f30085 cc14643	Somerset v Lancashire
	County Championship 1974
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 8th, 9th, 10th May 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Lancashire 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	JG Langridge, PB Wight
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 41/0 (Wood 17*, D Lloyd 23*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (1) 200/0 (Wood 81*, D Lloyd 117*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+DJS Taylor	b Lee	61
*DB Close	lbw b Lever	8
PW Denning	c Lever b Simmons	54
IVA Richards	c D Lloyd b Lee	36
JM Parks	run out	1
GI Burgess	c Pilling b Hughes	34
IT Botham	c D Lloyd b Hughes	13
TW Cartwright	lbw b Hughes	4
D Breakwell	not out	44
HR Moseley	lbw b Hughes	0
AA Jones	c Wood b Lever	25
Extras	(4 nb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 96.5 overs)	285
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-111, 3-160, 4-161, 5-180, 6-208, 7-212, 8-219, 9-219, 10-285 (96.5 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	17.5	5	59	2	-	-
Lee	36	4	136	2	-	-
Hughes	31	17	43	4	-	-
Wood	6	1	24	0	-	-
Simmons	6	3	18	1	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Wood	c Richards b Jones	101
*D Lloyd	c Cartwright b Close	186
CH Lloyd	c Denning b Close	15
FC Hayes	b Close	7
DP Hughes	c Denning b Breakwell	5
J Simmons	c Botham b Breakwell	23
H Pilling	not out	34
J Abrahams	c Burgess b Close	0
P Lever	c Parks b Close	1
+K Goodwin	not out	6
PG Lee	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	3
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 103 overs)	381
Fall of wickets:
1-265, 2-298, 3-308, 4-313, 5-317, 6-349, 7-351, 8-363

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	14	2	50	1	-	-
Moseley	16	4	55	0	-	-
Cartwright	26	12	58	0	-	-
Burgess	8	1	39	0	-	-
Close	19	1	70	5	-	-
Breakwell	17	0	91	2	-	-
Botham	3	0	15	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+DJS Taylor	not out	59
*DB Close	c Wood b D Lloyd	32
PW Denning	c Wood b Simmons	5
IVA Richards	not out	7
JM Parks	did not bat
GI Burgess	did not bat
IT Botham	did not bat
TW Cartwright	did not bat
D Breakwell	did not bat
HR Moseley	did not bat
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(2 wickets, 60 overs)	104
Fall of wickets:
1-75, 2-89

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	2	1	5	0	-	-
Lee	2	2	0	0	-	-
Hughes	13	5	34	0	-	-
Simmons	28	14	37	1	-	-
D Lloyd	15	6	27	1	-	-

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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
--> IVA Richards made his debut in County Championship matches
--> IT Botham made his debut in County Championship matches
--> IT Botham made his debut in First-Class matches
--> K Goodwin made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> K Goodwin made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> DJS Taylor (1) passed his previous highest score of 56 in County Championship matches
--> DJS Taylor (1) passed his previous highest score of 60 in First-Class matches
--> GI Burgess (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> AA Jones (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in First-Class matches
--> AA Jones (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in County Championship matches
--> H Pilling (1) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> J Simmons reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings

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