Famous Cricketers No 83 - Ian Botham

44. Somerset v Sussex, Hove, May 12, 13, 14 (Match drawn) c J.Spencer b C.E.Waller 6 250-9c 29.5 5 113 2 J.J.Groome c G.I.Burgess 360-7d 1 M.J.J.Faber c D.J.S.Taylor b M.A.Buss 97 346 45. Somerset v Surrey, Guildford, May 19, (20), 21 (Surrey won by seven wickets) c J.H.Edrich b R.D.Jackman 9 130 16 3 52 2 G.P.Howarth lbw 156-8d C.J.Aworth lbw c L.E.Skinner b G.G.Arnold 2 121 7 1 22 2 J.H.Edrich lbw 96-3 1 A.R.Butcher c P.W.Denning 46. Somerset v West Indians, Taunton, May 26, 27, 28 (West Indians won by 141 runs) b B.D.Julien 56 317 18 5 72 2 L.G.Rowe c T.Gard 389-8d I.V.A.Richards c T.Gard c T.M.Findlay b B.D.Julien 0 192 18 3 66 0 261-1d 47. Somerset v Gloucestershire, Taunton, May 29, 31, June 1 (Gloucestershire won by 8 runs) b D.A.Graveney 13 333-7c 16.1 6 25 6 Sadiq Mohammad c D.Breakwell 79 N.H.C.Cooper b M.J.Procter c D.J.S.Taylor A.W.Stovold c D.B.Close A.S.Brown lbw J.Davey b b M.J.Procter 3 110 37.1 6 125 5 N.H.C.Cooper b 372 A.W.Stovold b A.S.Brown b D.A.Graveney b J.Davey b 48. Somerset v Worcestershire, Worcester, June 5, 7, 8 (Match drawn) c Imran Khan b N.Gifford 11 299 20 0 77 4 J.A.Ormrod c B.C.Rose 220 2 E.J.O.Hemsley c G.I.Burgess D.N.Patel c D.J.S.Taylor J.D.Inchmore b run out 1 177-6 20 2 82 2 J.A.Ormrod lbw 315-4d G.M.Turner c D.J.S.Taylor 49. Somerset v Middlesex, Bath, June 12, 14 (Middlesex won by an innings and 47 runs) lbw b M.W.W.Selvey 9 104 17 2 56 0 271 absent hurt - 120 50. Somerset v Northamptonshire, Northampton, June 26, 28, 29 (Northamptonshire won by an innings and 86 runs) b P.Willey 34 178 26 2 109 1 D.S.Steele c D.J.S.Taylor 482-6d 1 c and b Mushtaq Mohammad17 218 51. Somerset v Warwickshire, Taunton, July 3, 5, 6 (Somerset won by five wickets) lbw b J.A.Jameson 36 282 28 7 80 1 J.A.Jameson c D.B.Close 298-8c not out 36 279-5 11 0 50 1 R.N.Abberley c D.J.S.Taylor 260 1 52. Somerset v Derbyshire, Chesterfield, July 10, 12, 13 (Derbyshire won by 85 runs) b F.W.Swarbrook 33 172 22 3 69 0 302-8c 1 b A.Ward 4 187 7 1 34 1 A.Morris c P.M.Roebuck 142-5d 53. Somerset v Yorkshire, Taunton, July 17, 19, 20 (Yorkshire won by five wickets) c C.W.J.Athey b G.B.Stevenson 52 259 21 5 74 5 C.W.J.Athey b 290 D.L.Bairstow lbw C.M.Old c G.I.Burgess G.A.Cope c B.C.Rose S.Oldham b c G.Boycott b P.Carrick 31 193 3 0 12 0 165-5 54. Somerset v Hampshire, Bournemouth, July 24, 26, 27 (Somerset won by 16 runs) st G.R.Stephenson b P.J.Sainsbury 44 301-8c 12 5 16 6 B.A.Richards c D.J.S.Taylor 296 P.J.Barrett b D.R.Turner b R.M.C.Gilliat lbw A.J.Murtagh b N.G.Cowley lbw c B.A.Richards b J.W.Southern 0 215 2 0 10 0 204 1 10