f21500 cc10772	Somerset v Warwickshire
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare on 15th, 16th, 17th August 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 4; Warwickshire 0
Umpires	H Elliott, FS Lee
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 278/6 (Tremlett 63*, Stephenson 10*)
Close of play day 2	Warwickshire (1) 19/0 (Horner 10*, Cartwright 5*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Pickles	c Townsend b Hollies	20
JG Lomax	c Bannister b Thompson	6
PB Wight	c Bannister b Hollies	40
CL McCool	c Thompson b Bannister	85
DRW Silk	c Townsend b Thompson	24
G Atkinson	b Townsend	18
*MF Tremlett	not out	66
+HW Stephenson	c Spooner b Bannister	10
J Hilton	not out	11
JWJ McMahon	did not bat
B Lobb	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 121 overs)	292
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-47, 3-96, 4-184, 5-184, 6-237, 7-278

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bannister	18	3	60	2	-	-
Thompson	23	7	37	2	-	-
Hollies	40	18	65	2	-	-
Townsend	15	6	36	1	-	-
Weeks	23	10	66	0	-	-
Hitchcock	2	0	16	0	-	-

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NF Horner	c Hilton b McMahon	22
TW Cartwright	b McMahon	5
AVG Wolton	b Hilton	11
+RT Spooner	c Stephenson b McMahon	4
A Townsend	not out	41
WJP Stewart	b McMahon	0
RE Hitchcock	b Hilton	16
RT Weeks	c Hilton b McMahon	8
JD Bannister	b Hilton	0
RG Thompson	c Silk b Hilton	5
*WE Hollies	c Silk b Hilton	0
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 4 w)	12
Total	(all out, 59.3 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-39, 3-46, 4-48, 5-48, 6-82, 7-101, 8-102, 9-118, 10-124 (59.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lomax	5	1	6	0	-	-
Lobb	5	3	9	0	-	-
McMahon	25	11	40	5	-	-
Hilton	22.3	9	57	5	-	-
Wight	2	2	0	0	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NF Horner	not out	32
A Townsend	lbw b McMahon	9
AVG Wolton	not out	22
TW Cartwright	did not bat
+RT Spooner	did not bat
WJP Stewart	did not bat
RE Hitchcock	did not bat
RT Weeks	did not bat
JD Bannister	did not bat
RG Thompson	did not bat
*WE Hollies	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(1 wicket, 32 overs)	68
Fall of wickets:
1-19

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	3	2	2	0	-	-
McMahon	11	5	27	1	-	-
Hilton	15	6	27	0	-	-
Atkinson	3	1	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> L Pickles (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 1
--> L Pickles (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 5
--> L Pickles (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 1
--> L Pickles (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 5
--> DRW Silk (1) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 4
--> MF Tremlett (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 40
--> RG Thompson reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings

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