f23848 cc11908	Somerset v Yorkshire
	County Championship 1961
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 12th, 13th, 14th July 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 2; Yorkshire 0
Umpires	FS Lee, DJ Wood
Close of play day 1	Yorkshire (1) 232/8 (Bolus 29*)
Close of play day 2	Yorkshire (2) 12/1 (Taylor 7*, Binks 5*)

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WB Stott	c G Atkinson b Palmer	13
K Taylor	b Langford	66
DEV Padgett	b Alley	101
DB Close	c Greetham b Langford	2
PJ Sharpe	b Langford	6
JB Bolus	not out	29
FS Trueman	c and b Alley	4
K Gillhouley	c Palmer b Alley	5
*JV Wilson	st Stephenson b Langford	4
+JG Binks	did not bat
M Ryan	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 1 w)	2
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 91.3 overs)	232
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-132, 3-134, 4-150, 5-208, 6-212, 7-219, 8-232 (91.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Alley	18	2	31	3	-	-
Palmer	15	5	30	1	-	-
Greetham	16	4	34	0	-	-
CRM Atkinson	7	0	42	0	-	-
Lomax	17	5	50	0	-	-
Langford	18.3	6	43	4	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	b Trueman	3
B Roe	c Wilson b Close	17
PB Wight	b Trueman	7
WE Alley	not out	155
JG Lomax	c Sharpe b Trueman	59
TI Barwell	c Taylor b Ryan	7
KE Palmer	not out	4
*+HW Stephenson	did not bat
CHM Greetham	did not bat
CRM Atkinson	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 105 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-16, 3-47, 4-231, 5-250

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	28	10	57	3	-	-
Ryan	24	3	63	1	-	-
Gillhouley	23	13	47	0	-	-
Close	18	6	40	1	-	-
Taylor	12	2	45	0	-	-

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Yorkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WB Stott	b Palmer	0
K Taylor	c Barwell b Wight	42
+JG Binks	c Langford b Roe	58
DEV Padgett	not out	31
DB Close	not out	38
PJ Sharpe	did not bat
JB Bolus	did not bat
FS Trueman	did not bat
K Gillhouley	did not bat
*JV Wilson	did not bat
M Ryan	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(3 wickets, 53.5 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-72, 3-115

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	6	3	10	1	-	-
Greetham	7	2	22	0	-	-
CRM Atkinson	8	2	14	0	-	-
Lomax	6	3	11	0	-	-
Langford	9	1	30	0	-	-
Wight	11	4	38	1	-	-
Roe	6	0	43	1	-	-
G Atkinson	0.5	0	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DEV Padgett (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 50
--> DEV Padgett (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 15
--> DB Close (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 2
--> B Roe (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 13
--> WE Alley (1) passed 9000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 93
--> TI Barwell made his debut in County Championship matches
--> JG Binks (2) passed his previous highest score of 46 in County Championship matches
--> WE Alley reached 300 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Yorkshire first innings
--> M Ryan reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings

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