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| Venue | County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 2nd, 3rd, 4th May 1979 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Worcestershire 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3); Somerset 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3) |
| Umpires | HD Bird, WL Budd |
| Close of play day 1 | Worcestershire (1) 167/4 (Younis Ahmed 39*, Patel 12*; 53 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Somerset (1) 39/1 (Rose 23*, Roebuck 5*; 15.2 overs) |
| Worcestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *GM Turner | b Marks | 57 | |||||
| JA Ormrod | c Roebuck b Garner | 0 | |||||
| PA Neale | c Kitchen b Garner | 15 | |||||
| EJO Hemsley | b Garner | 26 | |||||
| Younis Ahmed | c Marks b Garner | 52 | |||||
| DN Patel | c Taylor b Garner | 68 | |||||
| BL D'Oliveira | not out | 51 | |||||
| +DJ Humphries | c Roebuck b Garner | 1 | |||||
| JD Inchmore | not out | 2 | |||||
| VA Holder | did not bat | ||||||
| AP Pridgeon | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 5 lb, 20 nb) | 28 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 93.3 overs) | 300 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14, 2-38, 3-81, 4-131, 5-180, 6-272, 7-290 | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Garner | 31 | 8 | 80 | 6 | - | - | |
| Botham | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dredge | 21 | 4 | 85 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gurr | 26.3 | 8 | 65 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marks | 12 | 3 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *BC Rose | b Patel | 84 | |||||
| PW Denning | c Humphries b Inchmore | 3 | |||||
| PM Roebuck | c Hemsley b Inchmore | 21 | |||||
| MJ Kitchen | c Humphries b Holder | 20 | |||||
| IT Botham | c Hemsley b Pridgeon | 44 | |||||
| VJ Marks | not out | 85 | |||||
| D Breakwell | b Patel | 0 | |||||
| +DJS Taylor | b Inchmore | 15 | |||||
| J Garner | c Patel b Pridgeon | 18 | |||||
| CH Dredge | not out | 16 | |||||
| DR Gurr | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 5 lb, 16 nb, 1 w) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 95 overs) | 330 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6, 2-70, 3-124, 4-192, 5-192, 6-192, 7-237, 8-271 | |||||||
| Worcestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Holder | 26 | 5 | 54 | 1 | - | - | |
| Inchmore | 22 | 2 | 81 | 3 | - | - | |
| Pridgeon | 23 | 5 | 84 | 2 | - | - | |
| Patel | 23 | 7 | 85 | 2 | - | - | |
| Younis Ahmed | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |