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| Venue | Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare on 1st, 3rd, 4th August 1970 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Somerset won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Somerset won by 151 runs |
| Points | Somerset 18 (Batting 3, Bowling 5); Gloucestershire 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3) |
| Umpires | J Arnold, LH Gray |
| Close of play day 1 | Gloucestershire (1) 18/0 (Green 10*, Nicholls 4*; 4 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Somerset (2) 126/7 (Kitchen 68*, Langford 5*) |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RT Virgin | lbw b Allen | 137 | |||||
| PJ Robinson | lbw b Davey | 10 | |||||
| MJ Kitchen | b Davey | 0 | |||||
| M Hill | c Allen b Smith | 28 | |||||
| GI Burgess | b Brown | 17 | |||||
| TW Cartwright | lbw b Smith | 7 | |||||
| BC Rose | c Meyer b Davey | 14 | |||||
| +DJS Taylor | c Meyer b Bissex | 45 | |||||
| *BA Langford | not out | 25 | |||||
| R Palmer | b Davey | 20 | |||||
| AA Jones | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 2 lb, 2 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 111 overs) | 311 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-27, 2-27, 3-71, 4-112, 5-127, 6-153, 7-261, 8-267, 9-311 (111 ov) | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Davey | 21 | 5 | 58 | 4 | - | - | |
| Smith | 26 | 7 | 99 | 2 | - | - | |
| Brown | 25 | 7 | 59 | 1 | - | - | |
| Mortimore | 10 | 3 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Allen | 14 | 4 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bissex | 15 | 5 | 42 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gloucestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DM Green | c Taylor b Jones | 22 | |||||
| RB Nicholls | b Jones | 57 | |||||
| M Bissex | b Jones | 0 | |||||
| DR Shepherd | c Taylor b Langford | 36 | |||||
| CA Milton | lbw b Jones | 15 | |||||
| *AS Brown | c Langford b Jones | 2 | |||||
| DA Allen | lbw b Palmer | 20 | |||||
| JB Mortimore | c Cartwright b Palmer | 11 | |||||
| DR Smith | b Cartwright | 1 | |||||
| +BJ Meyer | not out | 13 | |||||
| J Davey | lbw b Palmer | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 7 nb, 1 w) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 64.2 overs) | 189 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-47, 2-47, 3-116, 4-132, 5-140, 6-143, 7-170, 8-171, 9-175, 10-189 (64.2 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jones | 17 | 3 | 35 | 5 | - | - | |
| Palmer | 16.2 | 1 | 65 | 3 | - | - | |
| Burgess | 6 | 0 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cartwright | 15 | 4 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| Langford | 10 | 3 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Somerset second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RT Virgin | b Davey | 1 | |||||
| PJ Robinson | b Davey | 7 | |||||
| MJ Kitchen | c Smith b Davey | 73 | |||||
| M Hill | c Allen b Davey | 0 | |||||
| GI Burgess | c Brown b Smith | 10 | |||||
| BC Rose | lbw b Mortimore | 13 | |||||
| TW Cartwright | c Meyer b Brown | 3 | |||||
| +DJS Taylor | c Allen b Smith | 11 | |||||
| *BA Langford | c Brown b Smith | 10 | |||||
| R Palmer | not out | 5 | |||||
| AA Jones | b Smith | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (5 lb, 5 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 49.3 overs) | 144 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-11, 3-12, 4-25, 5-54, 6-64, 7-100, 8-134, 9-142, 10-144 (49.3 ov) | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Davey | 16 | 2 | 37 | 4 | - | - | |
| Smith | 18.3 | 3 | 60 | 4 | - | - | |
| Brown | 11 | 4 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Mortimore | 4 | 1 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gloucestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DM Green | c Cartwright b Burgess | 18 | |||||
| RB Nicholls | lbw b Burgess | 14 | |||||
| M Bissex | c Taylor b Burgess | 2 | |||||
| DR Shepherd | c Robinson b Burgess | 0 | |||||
| CA Milton | b Cartwright | 2 | |||||
| *AS Brown | c Langford b Cartwright | 5 | |||||
| DA Allen | c Virgin b Cartwright | 16 | |||||
| JB Mortimore | lbw b Cartwright | 0 | |||||
| DR Smith | c Robinson b Cartwright | 45 | |||||
| +BJ Meyer | c Kitchen b Cartwright | 2 | |||||
| J Davey | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 5 nb, 1 w) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 40.4 overs) | 115 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-27, 2-33, 3-33, 4-41, 5-43, 6-54, 7-54, 8-67, 9-96, 10-115 (40.4 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jones | 8 | 2 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Palmer | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Burgess | 17 | 7 | 52 | 4 | - | - | |
| Cartwright | 12.4 | 6 | 29 | 6 | - | - | |
Notes
--> DM Green (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 13
--> CA Milton (1) passed 30000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> DR Smith reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> DR Smith reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset second innings
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