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f31111 cc15025	Somerset v Middlesex
	County Championship 1976
Venue	Recreation Ground, Bath on 12th, 14th June 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by an innings and 47 runs
Points	Somerset 4 (Bowling 4); Middlesex 17 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	DJ Constant, DO Oslear
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 131/4 (Gatting 15, Featherstone 9; 42 overs)

Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Rose	hit wkt b Jones	0
PA Slocombe	lbw b Selvey	4
PW Denning	b Gatting	36
*DB Close	c Radley b Jones	0
MJ Kitchen	lbw b Selvey	18
+DJS Taylor	b Gatting	3
GI Burgess	b Selvey	22
IT Botham	lbw b Selvey	9
D Breakwell	c Edmonds b Jones	4
KF Jennings	c and b Jones	3
HR Moseley	not out	1
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 42.5 overs)	104
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-14, 3-17, 4-61, 5-65, 6-65, 7-87, 8-96, 9-99, 10-104 (42.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	8.5	1	29	4	-	-
Selvey	16	8	23	4	-	-
Gatting	13	3	42	2	-	-
Titmus	5	3	6	0	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	lbw b Moseley	25
*JM Brearley	lbw b Burgess	49
CT Radley	lbw b Moseley	5
GD Barlow	lbw b Burgess	26
MW Gatting	lbw b Moseley	19
NG Featherstone	c Slocombe b Burgess	71
FJ Titmus	c Close b Moseley	1
+IJ Gould	c sub b Jennings	20
PH Edmonds	b Close	38
MWW Selvey	not out	8
AA Jones	b Moseley	2
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 84.2 overs)	271
Fall of wickets:
1-67, 2-77, 3-98, 4-117, 5-142, 6-144, 7-176, 8-234, 9-264, 10-271 (84.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moseley	23.2	4	71	5	-	-
Botham	17	2	56	0	-	-
Burgess	26	4	86	3	-	-
Jennings	8	2	25	1	-	-
Breakwell	5	1	10	0	-	-
Close	5	0	16	1	-	-

Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Rose	b Jones	33
PA Slocombe	c Gould b Selvey	7
PW Denning	b Jones	4
*DB Close	c Edmonds b Titmus	8
MJ Kitchen	c Selvey b Jones	0
+DJS Taylor	lbw b Selvey	11
GI Burgess	c Gatting b Titmus	3
D Breakwell	c Barlow b Titmus	33
KF Jennings	run out	6
HR Moseley	not out	3
IT Botham	absent hurt
Extras	(7 lb, 1 nb, 4 w)	12
Total	(all out, 46.2 overs)	120
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-46, 3-53, 4-57, 5-74, 6-74, 7-102, 8-113, 9-120 (46.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	11	1	39	3	-	-
Selvey	16	4	46	2	-	-
Titmus	19.2	13	23	3	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> PW Denning (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> MWW Selvey reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> MWW Selvey reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings