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| Venue | County Ground, Taunton on 25th, 27th, 28th August 1979 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Somerset won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Somerset 4 (Batting 2, Bowling 2); Gloucestershire 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3) |
| Umpires | KE Palmer, D Shackleton |
| Close of play day 1 | No play |
| Close of play day 2 | Somerset (2) 5/0 (Rose 5*, Slocombe 0*) |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *BC Rose | c Hignell b Brain | 10 | |||||
| PA Slocombe | c Procter b Partridge | 22 | |||||
| IVA Richards | c Broad b Brain | 0 | |||||
| PM Roebuck | lbw b Brain | 8 | |||||
| PW Denning | c and b Brain | 42 | |||||
| IT Botham | c Garnham b Partridge | 30 | |||||
| VJ Marks | c Stovold b Brain | 65 | |||||
| D Breakwell | not out | 11 | |||||
| +T Gard | not out | 7 | |||||
| HR Moseley | did not bat | ||||||
| KF Jennings | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 3 lb, 1 w) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 53.3 overs) | 200 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-26, 2-26, 3-40, 4-40, 5-90, 6-180, 7-183 | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Brain | 19 | 4 | 61 | 5 | - | - | |
| Procter | 9 | 3 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bainbridge | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Partridge | 10 | 1 | 45 | 2 | - | - | |
| Graveney | 11.3 | 4 | 38 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gloucestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| Sadiq Mohammad | retired hurt | 6 | |||||
| AW Stovold | b Jennings | 36 | |||||
| Zaheer Abbas | c Gard b Moseley | 2 | |||||
| BC Broad | lbw b Botham | 0 | |||||
| *MJ Procter | b Botham | 93 | |||||
| AJ Hignell | c Botham b Breakwell | 35 | |||||
| +MA Garnham | c and b Breakwell | 18 | |||||
| MD Partridge | not out | 1 | |||||
| P Bainbridge | not out | 1 | |||||
| DA Graveney | did not bat | ||||||
| BM Brain | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 3 nb, 1 w) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 41.3 overs) | 200 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19, 2-28, 3-135, 4-145, 5-196, 6-199 | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Botham | 13 | 4 | 51 | 2 | - | - | |
| Moseley | 12 | 1 | 34 | 1 | - | - | |
| Breakwell | 5.3 | 1 | 54 | 2 | - | - | |
| Jennings | 9 | 2 | 44 | 1 | - | - | |
| Marks | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Somerset second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *BC Rose | b Bainbridge | 133 | |||||
| PA Slocombe | not out | 103 | |||||
| IVA Richards | st Garnham b Bainbridge | 10 | |||||
| PM Roebuck | not out | 0 | |||||
| PW Denning | did not bat | ||||||
| IT Botham | did not bat | ||||||
| VJ Marks | did not bat | ||||||
| D Breakwell | did not bat | ||||||
| +T Gard | did not bat | ||||||
| HR Moseley | did not bat | ||||||
| KF Jennings | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (10 b, 5 lb, 2 nb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, declared, 52.1 overs) | 263 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-245, 2-259 | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Brain | 7 | 1 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Procter | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bainbridge | 9 | 2 | 30 | 2 | - | - | |
| Partridge | 16 | 0 | 112 | 0 | - | - | |
| Graveney | 14.1 | 2 | 71 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gloucestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| Sadiq Mohammad | c Denning b Moseley | 24 | |||||
| AW Stovold | c Breakwell b Moseley | 15 | |||||
| Zaheer Abbas | c Breakwell b Marks | 147 | |||||
| BC Broad | c Gard b Breakwell | 21 | |||||
| *MJ Procter | c and b Marks | 4 | |||||
| AJ Hignell | c Roebuck b Breakwell | 2 | |||||
| +MA Garnham | not out | 9 | |||||
| MD Partridge | c Gard b Marks | 0 | |||||
| P Bainbridge | run out | 4 | |||||
| DA Graveney | not out | 5 | |||||
| BM Brain | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 8 lb, 3 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 50.5 overs) | 246 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-26, 2-45, 3-159, 4-172, 5-179, 6-226, 7-229, 8-236 | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Botham | 12 | 0 | 56 | 0 | - | - | |
| Moseley | 5 | 0 | 23 | 2 | - | - | |
| Breakwell | 13.5 | 0 | 82 | 2 | - | - | |
| Marks | 20 | 4 | 70 | 3 | - | - | |
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
--> MA Garnham made his debut in County Championship matches
--> MA Garnham made his debut in First-Class matches
--> BC Rose (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 1
--> PW Denning (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 38
--> MJ Procter hit 6 consecutive sixes in the Gloucestershire first innings (off D Breakwell spread over two overs)
--> MJ Procter (1) passed 12000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 28
--> MJ Procter (1) passed 19000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 46
--> AJ Hignell (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 27
--> Sadiq Mohammad (2) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 17
--> Zaheer Abbas (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 59
--> Zaheer Abbas (2) passed 22000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> Sadiq Mohammad retired hurt in the Gloucestershire first innings having scored 6 (team score 13/0)
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