f21825 cc10909	Leicestershire v Somerset
	County Championship 1957
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 29th June, 1st July 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 58 runs
Points	Leicestershire 0; Somerset 12
Umpires	W Place, DJ Wood
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 129/7 (Firth 10*, RC Smith 7*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Lomax	c Diment b RC Smith	36
J Hilton	b RC Smith	4
PB Wight	b Savage	30
GM Tripp	c Firth b RC Smith	18
CL McCool	b Savage	0
G Atkinson	b Savage	29
*MF Tremlett	c Firth b Savage	24
+HW Stephenson	b RC Smith	5
BA Langford	b RC Smith	1
B Lobb	b Savage	0
JWJ McMahon	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 71.1 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-61, 3-81, 4-85, 5-109, 6-139, 7-144, 8-150, 9-150, 10-150 (71.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	9	5	10	0	-	-
Boshier	9	0	31	0	-	-
Palmer	6	2	9	0	-	-
RC Smith	28.1	15	44	5	-	-
Savage	19	3	53	5	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	lbw b McMahon	5
MR Hallam	b Hilton	27
PT Smith	lbw b Langford	1
*CH Palmer	c McCool b McMahon	19
LR Gardner	c Atkinson b Langford	12
RA Diment	b McMahon	22
+J Firth	c Tripp b Langford	10
JS Savage	c Tripp b Hilton	18
RC Smith	c Wight b Langford	21
CT Spencer	c McCool b Lobb	3
BS Boshier	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 69.1 overs)	146
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-37, 3-41, 4-67, 5-79, 6-91, 7-118, 8-133, 9-146, 10-146 (69.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	6	1	6	1	-	-
Langford	30.1	16	45	4	-	-
McMahon	26	5	63	3	-	-
Hilton	7	2	24	2	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Lomax	b Spencer	5
J Hilton	c Firth b Boshier	3
PB Wight	b Savage	18
GM Tripp	c Spencer b Boshier	0
CL McCool	c Spencer b Savage	30
G Atkinson	c Lester b Savage	6
*MF Tremlett	b Savage	22
+HW Stephenson	c and b Savage	1
BA Langford	st Firth b Savage	2
B Lobb	c Firth b RC Smith	2
JWJ McMahon	not out	0
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(all out, 45.4 overs)	95
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-12, 3-13, 4-35, 5-66, 6-77, 7-81, 8-92, 9-95, 10-95 (45.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	7	1	21	1	-	-
Boshier	7	1	10	2	-	-
RC Smith	15.4	4	30	1	-	-
Savage	16	5	28	6	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	lbw b McMahon	10
MR Hallam	lbw b McMahon	1
PT Smith	lbw b Langford	6
*CH Palmer	b McMahon	5
LR Gardner	lbw b McMahon	1
RA Diment	c Atkinson b Langford	0
+J Firth	not out	2
JS Savage	b McMahon	4
RC Smith	c Wight b Langford	0
CT Spencer	c McCool b Langford	3
BS Boshier	c Hilton b Langford	7
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(all out, 26.3 overs)	41
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-11, 3-16, 4-16, 5-23, 6-27, 7-28, 8-32, 9-33, 10-41 (26.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Langford	13.3	6	15	5	-	-
McMahon	13	6	24	5	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> RC Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in first-class matches
--> RC Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in County Championship matches
--> PB Wight (2) passed 5000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 17
--> RC Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 4-6)
--> RC Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 4-6)
--> JWJ McMahon reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> JWJ McMahon reached 550 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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