f27286 cc13531	Somerset v Hampshire
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Recreation Ground, Bath on 15th, 16th, 17th June 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Hampshire won by 9 wickets
Points	Somerset 2 (Bowling 2); Hampshire 17 (Batting 4, Bowling 3)
Umpires	RSM Lay, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Hampshire (1) 30/0 (Richards 21*, Reed 7*)
Close of play day 2	Hampshire (1) 316 all out

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Richards b Shackleton	10
MJ Kitchen	b Cottam	17
A Clarkson	c and b Cottam	57
GS Chappell	c Sainsbury b Shackleton	1
WE Alley	c Timms b Shackleton	28
GI Burgess	lbw b Shackleton	0
*RC Kerslake	run out	3
PJ Robinson	not out	22
BA Langford	b White	13
+RA Brooks	b White	0
FE Rumsey	b Cottam	8
Extras	(13 b, 4 lb, 5 nb)	22
Total	(all out, 99.1 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-33, 3-34, 4-98, 5-98, 6-117, 7-134, 8-151, 9-151, 10-181 (99.1 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shackleton	35	16	46	4	-	-
White	17	3	54	2	-	-
Cottam	18.1	6	21	3	-	-
Sainsbury	29	14	38	0	-	-

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Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BA Richards	c Brooks b Alley	71
BL Reed	c Virgin b Alley	25
RV Lewis	c Kerslake b Robinson	51
*RE Marshall	c Kitchen b Robinson	65
PJ Sainsbury	lbw b Robinson	4
DA Livingstone	not out	52
RMC Gilliat	c Kitchen b Langford	25
+BSV Timms	lbw b Rumsey	6
D Shackleton	run out	1
DW White	b Rumsey	4
RMH Cottam	c Robinson b Burgess	4
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 99.2 overs)	316
Fall of wickets:
1-94, 2-103, 3-208, 4-215, 5-220, 6-260, 7-287, 8-297, 9-305, 10-316 (99.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	16	2	57	2	-	-
Burgess	10.2	4	16	1	-	-
Alley	20	10	50	2	-	-
Langford	32	12	93	1	-	-
Robinson	16	3	74	3	-	-
Chappell	5	0	18	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Gilliat b Cottam	44
MJ Kitchen	c Timms b White	10
A Clarkson	c Reed b Sainsbury	4
GS Chappell	c Livingstone b Cottam	6
WE Alley	b Cottam	17
GI Burgess	lbw b Shackleton	1
*RC Kerslake	c Richards b Cottam	30
PJ Robinson	c Sainsbury b White	10
BA Langford	b Cottam	10
+RA Brooks	not out	3
FE Rumsey	b White	0
Extras	(6 b, 8 nb, 4 w)	18
Total	(all out, 62 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-45, 3-54, 4-86, 5-95, 6-95, 7-132, 8-137, 9-149, 10-153 (62 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shackleton	18	7	31	1	-	-
White	14	4	23	3	-	-
Cottam	23	8	60	5	-	-
Sainsbury	7	3	21	1	-	-

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Hampshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BA Richards	lbw b Burgess	6
BL Reed	not out	11
RV Lewis	not out	5
*RE Marshall	did not bat
PJ Sainsbury	did not bat
DA Livingstone	did not bat
RMC Gilliat	did not bat
+BSV Timms	did not bat
D Shackleton	did not bat
DW White	did not bat
RMH Cottam	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 6.3 overs)	22
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Richards)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Burgess	3	0	13	1	-	-
Langford	3	0	5	0	-	-
Kitchen	0.3	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RV Lewis made his debut in County Championship matches
--> A Clarkson (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> BA Richards (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> RT Virgin (2) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> MJ Kitchen (2) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 2
--> RMH Cottam reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset first innings

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