f23706 cc11804	Somerset v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Recreation Ground, Bath on 20th, 22nd, 23rd May 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 97 runs
Points	Somerset 14 (Batting 2); Gloucestershire 0
Umpires	J Arnold, WFF Price
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 52/3 (Milton 6*, Meyer 3*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 138/1 (Roe 53*, Wight 10*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Meyer b A'Court	11
B Roe	c Meyer b Smith	0
PB Wight	c Mortimore b Cook	93
WE Alley	c Meyer b Smith	1
JG Lomax	c Allen b Cook	11
JM Lawrence	lbw b Cook	31
KE Palmer	run out	0
CRM Atkinson	c and b Mortimore	10
*+HW Stephenson	c Nicholls b Smith	40
BA Langford	b A'Court	17
KD Biddulph	not out	1
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 98.5 overs)	225
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-15, 3-16, 4-62, 5-149, 6-151, 7-166, 8-171, 9-213, 10-225 (98.5 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	23.5	5	65	3	-	-
A'Court	13	3	40	2	-	-
Allen	12	5	29	0	-	-
Cook	25	13	38	3	-	-
Mortimore	25	8	43	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	c Wight b Alley	21
D Carpenter	c Lomax b Biddulph	8
RB Nicholls	c Alley b Biddulph	11
*CA Milton	c CRM Atkinson b Palmer	32
+BJ Meyer	b Biddulph	4
DG Hawkins	b Palmer	51
JB Mortimore	b Palmer	3
DA Allen	b Palmer	4
DR Smith	not out	17
DG A'Court	c Stephenson b Biddulph	9
C Cook	c Stephenson b Biddulph	0
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 86.5 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-35, 3-44, 4-53, 5-131, 6-132, 7-136, 8-139, 9-170, 10-170 (86.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	28.5	11	53	5	-	-
Palmer	25	9	40	4	-	-
Alley	15	6	25	1	-	-
Langford	3	1	6	0	-	-
CRM Atkinson	10	2	21	0	-	-
Lomax	5	1	15	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	st Meyer b Allen	69
B Roe	b A'Court	77
PB Wight	b A'Court	32
WE Alley	b A'Court	8
JG Lomax	c and b Cook	7
JM Lawrence	b A'Court	1
*+HW Stephenson	c Mortimore b A'Court	2
CRM Atkinson	not out	13
KE Palmer	st Meyer b Cook	12
BA Langford	not out	8
KD Biddulph	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 8 lb)	10
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 95 overs)	239
Fall of wickets:
1-117, 2-177, 3-191, 4-196, 5-204, 6-204, 7-208, 8-229

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	26	4	73	0	-	-
A'Court	31	6	88	5	-	-
Allen	9	4	6	1	-	-
Cook	15	2	39	2	-	-
Mortimore	14	7	23	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	lbw b Palmer	12
D Carpenter	c Alley b Langford	89
RB Nicholls	c Biddulph b Langford	26
*CA Milton	c and b Alley	0
DG Hawkins	c Stephenson b Langford	0
JB Mortimore	c Roe b CRM Atkinson	14
DA Allen	c Stephenson b Alley	10
DR Smith	c Roe b Langford	1
+BJ Meyer	c Lawrence b CRM Atkinson	14
DG A'Court	not out	14
C Cook	b CRM Atkinson	10
Extras	(7 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 65.1 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-125, 3-130, 4-130, 5-130, 6-144, 7-155, 8-171, 9-174, 10-197 (65.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	10	3	36	0	-	-
Palmer	12	4	29	1	-	-
Alley	15	4	25	2	-	-
Langford	15	9	39	4	-	-
CRM Atkinson	13.1	2	61	3	-	-

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Notes
--> HW Stephenson (1) passed 11000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 28
--> BA Langford (1) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 2
--> B Roe (2) passed his previous highest score of 47 in County Championship matches
--> B Roe (2) passed his previous highest score of 47 in first-class matches
--> PB Wight (2) passed 12000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 15
--> D Carpenter (2) passed his previous highest score of 74 in County Championship matches
--> D Carpenter (2) passed his previous highest score of 74 in first-class matches
--> RB Nicholls (2) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> WE Alley reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> DG A'Court reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset second innings

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