f20136 cc10006	Somerset v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1953
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 18th, 20th, 21st July 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 4; Northamptonshire 0
Umpires	WT Jones, K McCanlis
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 12/0 (Gimblett 2*, Kitson 10*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 8/0 (Brookes 2*, Oldfield 6*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Brookes	c Lawrence b Mitchell	10
N Oldfield	c Lawrence b Hall	31
L Livingston	b Buse	106
DW Barrick	st Stephenson b Lawrence	18
F Jakeman	c Gimblett b Lawrence	2
+BL Reynolds	st Stephenson b Lawrence	64
*FR Brown	c Hall b Langford	40
V Broderick	b Langford	8
GE Tribe	not out	19
A Lightfoot	lbw b Langford	0
RW Clarke	c Smith b Lawrence	0
Extras	(16 b, 11 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	29
Total	(all out, 104.5 overs)	327
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-82, 3-135, 4-145, 5-196, 6-266, 7-297, 8-317, 9-326, 10-327 (104.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	21	1	73	1	-	-
Mitchell	18	4	50	1	-	-
Buse	14	1	57	1	-	-
Baker	2	0	8	0	-	-
Lawrence	29.5	9	62	4	-	-
Langford	20	3	48	3	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	not out	167
DL Kitson	b Clarke	15
R Smith	b Clarke	4
J Lawrence	lbw b Brown	23
HFT Buse	c Livingston b Tribe	13
+HW Stephenson	c and b Tribe	9
J Baker	lbw b Brown	8
*BG Brocklehurst	b Tribe	1
BA Langford	c Reynolds b Tribe	3
TA Hall	not out	69
CG Mitchell	did not bat
Extras	(14 b, 2 lb)	16
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 124.5 overs)	328
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-50, 3-126, 4-154, 5-164, 6-181, 7-188, 8-198

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clarke	27.5	5	91	2	-	-
Brown	33	9	76	2	-	-
Lightfoot	23	5	52	0	-	-
Tribe	34	8	79	4	-	-
Broderick	7	4	14	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Brookes	lbw b Langford	43
N Oldfield	b Mitchell	90
L Livingston	not out	65
*FR Brown	not out	13
DW Barrick	did not bat
F Jakeman	did not bat
+BL Reynolds	did not bat
V Broderick	did not bat
GE Tribe	did not bat
A Lightfoot	did not bat
RW Clarke	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb)	11
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 54.4 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-85, 2-209

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	10.4	0	57	0	-	-
Mitchell	10	3	32	1	-	-
Buse	5	1	15	0	-	-
Baker	5	0	26	0	-	-
Lawrence	11	0	48	0	-	-
Langford	13	4	33	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	c Livingston b Brown	42
DL Kitson	c Tribe b Clarke	5
R Smith	b Clarke	10
+HW Stephenson	b Clarke	0
J Lawrence	b Brown	4
HFT Buse	c Tribe b Clarke	2
J Baker	not out	26
*BG Brocklehurst	b Brown	3
TA Hall	c Reynolds b Clarke	8
BA Langford	not out	4
CG Mitchell	did not bat
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(8 wickets, 48 overs)	107
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-55, 3-55, 4-57, 5-62, 6-80, 7-83, 8-103

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clarke	17	1	51	5	-	-
Brown	15	7	21	3	-	-
Lightfoot	7	1	21	0	-	-
Tribe	9	5	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> A Lightfoot made his debut in County Championship matches
--> L Livingston (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 11
--> L Livingston (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> BL Reynolds (1) passed his previous highest score of 59 in County Championship matches
--> BL Reynolds (1) passed his previous highest score of 59 in First-Class matches
--> TA Hall (1) passed his previous highest score of 52 in County Championship matches
--> TA Hall (1) passed his previous highest score of 52 in First-Class matches
--> D Brookes (2) passed 20500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 37
--> N Oldfield (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 83
--> H Gimblett (2) passed 22500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> RW Clarke reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> RW Clarke reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Somerset second innings

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