f35220 cc16496	Somerset v Middlesex
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1984
Venue	Recreation Ground, Bath on 9th, 11th, 12th June 1984 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 5 (Batting 3, Bowling 2); Middlesex 4 (Batting 4)
Umpires	J Birkenshaw, NT Plews
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 9/0 (Roebuck 2*, Wyatt 6*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (1) 364/3 (Popplewell 127*, Rose 12*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WN Slack	c Dredge b Crowe	53
GD Barlow	c Wyatt b Booth	34
*MW Gatting	c Popplewell b Dredge	258		276	32	8
RO Butcher	b Marks	33
CT Radley	c and b Marks	9
JE Emburey	b Popplewell	8
PH Edmonds	b Botham	55
+PR Downton	not out	13
NF Williams	did not bat
WW Daniel	did not bat
NG Cowans	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 3 w)	10
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 107.1 overs)	473
Fall of wickets:
1-88, 2-107, 3-169, 4-191, 5-254, 6-433, 7-473 (107.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davis	6	0	42	0	-	-
Botham	16	1	57	1	-	-
Crowe	11	2	42	1	-	-
Dredge	8.1	0	35	1	-	-
Marks	29	5	136	2	-	-
Booth	30	5	120	1	-	-
Popplewell	7	1	31	1	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PM Roebuck	b Edmonds	30
JG Wyatt	lbw b Emburey	31
NFM Popplewell	c Downton b Daniel	133		360
MD Crowe	lbw b Emburey	125			16	-
BC Rose	st Downton b Edmonds	97
VJ Marks	b Edmonds	31
+T Gard	b Edmonds	0
CH Dredge	c Barlow b Edmonds	6
MR Davis	c Barlow b Edmonds	7
SC Booth	not out	6
*IT Botham	absent hurt
Extras	(15 b, 22 lb, 13 nb)	50
Total	(all out, 201.3 overs)	516
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-82, 3-331, 4-377, 5-433, 6-433, 7-448, 8-480, 9-516 (201.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowans	13	1	47	0	-	-
Williams	21	2	67	0	-	-
Emburey	73	21	156	2	-	-
Edmonds	64.3	22	111	6	-	-
Daniel	18	1	61	1	-	-
Slack	7	0	15	0	-	-
Gatting	5	1	9	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WN Slack	not out	39
GD Barlow	hit wkt b Marks	39
PH Edmonds	st Gard b Marks	1
RO Butcher	not out	4
*MW Gatting	did not bat
CT Radley	did not bat
JE Emburey	did not bat
+PR Downton	did not bat
NF Williams	did not bat
WW Daniel	did not bat
NG Cowans	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(2 wickets, 29 overs)	88
Fall of wickets:
1-82, 2-84

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davis	8	3	23	0	-	-
Dredge	4	0	23	0	-	-
Marks	10	2	22	2	-	-
Booth	7	4	15	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Middlesex score at 100 overs in the first innings was 410-5
--> Somerset score at 100 overs in the first innings was 272-2
--> WN Slack (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 39
--> MW Gatting (1) passed his previous highest score of 192 in County Championship matches
--> MW Gatting (1) passed his previous highest score of 216 in First-Class matches
--> MW Gatting (1) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 26
--> MW Gatting (1) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 95
--> NFM Popplewell (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> MD Crowe (1) passed his previous highest score of 77 in County Championship matches
--> MD Crowe (1) made his first century in County Championship matches

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