f32619 cc15580	Somerset v Worcestershire
	Schweppes County Championship 1979
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 27th, 28th, 29th June 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 208 runs
Points	Somerset 20 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Worcestershire 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3)
Umpires	WL Budd, KE Palmer
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 32/2 (Turner 13*, Neale 1*; 17 overs)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 228/3 (Roebuck 55*, Denning 40*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BC Rose	c and b Gifford	93
PA Slocombe	c Gifford b Watson	6
IVA Richards	c Neale b Cumbes	31
PM Roebuck	lbw b Cumbes	78
PW Denning	c Gifford b Cumbes	35
IT Botham	c Neale b Cumbes	70
VJ Marks	c Humphries b Cumbes	7
D Breakwell	c Neale b Cumbes	27
J Garner	not out	23
CH Dredge	not out	1
+DJS Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 14 lb, 2 nb)	21
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	392
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-80, 3-170, 4-247, 5-264, 6-288, 7-360, 8-379

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Inchmore	17	1	68	0	-	-
Watson	19	2	87	1	-	-
Cumbes	26	2	103	6	-	-
Gifford	29	6	84	1	-	-
Younis Ahmed	9	3	29	0	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	c Botham b Garner	18
JA Ormrod	lbw b Botham	11
J Cumbes	b Botham	3
PA Neale	c Richards b Garner	72
EJO Hemsley	hit wkt b Garner	0
Younis Ahmed	c Botham b Marks	85
BJR Jones	c Richards b Garner	9
+DJ Humphries	c Botham b Garner	6
JD Inchmore	lbw b Botham	1
GG Watson	b Botham	0
*N Gifford	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	12
Total	(all out, 75.1 overs)	217
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-31, 3-41, 4-41, 5-196, 6-197, 7-210, 8-217, 9-217, 10-217 (75.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	28	10	73	4	-	-
Garner	23.1	7	40	5	-	-
Dredge	8	0	48	0	-	-
Richards	6	0	21	0	-	-
Marks	9	2	23	1	-	-
Breakwell	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BC Rose	c Turner b Younis Ahmed	44
PA Slocombe	c Hemsley b Inchmore	24
IVA Richards	b Cumbes	48
PM Roebuck	not out	55
PW Denning	not out	40
IT Botham	did not bat
VJ Marks	did not bat
D Breakwell	did not bat
J Garner	did not bat
CH Dredge	did not bat
+DJS Taylor	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 8 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	17
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 58 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-107, 3-129

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Inchmore	11	0	44	1	-	-
Watson	14	1	68	0	-	-
Cumbes	15	1	44	1	-	-
Gifford	6	1	16	0	-	-
Younis Ahmed	12	1	39	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	c Taylor b Garner	4
JA Ormrod	c Dredge b Marks	24
PA Neale	c Taylor b Botham	19
EJO Hemsley	c and b Breakwell	20
Younis Ahmed	c Garner b Marks	27
BJR Jones	c Rose b Breakwell	19
+DJ Humphries	c Breakwell b Marks	20
JD Inchmore	st Taylor b Marks	0
GG Watson	c Denning b Marks	12
*N Gifford	st Taylor b Breakwell	35
J Cumbes	not out	6
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 80.1 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-43, 3-70, 4-78, 5-103, 6-140, 7-142, 8-142, 9-180, 10-195 (80.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	11	2	38	1	-	-
Garner	16	5	23	1	-	-
Dredge	8	3	11	0	-	-
Marks	24	8	63	5	-	-
Breakwell	21.1	7	51	3	-	-

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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 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 35
--> BC Rose (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 20
--> J Garner reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Worcestershire first innings

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