f35840 cc16734	Somerset v Leicestershire
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1985
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 6th, 8th, 9th July 1985 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3); Leicestershire 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	AA Jones, B Leadbeater
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 22/0 (Balderstone 12*, Butcher 10*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 43/0 (Popplewell 29*, Roebuck 13*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NFM Popplewell	lbw b Clift	24
PM Roebuck	c Butcher b Taylor	21
NA Felton	c Balderstone b Taylor	112
IVA Richards	c Garnham b Taylor	47
RE Hayward	lbw b Cook	28
*IT Botham	st Garnham b Cook	48				3
VJ Marks	b Taylor	20
+T Gard	c Garnham b Agnew	15
CH Dredge	c Balderstone b Taylor	0
SC Booth	not out	17
MS Turner	st Garnham b Cook	18
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 7 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 99.5 overs)	367
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-61, 3-134, 4-193, 5-261, 6-311, 7-318, 8-318, 9-339, 10-367 (99.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Agnew	19	3	85	1	-	-
Taylor	28	4	77	5	-	-
Clift	23	3	86	1	-	-
Willey	10	1	32	0	-	-
Cook	19.5	4	77	3	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IP Butcher	lbw b Dredge	38
JC Balderstone	c Popplewell b Marks	27
*DI Gower	c and b Marks	4
P Willey	c Gard b Marks	43
JJ Whitaker	c Popplewell b Marks	105			16	1
NE Briers	c Richards b Booth	34
+MA Garnham	lbw b Marks	1
PB Clift	not out	40
NGB Cook	lbw b Marks	8
JP Agnew	c and b Marks	17
LB Taylor	not out	20
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 110 overs)	343
Fall of wickets:
1-66, 2-66, 3-76, 4-152, 5-241, 6-242, 7-269, 8-283, 9-321

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	3	1	2	0	-	-
Turner	10	2	37	0	-	-
Marks	49	11	143	7	-	-
Booth	27	9	89	1	-	-
Dredge	15	1	50	1	-	-
Richards	6	0	17	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NFM Popplewell	c Taylor b Cook	53
PM Roebuck	b Clift	49
NA Felton	st Garnham b Clift	58
RE Hayward	lbw b Willey	8
*IT Botham	not out	50	30		1	5
VJ Marks	c Cook b Clift	8
MS Turner	not out	15
IVA Richards	did not bat
+T Gard	did not bat
CH Dredge	did not bat
SC Booth	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 76 overs)	248
Fall of wickets:
1-74, 2-152, 3-175, 4-175, 5-209

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Agnew	13	3	49	0	-	-
Taylor	7	2	13	0	-	-
Clift	10	1	47	3	-	-
Willey	23	6	60	1	-	-
Cook	23	7	73	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IP Butcher	lbw b Booth	3
JC Balderstone	b Marks	36
*DI Gower	c Felton b Marks	3
P Willey	c Gard b Booth	80		100	14	-
JJ Whitaker	c Dredge b Botham	19
NE Briers	run out	17
LB Taylor	b Marks	8
PB Clift	c Booth b Marks	0
+MA Garnham	not out	8
NGB Cook	not out	8
JP Agnew	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(8 wickets, 63 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-29, 3-88, 4-127, 5-167, 6-175, 7-176, 8-178

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	12	5	32	1	-	-
Turner	3	1	8	0	-	-
Marks	27	8	65	4	-	-
Booth	17	3	63	2	-	-
Dredge	3	0	12	0	-	-
Roebuck	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Leicestershire score at 100 overs in the first innings was 285-8
--> T Gard (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> JC Balderstone (1) passed 18000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> P Willey (1) passed 17500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> NGB Cook reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> VJ Marks reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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