f20941 cc10431	Somerset v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Recreation Ground, Bath on 25th, 27th, 28th June 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 4; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	D Davies, H Elliott
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), T Tout (Somerset)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 31/1 (Lester 12*, Tompkin 12*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 125/5 (Tremlett 41*, Stephenson 1*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GG Tordoff	c Hallam b Spencer	4
Yawar Saeed	b Lester	13
PB Wight	c Firth b Jackson	34
MF Tremlett	c Palmer b Jackson	47
JG Lomax	b Walsh	8
CF Davey	c Lester b Munden	46
BA Langford	lbw b Spencer	41
+HW Stephenson	b Pratt	41
J Hilton	not out	18
JWJ McMahon	b Walsh	5
B Lobb	lbw b Walsh	0
Extras	(1 b, 4 w)	5
Total	(all out, 107 overs)	262
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-32, 3-83, 4-108, 5-114, 6-178, 7-234, 8-244, 9-262, 10-262 (107 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	22	2	53	2	-	-
Pratt	17	5	28	1	-	-
Lester	12	3	53	1	-	-
Walsh	22	5	45	3	-	-
Jackson	18	5	43	2	-	-
Munden	12	6	27	1	-	-
Palmer	4	0	8	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Yawar Saeed b Lobb	13
MR Hallam	c Stephenson b Yawar Saeed	6
M Tompkin	lbw b Yawar Saeed	42
*CH Palmer	c Lomax b Lobb	74
VE Jackson	c Stephenson b Lomax	45
GA Smithson	c Yawar Saeed b Lomax	6
VS Munden	b McMahon	14
JE Walsh	b Lomax	0
+J Firth	not out	4
CT Spencer	run out	2
RL Pratt	c Yawar Saeed b Lomax	2
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 74 overs)	216
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-35, 3-85, 4-151, 5-169, 6-200, 7-205, 8-209, 9-211, 10-216 (74 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	19	4	50	2	-	-
Yawar Saeed	18	3	67	2	-	-
McMahon	18	7	46	1	-	-
Hilton	4	1	10	0	-	-
Langford	1	0	8	0	-	-
Lomax	14	2	27	4	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GG Tordoff	c Smithson b Jackson	29
Yawar Saeed	c Walsh b Spencer	44
PB Wight	b Jackson	7
MF Tremlett	b Pratt	92
CF Davey	b Spencer	2
BA Langford	lbw b Spencer	0
+HW Stephenson	not out	85
JG Lomax	not out	10
J Hilton	did not bat
JWJ McMahon	did not bat
B Lobb	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 66 overs)	272
Fall of wickets:
1-67, 2-75, 3-101, 4-103, 5-117, 6-229

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	18	2	105	3	-	-
Pratt	13	0	70	1	-	-
Lester	2	0	15	0	-	-
Jackson	20	11	64	2	-	-
Palmer	13	9	15	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Yawar Saeed b Lobb	10
MR Hallam	c Stephenson b Lobb	14
M Tompkin	not out	89
*CH Palmer	st Stephenson b McMahon	32
VE Jackson	not out	56
GA Smithson	did not bat
VS Munden	did not bat
JE Walsh	did not bat
+J Firth	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
RL Pratt	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(3 wickets, 51.2 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-33, 3-96

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	15	2	54	2	-	-
Yawar Saeed	7.2	0	30	0	-	-
McMahon	17	3	63	1	-	-
Lomax	9	0	41	0	-	-
Tordoff	3	0	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CF Davey (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in County Championship matches
--> CF Davey (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in first-class matches
--> BA Langford (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in County Championship matches
--> BA Langford (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in first-class matches
--> CH Palmer (1) passed 13500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 27
--> Yawar Saeed (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 19
--> VE Jackson reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings

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