f24823 cc12370	Somerset v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1963
Venue	Recreation Ground, Bath on 26th, 27th, 28th June 1963 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 0; Worcestershire 2
Umpires	F Jakeman, JH Parks
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 133/6 (Booth 19*, Slade 2*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 79/6 (Richardson 38*, Slade 2*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*D Kenyon	c Stephenson b Palmer	15
MJ Horton	c Rumsey b Palmer	1
RGA Headley	c Stephenson b Palmer	4
TW Graveney	lbw b Palmer	21
DW Richardson	c Rumsey b Sully	62
CD Fearnley	b Palmer	0
+R Booth	c Roe b Langford	35
DNF Slade	c and b Langford	7
N Gifford	run out	5
RGM Carter	b Langford	4
JA Flavell	not out	4
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	14
Total	(all out, 90.4 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-15, 3-27, 4-60, 5-60, 6-120, 7-142, 8-159, 9-164, 10-172 (90.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	14	3	25	0	-	-
Palmer	25	11	32	5	-	-
Alley	14	5	28	0	-	-
Langford	22.4	11	32	3	-	-
Greetham	4	1	21	0	-	-
Sully	11	6	20	1	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Richardson b Carter	11
B Roe	c Richardson b Horton	20
RT Virgin	lbw b Flavell	0
WE Alley	c Flavell b Horton	8
PB Wight	c Flavell b Slade	2
CHM Greetham	c Booth b Slade	0
KE Palmer	not out	8
BA Langford	c Flavell b Slade	4
*+HW Stephenson	st Booth b Slade	4
H Sully	b Slade	0
FE Rumsey	b Slade	0
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 51.5 overs)	67
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-22, 3-38, 4-45, 5-47, 6-47, 7-59, 8-63, 9-63, 10-67 (51.5 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flavell	9	3	20	1	-	-
Carter	9	2	15	1	-	-
Horton	17	13	10	2	-	-
Gifford	2	2	0	0	-	-
Slade	14.5	10	12	6	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*D Kenyon	c and b Palmer	4
MJ Horton	lbw b Rumsey	3
RGA Headley	c Stephenson b Rumsey	0
TW Graveney	b Rumsey	5
DW Richardson	not out	38
CD Fearnley	lbw b Alley	8
+R Booth	lbw b Langford	8
DNF Slade	not out	2
N Gifford	did not bat
RGM Carter	did not bat
JA Flavell	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	11
Total	(6 wickets, 39 overs)	79
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-10, 3-15, 4-20, 5-38, 6-67

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	8	2	8	3	-	-
Palmer	12	4	25	1	-	-
Alley	7	4	10	1	-	-
Langford	7	1	17	1	-	-
Sully	5	1	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> KE Palmer reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> DNF Slade reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Somerset first innings

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