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f27386 cc13617	Somerset v Middlesex
	County Championship 1968
Venue	Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare on 27th, 28th, 29th July 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 29 runs
Points	Somerset 6 (Batting 1, Bowling 5); Middlesex 15 (Bowling 5)
Umpires	JF Crapp, WE Phillipson
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 77/4 (Virgin 37, Kerslake 15)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 161/3 (Parfitt 44, Murray 37)

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Russell	c Virgin b Alley	37
MJ Smith	c Barwell b Rumsey	12
PH Parfitt	c Kerslake b Burgess	21
JM Brearley	c Kerslake b Rumsey	8
+JT Murray	c Robinson b Burgess	1
CT Radley	c Robinson b Rumsey	6
D Bennett	c Brooks b Burgess	3
*FJ Titmus	c Virgin b Alley	18
AH Latchman	c Rumsey b Chappell	19
RS Herman	not out	20
JSE Price	b Burgess	9
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb, 9 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 74.1 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-70, 3-88, 4-88, 5-97, 6-100, 7-102, 8-133, 9-155, 10-174 (74.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	16	7	27	3	-	-
Burgess	25.1	5	73	4	-	-
Alley	30	13	47	2	-	-
Chappell	3	1	7	1	-	-

Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Parfitt b Latchman	70
MJ Kitchen	c Murray b Price	5
PJ Robinson	c Radley b Titmus	11
GS Chappell	c Latchman b Price	0
TI Barwell	c and b Latchman	5
WE Alley	c Murray b Herman	33
GI Burgess	c Smith b Price	2
*RC Kerslake	b Price	20
BA Langford	c Brearley b Latchman	23
+RA Brooks	not out	4
FE Rumsey	c Smith b Latchman	1
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 71.2 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-34, 3-36, 4-56, 5-92, 6-94, 7-138, 8-172, 9-181, 10-183 (71.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Price	23	9	63	4	-	-
Herman	13	1	34	1	-	-
Titmus	24	7	48	1	-	-
Latchman	9.2	1	25	4	-	-
Parfitt	2	1	4	0	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Russell	c Kerslake b Burgess	20
MJ Smith	lbw b Burgess	33
PH Parfitt	c Brooks b Langford	51
JM Brearley	c Robinson b Langford	18
+JT Murray	c and b Robinson	68
CT Radley	c and b Robinson	34
D Bennett	not out	20
*FJ Titmus	c Burgess b Robinson	18
AH Latchman	did not bat
RS Herman	did not bat
JSE Price	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	14
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 73.4 overs)	276
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-55, 3-102, 4-184, 5-221, 6-250, 7-276 (73.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	15	2	57	0	-	-
Burgess	21	0	83	2	-	-
Chappell	1	0	2	0	-	-
Robinson	11.4	1	47	3	-	-
Langford	25	6	73	2	-	-

Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Murray b Price	0
MJ Kitchen	lbw b Herman	2
PJ Robinson	c Parfitt b Titmus	20
GS Chappell	c Murray b Parfitt	148
*RC Kerslake	c Murray b Parfitt	37
TI Barwell	lbw b Titmus	8
WE Alley	c Herman b Parfitt	1
GI Burgess	c Price b Parfitt	14
BA Langford	not out	1
+RA Brooks	lbw b Parfitt	0
FE Rumsey	lbw b Titmus	0
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 84.4 overs)	238
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-2, 3-75, 4-78, 5-106, 6-219, 7-237, 8-237, 9-237, 10-238 (84.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Price	4	2	9	1	-	-
Herman	7	1	32	1	-	-
Titmus	35.4	11	72	3	-	-
Latchman	12	2	58	0	-	-
Parfitt	26	9	60	5	-	-

Notes
--> RT Virgin (1) passed 9500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 11
--> GS Chappell (2) passed his previous highest score of 82 in County Championship matches
--> GS Chappell (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> GS Chappell (2) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 74
--> TI Barwell made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> AH Latchman reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset first innings