f32112 cc15396	Somerset v Yorkshire
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 24th, 26th, 27th June 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Yorkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Yorkshire 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	B Satyaji Rao, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 6/0 (Rose 3*, Slocombe 0*)
Close of play day 2	Yorkshire (2) 74/1 (Boycott 30*, Athey 27*)

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Boycott	b Jennings	48
RG Lumb	lbw b Botham	51
CWJ Athey	c Taylor b Moseley	131
JH Hampshire	b Jennings	17
K Sharp	lbw b Jennings	13
+DL Bairstow	lbw b Botham	56
CM Old	not out	6
P Carrick	c Breakwell b Moseley	11
GA Cope	not out	3
HP Cooper	did not bat
S Oldham	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	345
Fall of wickets:
1-90, 2-126, 3-156, 4-182, 5-313, 6-327, 7-339

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	23	2	92	2	-	-
Moseley	15	2	65	2	-	-
Jennings	20	4	62	3	-	-
Burgess	18	8	43	0	-	-
Breakwell	23	5	71	0	-	-
Roebuck	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BC Rose	c Hampshire b Cooper	30
PA Slocombe	lbw b Old	33
IVA Richards	b Carrick	61
MJ Kitchen	c Hampshire b Old	6
PM Roebuck	b Oldham	10
IT Botham	c Bairstow b Old	27
GI Burgess	lbw b Oldham	13
D Breakwell	c and b Cooper	48
+DJS Taylor	lbw b Old	15
KF Jennings	not out	0
HR Moseley	absent hurt
Extras	(6 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 86.5 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-115, 3-129, 4-137, 5-166, 6-182, 7-219, 8-253, 9-253 (86.5 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Old	31.5	13	45	4	-	-
Oldham	20	4	66	2	-	-
Cooper	16	2	55	2	-	-
Carrick	19	5	77	1	-	-

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Yorkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Boycott	run out	38
RG Lumb	lbw b Botham	16
CWJ Athey	c sub b Botham	54
JH Hampshire	not out	65
+DL Bairstow	not out	39
K Sharp	did not bat
CM Old	did not bat
P Carrick	did not bat
GA Cope	did not bat
HP Cooper	did not bat
S Oldham	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 69 overs)	217
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-86, 3-135

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	22	4	52	2	-	-
Jennings	24	7	72	0	-	-
Burgess	14	2	51	0	-	-
Breakwell	9	1	37	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BC Rose	b Old	21
PA Slocombe	c Hampshire b Oldham	4
IVA Richards	c Hampshire b Cooper	41
MJ Kitchen	c Bairstow b Old	11
PM Roebuck	lbw b Oldham	30
IT Botham	c sub b Cooper	5
GI Burgess	c Bairstow b Old	3
D Breakwell	lbw b Old	20
+DJS Taylor	not out	5
KF Jennings	not out	10
HR Moseley	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	7
Total	(8 wickets, 63.5 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-35, 3-67, 4-81, 5-102, 6-110, 7-138, 8-146

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Old	26	10	50	4	-	-
Oldham	22.5	5	72	2	-	-
Cooper	12	1	24	2	-	-
Carrick	3	0	4	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
--> CWJ Athey (1) equalled his previous highest score of 131 in First-Class matches
--> CWJ Athey (1) equalled his previous highest score of 131 in County Championship matches
--> CWJ Athey (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 86
--> DL Bairstow (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 9
--> DL Bairstow (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 51
--> IVA Richards (2) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 1

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