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| Venue | Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare on 5th, 7th, 8th August 1978 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Warwickshire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Somerset won by 9 wickets |
| Points | Somerset 18 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Warwickshire 4 (Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | AEG Rhodes, AGT Whitehead, PB Wight |
| Close of play day 1 | Warwickshire (1) 90/9 (Willis 9*, Clifford 0*; 59 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Somerset (1) 213/8 (Taylor 4*, Dredge 0*; 86.2 overs) |
| Warwickshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DL Amiss | c Jennings b Botham | 12 | |||||
| KD Smith | b Botham | 4 | |||||
| *J Whitehouse | b Botham | 0 | |||||
| AI Kallicharran | lbw b Botham | 5 | |||||
| TA Lloyd | b Breakwell | 19 | |||||
| +GW Humpage | c Breakwell b Jennings | 11 | |||||
| PR Oliver | b Marks | 22 | |||||
| DJ Brown | c Richards b Botham | 2 | |||||
| SP Perryman | c Taylor b Breakwell | 1 | |||||
| RGD Willis | not out | 23 | |||||
| CC Clifford | b Botham | 20 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 3 lb, 1 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 68.5 overs) | 125 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-17, 2-17, 3-18, 4-29, 5-48, 6-69, 7-79, 8-80, 9-81, 10-125 (68.5 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Botham | 21.5 | 7 | 43 | 6 | - | - | |
| Dredge | 13 | 5 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jennings | 16 | 12 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| Marks | 9 | 3 | 16 | 1 | - | - | |
| Breakwell | 9 | 3 | 20 | 2 | - | - | |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *BC Rose | lbw b Brown | 26 | |||||
| PW Denning | c Kallicharran b Clifford | 56 | |||||
| IVA Richards | c Humpage b Brown | 6 | |||||
| PM Roebuck | st Humpage b Clifford | 29 | |||||
| PA Slocombe | c Lloyd b Clifford | 0 | |||||
| IT Botham | c Amiss b Clifford | 20 | |||||
| VJ Marks | c Lloyd b Clifford | 38 | |||||
| D Breakwell | c Kallicharran b Clifford | 27 | |||||
| +DJS Taylor | c Willis b Brown | 8 | |||||
| CH Dredge | c Lloyd b Brown | 5 | |||||
| KF Jennings | not out | 9 | |||||
| Extras | (6 lb, 1 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 90.4 overs) | 231 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-35, 2-49, 3-94, 4-98, 5-122, 6-169, 7-198, 8-213, 9-220, 10-231 (90.4 ov) | |||||||
| Warwickshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Willis | 13 | 6 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Brown | 15.4 | 2 | 39 | 4 | - | - | |
| Perryman | 15 | 3 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Clifford | 37 | 11 | 89 | 6 | - | - | |
| Oliver | 10 | 2 | 38 | 0 | - | - | |
| Warwickshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DL Amiss | b Botham | 5 | |||||
| KD Smith | b Botham | 9 | |||||
| *J Whitehouse | c Rose b Marks | 29 | |||||
| AI Kallicharran | c Richards b Breakwell | 53 | |||||
| TA Lloyd | c Richards b Marks | 3 | |||||
| +GW Humpage | c Botham b Marks | 0 | |||||
| PR Oliver | b Marks | 0 | |||||
| DJ Brown | c Rose b Breakwell | 5 | |||||
| SP Perryman | c Roebuck b Richards | 13 | |||||
| RGD Willis | c Taylor b Botham | 9 | |||||
| CC Clifford | not out | 13 | |||||
| Extras | (13 b, 8 lb, 2 nb, 3 w) | 26 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 78.3 overs) | 165 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6, 2-21, 3-69, 4-94, 5-102, 6-104, 7-120, 8-121, 9-143, 10-165 (78.3 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Botham | 17.3 | 5 | 37 | 3 | - | - | |
| Dredge | 7 | 2 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marks | 31 | 12 | 57 | 4 | - | - | |
| Breakwell | 19 | 9 | 23 | 2 | - | - | |
| Richards | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1 | - | - | |
| Somerset second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *BC Rose | c Clifford b Willis | 15 | |||||
| PW Denning | not out | 18 | |||||
| IVA Richards | not out | 24 | |||||
| PM Roebuck | did not bat | ||||||
| PA Slocombe | did not bat | ||||||
| IT Botham | did not bat | ||||||
| VJ Marks | did not bat | ||||||
| D Breakwell | did not bat | ||||||
| +DJS Taylor | did not bat | ||||||
| CH Dredge | did not bat | ||||||
| KF Jennings | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 14.2 overs) | 62 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21 (Rose) | |||||||
| Warwickshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Willis | 6 | 0 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| Brown | 7 | 1 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Perryman | 1.2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
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
--> CC Clifford (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in First-Class matches
--> CC Clifford (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in County Championship matches
--> IT Botham reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Warwickshire first innings
--> CC Clifford achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 5-70)
--> CC Clifford achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 5-70)
--> VJ Marks reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Warwickshire second innings
--> IT Botham reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Warwickshire second innings
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