Blenkiron sorts out Chappell

In July 1968, Warwickshire were due to play a championship match against Somerset at Bath but the lovely ground there was flooded so the game was switched to Taunton.

The wet weather did not relent and the match required two declarations to keep it alive. After the Bears were all out for 192, Somerset declared on 147 for 4. Warwickshire then declared on 159 for eight, setting the home side a target of 205 and an exciting finish evolved below leaden skies. Bears spinners Tom Cartwright and Lance Gibbs wheeled away for a combined 41-18-80-5 but Merv Kitchen and Bill Alley defied with skill and patience and Somerset hung on to finish on 141 for eight. Match drawn.

Greg Chappell batted at number three for Somerset but was twice dismissed cheaply - for 14 and 16 - by Bill Blenkiron.

Shame that in 2009 Somerset played just one day's first-team cricket at the elegant Bath venue.