f26790 cc13304	Leicestershire v Somerset
	County Championship 1967
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 17th, 18th, 19th June 1967 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 2 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 8; Somerset 4
Umpires	GH Pope, TW Spencer
Scorers	WH Ashdown (Leicestershire), KP Hartnell (Somerset)
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 328/6 (Palmer 16*, Clayton 8*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 263 all out

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	b Birkenshaw	23
*CRM Atkinson	c Cotton b Lock	63
MJ Kitchen	b Cotton	141
GI Burgess	c and b Cotton	10
WE Alley	lbw b Birkenshaw	52
A Clarkson	b Lock	2
KE Palmer	c Tolchard b Lock	22
+G Clayton	not out	33
PJ Robinson	c Tolchard b Spencer	28
BA Langford	not out	7
FE Rumsey	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 7 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	21
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 136.2 overs)	402
Fall of wickets:
1-61, 2-137, 3-171, 4-285, 5-285, 6-300, 7-344, 8-393

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	21.2	3	87	1	-	-
Cotton	32	4	110	2	-	-
Marner	10	1	44	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	40	10	71	2	-	-
Lock	33	11	69	3	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	c Alley b Robinson	16
MEJC Norman	b Palmer	10
BJ Booth	c and b Robinson	14
CC Inman	b Langford	76
PT Marner	c Burgess b Robinson	6
J Birkenshaw	not out	73
B Dudleston	c Robinson b Langford	0
+RW Tolchard	c Alley b Robinson	7
*GAR Lock	c and b Robinson	27
CT Spencer	c Robinson b Langford	0
J Cotton	c sub b Langford	24
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 60.5 overs)	263
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-35, 3-70, 4-84, 5-84, 6-148, 7-168, 8-202, 9-211, 10-263 (60.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	4	0	14	0	-	-
Palmer	5	0	12	1	-	-
Langford	27.5	4	99	4	-	-
Robinson	24	5	128	5	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Dudleston b Lock	34
A Clarkson	c Spencer b Birkenshaw	45
MJ Kitchen	c and b Lock	18
GI Burgess	c Tolchard b Lock	8
WE Alley	c and b Lock	18
KE Palmer	c Norman b Lock	18
+G Clayton	not out	4
PJ Robinson	st Tolchard b Lock	7
*CRM Atkinson	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
FE Rumsey	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 48 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-80, 3-90, 4-118, 5-144, 6-146, 7-156 (48 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	7	1	18	0	-	-
Cotton	6	2	11	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	17	2	78	1	-	-
Lock	18	4	45	6	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	c Kitchen b Robinson	38
MEJC Norman	c Rumsey b Robinson	70
BJ Booth	b Robinson	3
CC Inman	c Kitchen b Langford	14
PT Marner	c Alley b Langford	8
J Birkenshaw	c Robinson b Alley	42
B Dudleston	st Clayton b Langford	51
+RW Tolchard	lbw b Alley	43
*GAR Lock	not out	9
CT Spencer	not out	0
J Cotton	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 15 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	20
Total	(8 wickets, 77.5 overs)	298
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-67, 3-100, 4-109, 5-190, 6-200, 7-289, 8-292

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	7.5	3	34	0	-	-
Palmer	4	0	13	0	-	-
Langford	30	5	78	3	-	-
Robinson	30	9	123	3	-	-
Clarkson	4	0	19	0	-	-
Alley	2	0	11	2	-	-

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Notes
--> B Dudleston made his debut in County Championship matches
--> MJ Kitchen (1) passed his previous highest score of 111 in County Championship matches
--> MJ Kitchen (1) passed his previous highest score of 111 in First-Class matches
--> J Birkenshaw (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> MEJC Norman (2) passed 12500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7

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