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f32214 cc15481	Somerset v Middlesex
	Schweppes County Championship 1978
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 19th, 21st, 22nd August 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 8 wickets
Points	Somerset 4 (Bowling 4); Middlesex 20 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	WL Budd, JG Langridge
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 42/5 (Slocombe 14, Botham 2; 19 overs)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 262/8 (Dredge 3, Moseley 4)

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JM Brearley	lbw b Botham	44
MJ Smith	c Taylor b Dredge	5
CT Radley	b Dredge	80
MW Gatting	lbw b Marks	42
GD Barlow	c Botham b Marks	19
NG Featherstone	c Richards b Moseley	89
+IJ Gould	c Slocombe b Moseley	21
PH Edmonds	c Roebuck b Moseley	0
JE Emburey	c Richards b Dredge	2
MWW Selvey	c Richards b Botham	9
WW Daniel	not out	0
Extras	(9 lb, 8 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 91.3 overs)	328
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-98, 3-173, 4-185, 5-203, 6-246, 7-258, 8-297, 9-328, 10-328 (91.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	19	1	79	2	-	-
Dredge	22	4	57	3	-	-
Moseley	16.3	4	34	3	-	-
Gurr	13	3	41	0	-	-
Marks	19	3	82	2	-	-
Richards	2	0	18	0	-	-

Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BC Rose	b Selvey	4
PA Slocombe	not out	35
IVA Richards	b Daniel	4
PM Roebuck	c Gould b Selvey	0
VJ Marks	b Daniel	9
CH Dredge	lbw b Edmonds	3
IT Botham	b Edmonds	9
GI Burgess	b Selvey	0
+DJS Taylor	c Gould b Selvey	5
HR Moseley	c Featherstone b Edmonds	30
DR Gurr	c Gould b Daniel	4
Extras	(1 b, 14 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 43.4 overs)	118
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-18, 3-19, 4-34, 5-38, 6-58, 7-59, 8-71, 9-110, 10-118 (43.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	10.4	3	26	3	-	-
Selvey	17	5	33	4	-	-
Edmonds	15	3	42	3	-	-
Emburey	1	0	2	0	-	-

Somerset second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BC Rose	c Radley b Selvey	99
PA Slocombe	st Gould b Edmonds	29
IVA Richards	lbw b Selvey	39
PM Roebuck	c Barlow b Selvey	7
IT Botham	c Brearley b Selvey	11
VJ Marks	c Gould b Selvey	12
+DJS Taylor	c Radley b Edmonds	15
GI Burgess	c Smith b Emburey	35
CH Dredge	c Daniel b Emburey	4
HR Moseley	b Edmonds	4
DR Gurr	not out	3
Extras	(6 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 98.5 overs)	266
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-163, 3-170, 4-184, 5-193, 6-206, 7-251, 8-255, 9-262, 10-266 (98.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Daniel	15	2	60	0	-	-
Selvey	20	6	59	5	-	-
Edmonds	29	10	60	3	-	-
Emburey	33.5	7	75	2	-	-
Gatting	1	0	4	0	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JM Brearley	b Botham	1
MJ Smith	b Botham	4
CT Radley	not out	25
MW Gatting	not out	17
GD Barlow	did not bat
NG Featherstone	did not bat
+IJ Gould	did not bat
PH Edmonds	did not bat
JE Emburey	did not bat
MWW Selvey	did not bat
WW Daniel	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(2 wickets, 13.1 overs)	58
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-10

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	7	0	36	2	-	-
Gurr	5	3	9	0	-	-
Marks	1.1	0	2	0	-	-

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
--> NG Featherstone (1) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 31
--> BC Rose (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 1
--> BC Rose (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 83
--> IVA Richards (2) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> CH Dredge reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> HR Moseley reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> IT Botham reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> CH Dredge reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> MWW Selvey reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset first innings