Format: CricInfo Version 2

Benson & Hedges Cup, 1976
Somerset v Leicestershire
County Ground, Taunton
8 May 1976 (55-over match)

Result: Leicestershire won by 9 wickets

Toss: Somerset
Umpires: KE Palmer and AGT Whitehead
Man of the Match: B Dudleston

Somerset innings
+DJS Taylor           lbw                b Higgs                9
BC Rose               c Tolchard         b Booth               20
PW Denning            c Illingworth      b Cross               16
*DB Close             c Dudleston        b Clift                2
PA Slocombe           c Tolchard         b Cross                0
MJ Kitchen                               b Illingworth         29
GI Burgess            run out                                  14
IT Botham             not out                                  43
KF Jennings                          c & b Clift                0
HR Moseley                               b Illingworth          0
RJ Clapp              c Tolchard         b Booth                0
Extras                (b 1, lb 5, w 1)                          7
Total                 (all out, 48.5 overs)                   140

FoW: 1-28, 2-34, 3-45, 4-46, 5-53,
     6-85, 7-123, 8-138, 9-139, 10-140.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Booth                        6.5    1     21      2
Higgs                        6      2     19      1
Clift                       11      0     38      2
Cross                        7      1     15      2
McVicker                     7      1     19      0
Illingworth                 11      4     21      2

Leicestershire innings
B Dudleston           not out                                  73
JF Steele             c Slocombe         b Botham               0
JC Balderstone        not out                                  56
Extras                (b 1, lb 1, w 7, nb 3)                   12
Total                 (1 wicket, 40.4 overs)                  141

DNB: BF Davison, *R Illingworth, +RW Tolchard, PB Clift,
     GF Cross, NM McVicker, P Booth, K Higgs.

FoW: 1-4.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Moseley                      8      4     13      0
Botham                       8.4    2     21      1
Clapp                        5      1     36      0
Burgess                     11      1     34      0
Jennings                     8      1     25      0

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