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| Venue | Grace Road, Leicester on 4th, 6th, 7th July 1981 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Somerset won by 10 wickets |
| Points | Leicestershire 4 (Bowling 4); Somerset 24 (Batting 4, Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | HD Bird, DJ Constant |
| Close of play day 1 | Somerset (1) 206/6 (Richards 125*, Garner 11*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Leicestershire (2) 157/1 (Balderstone 60*, Boon 44*) |
| Leicestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RA Cobb | c Taylor b Moseley | 4 | |||||
| *JC Balderstone | c Popplewell b Garner | 10 | |||||
| TJ Boon | b Garner | 18 | |||||
| BF Davison | b Garner | 8 | |||||
| NE Briers | c Taylor b Garner | 23 | |||||
| +MA Garnham | c Popplewell b Garner | 1 | |||||
| JF Steele | c Taylor b Dredge | 0 | |||||
| P Booth | c Lloyds b Moseley | 30 | |||||
| JP Agnew | c Popplewell b Garner | 9 | |||||
| GJ Parsons | b Garner | 0 | |||||
| NGB Cook | not out | 6 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 6 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 40 overs) | 116 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14, 2-28, 3-41, 4-56, 5-59, 6-70, 7-71, 8-86, 9-89, 10-116 (40 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Garner | 17 | 6 | 41 | 7 | - | - | |
| Moseley | 12 | 5 | 28 | 2 | - | - | |
| Dredge | 10 | 1 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| Marks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JW Lloyds | lbw b Parsons | 73 | |||||
| PA Slocombe | c Steele b Parsons | 6 | |||||
| *IVA Richards | b Agnew | 196 | |||||
| PM Roebuck | b Parsons | 0 | |||||
| PW Denning | c Balderstone b Agnew | 9 | |||||
| NFM Popplewell | c Agnew b Booth | 17 | |||||
| VJ Marks | c Davison b Steele | 2 | |||||
| +DJS Taylor | c Parsons b Cook | 13 | |||||
| J Garner | lbw b Agnew | 18 | |||||
| HR Moseley | b Parsons | 10 | |||||
| CH Dredge | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b, 1 lb, 3 nb, 1 w) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 95.3 overs) | 356 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-27, 2-34, 3-59, 4-119, 5-138, 6-168, 7-217, 8-334, 9-356, 10-356 (95.3 ov) | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Agnew | 25 | 5 | 76 | 3 | - | - | |
| Parsons | 24.3 | 2 | 115 | 4 | - | - | |
| Steele | 14 | 0 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Booth | 17 | 3 | 58 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cook | 15 | 1 | 58 | 1 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *JC Balderstone | lbw b Garner | 71 | |||||
| RA Cobb | b Garner | 37 | |||||
| TJ Boon | c Popplewell b Garner | 44 | |||||
| BF Davison | c Taylor b Moseley | 29 | |||||
| NE Briers | c Taylor b Popplewell | 23 | |||||
| +MA Garnham | b Dredge | 13 | |||||
| JF Steele | c Denning b Marks | 19 | |||||
| P Booth | run out | 21 | |||||
| JP Agnew | b Garner | 7 | |||||
| GJ Parsons | b Garner | 0 | |||||
| NGB Cook | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (11 b, 6 lb, 8 nb, 1 w) | 26 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 153 overs) | 290 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-49, 2-157, 3-198, 4-200, 5-235, 6-235, 7-280, 8-282, 9-289, 10-290 (153 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Garner | 28 | 7 | 65 | 5 | - | - | |
| Moseley | 24 | 11 | 49 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dredge | 20 | 8 | 38 | 1 | - | - | |
| Marks | 27 | 15 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Popplewell | 21 | 8 | 34 | 1 | - | - | |
| Richards | 29 | 7 | 44 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lloyds | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Somerset second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JW Lloyds | not out | 43 | |||||
| PA Slocombe | not out | 5 | |||||
| *IVA Richards | did not bat | ||||||
| PM Roebuck | did not bat | ||||||
| PW Denning | did not bat | ||||||
| NFM Popplewell | did not bat | ||||||
| VJ Marks | did not bat | ||||||
| +DJS Taylor | did not bat | ||||||
| J Garner | did not bat | ||||||
| HR Moseley | did not bat | ||||||
| CH Dredge | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 1 w) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, 13.2 overs) | 53 | |||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Agnew | 3 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Parsons | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cook | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Briers | 4.2 | 0 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> RA Cobb made his debut in County Championship matches
--> P Booth made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> P Booth made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> IVA Richards (1) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 161
--> IVA Richards (1) passed 18000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 173
--> RA Cobb (2) passed his previous highest score of 23 in First-Class matches
--> NFM Popplewell reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> JW Lloyds retired hurt in the Somerset first innings having scored 18 (team had lost 1 wickets) - he returned when the score was 217/7
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