f24252 cc12069	Somerset v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1962
Venue	Johnson Park, Yeovil on 26th, 28th, 29th May 1962 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 4 (Batting 2); Leicestershire 0
Umpires	FC Gardner, PA Gibb
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), T Tout (Somerset)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 11/1 (Wharton 2*, Kirby 5*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 53/4 (Alley 35*, Greetham 0*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Watson b Birkenshaw	92
B Roe	c Mitten b Boshier	15
PB Wight	not out	164
WE Alley	b Birkenshaw	1
MJ Kitchen	c Hallam b van Geloven	32
CHM Greetham	c Boshier b Jayasinghe	22
CRM Atkinson	not out	3
KE Palmer	did not bat
*+HW Stephenson	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
ME Latham	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb)	8
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 109 overs)	337
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-212, 3-214, 4-301, 5-331

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boshier	24	8	51	1	-	-
van Geloven	34	5	112	1	-	-
Kirby	16	1	64	0	-	-
Savage	23	4	70	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	10	1	26	2	-	-
Jayasinghe	1	0	2	1	-	-
Wharton	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	b Palmer	0
A Wharton	c CRM Atkinson b Latham	48
*D Kirby	c CRM Atkinson b Greetham	104
W Watson	c CRM Atkinson b Greetham	29
S Jayasinghe	c CRM Atkinson b Greetham	23
LR Gardner	lbw b Greetham	0
J Birkenshaw	b Latham	13
J van Geloven	c Stephenson b Palmer	17
+J Mitten	c Stephenson b Alley	6
JS Savage	not out	1
BS Boshier	c G Atkinson b Palmer	0
Extras	(10 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 100.5 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-129, 3-174, 4-213, 5-213, 6-220, 7-234, 8-247, 9-251, 10-251 (100.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	26.5	6	78	3	-	-
Alley	20	7	42	1	-	-
Langford	4	1	11	0	-	-
CRM Atkinson	7	2	20	0	-	-
Latham	23	10	59	2	-	-
Greetham	20	5	31	4	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Savage b van Geloven	8
B Roe	c Mitten b Boshier	1
PB Wight	c Jayasinghe b Boshier	9
WE Alley	not out	35
MJ Kitchen	lbw b Boshier	0
CHM Greetham	not out	0
CRM Atkinson	did not bat
KE Palmer	did not bat
*+HW Stephenson	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
ME Latham	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(4 wickets, 22 overs)	53
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-11, 3-32, 4-32

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boshier	11	5	13	3	-	-
van Geloven	6	1	18	1	-	-
Savage	5	0	22	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> G Atkinson (1) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 87
--> A Wharton (1) passed 20000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> D Kirby (1) passed his previous highest score of 91 in County Championship matches
--> D Kirby (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> J Birkenshaw reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings

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