minc7541	Somerset Second XI v Cheshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1977
Venue	Westland Sports Ground, Weston-super-Mare on 14th, 15th August 1977 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Cheshire won by 46 runs
Points	Somerset Second XI 0; Cheshire 10
Umpires	PJ Eele, WH Gillingham
Close of play day 1

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Cheshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Sutton	c Gard b Clapp	30
T Hodson	b Gurr	3
RMO Cooke	c Gard b Gurr	15
NT O'Brien	c Brewer b Lloyds	19
GC Hardstaff	c Gard b Clapp	2
JRA Cragg	lbw b Gurr	15
ND Barker	b Clapp	10
I Cowap	b Lloyds	26
PH de Prez	c Kerslake b Clapp	9
RG Rodger	b Lloyds	26
JD Carpenter	not out	4
Extras		13
Total	(all out, 48.5 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-37, 3-60, 4-73, 5-78, 6-95, 7-102, 8-124, 9-158, 10-172 (48.5 ov)

Somerset Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gurr	18	3	59	3	-	-
Clapp	17	3	45	4	-	-
Lloyds	12.5	0	53	3	-	-
Wagner	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Somerset Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
M Olive	c and b Carpenter	11
AEW Parsons	b O'Brien	21
PA Slocombe	c Hodson b Carpenter	30
JW Lloyds	run out	40
N Russom	c O'Brien b Cooke	18
AR Wagner	c Hodson b Carpenter	0
T Gard	c Hodson b Rodger	12
RC Kerslake	c Cooke b Rodger	12
DR Gurr	b Cowap	7
RJ Clapp	not out	2
M Brewer	b Rodger	6
Extras		10
Total	(all out, 75.4 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-35, 3-103, 4-107, 5-117, 6-138, 7-138, 8-157, 9-157, 10-169 (75.4 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowap	7	2	20	1	-	-
Carpenter	22	2	50	3	-	-
O'Brien	6	2	15	1	-	-
de Prez	7	1	19	0	-	-
Rodger	16.4	7	31	3	-	-
Sutton	10	5	15	0	-	-
Cooke	7	4	9	1	-	-

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Cheshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Sutton	not out	10
T Hodson	c Gurr b Wagner	29
RMO Cooke	c Russom b Lloyds	7
NT O'Brien	b Lloyds	6
GC Hardstaff	b Clapp	10
JRA Cragg	c Gard b Lloyds	40
ND Barker	not out	71
I Cowap	did not bat
PH de Prez	did not bat
RG Rodger	did not bat
JD Carpenter	did not bat
Extras		13
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 62 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-42, 3-54, 4-60, 5-158

Somerset Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gurr	12	2	37	0	-	-
Clapp	15	4	28	1	-	-
Lloyds	19	6	55	3	-	-
Wagner	6	0	19	1	-	-
Brewer	6	1	16	0	-	-
Kerslake	4	0	18	0	-	-

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Somerset Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
M Olive	c de Prez b Rodger	14
AEW Parsons	lbw b Rodger	17
PA Slocombe	c O'Brien b Rodger	7
JW Lloyds	st Hodson b de Prez	19
N Russom	c O'Brien b Rodger	26
AR Wagner	c Carpenter b de Prez	13
T Gard	b Rodger	0
RC Kerslake	c Sutton b Cooke	4
DR Gurr	c de Prez b Cooke	25
RJ Clapp	c and b Cooke	6
M Brewer	not out	0
Extras		12
Total	(all out, 46.3 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-41, 3-65, 4-65, 5-82, 6-82, 7-95, 8-131, 9-143, 10-143 (46.3 ov)

Cheshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowap	5	0	19	0	-	-
Carpenter	6	0	11	0	-	-
de Prez	10	2	39	2	-	-
Rodger	18	7	34	5	-	-
Cooke	7.3	1	28	3	-	-

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Notes
--> ND Barker made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> T Hodson (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 2
--> DR Gurr (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JD Carpenter achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Somerset Second XI first innings (previous best was 2-16)
--> RJ Clapp reached 200 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Cheshire second innings
--> RG Rodger reached 100 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset Second XI second innings

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