f23445 cc11757	Somerset v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1960
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 27th, 29th, 30th August 1960 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 4 (Batting 2); Leicestershire 0
Umpires	HG Baldwin, TJ Bartley
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Somerset (1) 88/6 (Silk 17*, Greetham 2*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	b Langford	26
HD Bird	lbw b CRM Atkinson	15
*D Kirby	b Langford	0
LR Gardner	c Stephenson b Alley	32
J van Geloven	st Stephenson b CRM Atkinson	6
PA Munden	c Virgin b Langford	17
B Cromack	c Baig b CRM Atkinson	6
RL Pratt	lbw b Langford	0
+R Julian	b Alley	30
CT Spencer	b Biddulph	13
JS Savage	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	8
Total	(all out, 88.2 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-38, 3-42, 4-51, 5-74, 6-83, 7-88, 8-123, 9-153, 10-153 (88.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	7.2	3	13	1	-	-
Alley	11	3	28	2	-	-
Langford	37	16	55	4	-	-
CRM Atkinson	33	16	49	3	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	b Savage	17
RT Virgin	b Spencer	10
AA Baig	b Savage	27
PB Wight	b van Geloven	11
DRW Silk	st Julian b Cromack	92
*+HW Stephenson	b Savage	0
CRM Atkinson	b Spencer	1
CHM Greetham	not out	71
WE Alley	not out	2
KD Biddulph	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 80 overs)	235
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-42, 3-59, 4-73, 5-73, 6-78, 7-225

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	17	3	36	2	-	-
Pratt	5	1	10	0	-	-
van Geloven	20	4	52	1	-	-
Savage	26	9	50	3	-	-
Kirby	3	0	27	0	-	-
Cromack	5	0	42	1	-	-
Gardner	4	0	14	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HD Bird	st Stephenson b CRM Atkinson	22
J van Geloven	not out	52
PA Munden	not out	6
MR Hallam	did not bat
*D Kirby	did not bat
LR Gardner	did not bat
B Cromack	did not bat
RL Pratt	did not bat
+R Julian	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
JS Savage	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb)	7
Total	(1 wicket, 24 overs)	87
Fall of wickets:
1-72 (Bird)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	3	1	8	0	-	-
Alley	3	1	4	0	-	-
Langford	5	1	21	0	-	-
CRM Atkinson	9	1	27	1	-	-
Wight	4	0	20	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DRW Silk made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> LR Gardner (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 4
--> R Julian (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> J van Geloven (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 48
--> J van Geloven (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 48
--> J van Geloven (2) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 40
--> JS Savage reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings

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