f32724 cc15660	Middlesex v Somerset
	Schweppes County Championship 1979
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 18th, 20th, 21st August 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Middlesex 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Somerset 4 (Batting 4)
Umpires	R Aspinall, WL Budd
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 77/2 (Richards 5*, Roebuck 1*; 34 overs)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (1) 139/0 (Smith 88*, Gatting 45*; 59 overs)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BC Rose	c Emburey b Merry	42
PA Slocombe	lbw b Gatting	21
IVA Richards	b Featherstone	156
PM Roebuck	c and b Emburey	9
PW Denning	c Barlow b Emburey	38
VJ Marks	c Butcher b Daniel	10
NFM Popplewell	c and b Emburey	10
D Breakwell	c Daniel b Emburey	7
+DJS Taylor	not out	6
KF Jennings	c and b Featherstone	0
J Garner	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb, 7 nb)	16
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 92.2 overs)	315
Fall of wickets:
1-66, 2-68, 3-106, 4-217, 5-230, 6-258, 7-272, 8-315, 9-315 (92.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Selvey	19	5	58	0	-	-
Daniel	15	2	63	1	-	-
Merry	20	5	67	1	-	-
Gatting	5	3	9	1	-	-
Emburey	27	4	74	4	-	-
Featherstone	6.2	0	28	2	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	c Denning b Jennings	105
MW Gatting	not out	93
*CT Radley	not out	9
GD Barlow	did not bat
RO Butcher	did not bat
NG Featherstone	did not bat
+IJ Gould	did not bat
JE Emburey	did not bat
MWW Selvey	did not bat
WW Daniel	did not bat
WG Merry	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 9 lb)	11
Total	(1 wicket, declared, 82 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-174 (Smith)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Garner	7	2	14	0	-	-
Popplewell	5	2	12	0	-	-
Breakwell	33	8	75	0	-	-
Marks	24	8	59	0	-	-
Richards	6	0	28	0	-	-
Jennings	7	1	19	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BC Rose	b Selvey	6
PA Slocombe	c Butcher b Featherstone	0
IVA Richards	lbw b Selvey	0
PM Roebuck	b Emburey	57
PW Denning	c Radley b Featherstone	29
VJ Marks	b Featherstone	11
D Breakwell	not out	4
NFM Popplewell	not out	5
+DJS Taylor	did not bat
KF Jennings	did not bat
J Garner	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 1 w)	4
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 46.2 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-7, 3-26, 4-82, 5-100, 6-110

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Selvey	3	0	20	2	-	-
Daniel	2	1	3	0	-	-
Emburey	21	3	35	1	-	-
Featherstone	20.2	6	54	3	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	b Garner	5
MW Gatting	c Denning b Breakwell	32
*CT Radley	st Taylor b Breakwell	20
GD Barlow	not out	28
RO Butcher	st Taylor b Breakwell	4
NG Featherstone	not out	1
+IJ Gould	did not bat
JE Emburey	did not bat
MWW Selvey	did not bat
WW Daniel	did not bat
WG Merry	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 3 nb)	4
Total	(4 wickets, 36 overs)	94
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-51, 3-68, 4-88

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Garner	7	2	10	1	-	-
Popplewell	2	0	8	0	-	-
Breakwell	15	2	38	3	-	-
Marks	10	2	30	0	-	-
Richards	2	1	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
--> Day 2 Lunch: Somerset (1) ?/? (Richards 105*, [unknown] ?*)
--> BC Rose (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 2
--> IVA Richards (1) passed 14000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 155
--> MJ Smith (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 83
--> MJ Smith (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 83
--> JE Emburey reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Somerset first innings

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