning	not out	8
IVA Richards	did not bat
PM Roebuck	did not bat
MJ Kitchen	did not bat
IT Botham	did not bat
*BC Rose	did not bat
+DJS Taylor	did not bat
CH Dredge	did not bat
KF Jennings	did not bat
HR Moseley	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 3.3 overs)	14

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	2	1	3	0	-	-
Brain	1.3	0	11	0	-	-

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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
--> PA Slocombe (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 48
--> BM Brain (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> Zaheer Abbas (2) passed 18500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> IT Botham reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> AW Stovold retired hurt in the Gloucestershire second innings having scored 0 (team score 0/0) - he returned when the score was 184/6

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