minc4821	Wiltshire v Somerset Second XI
	Minor Counties Championship 1955
Venue	County Ground, Trowbridge on 29th, 30th July 1955 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Wiltshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset Second XI won by 2 wickets
Points	Wiltshire 0; Somerset Second XI 10
Umpires	CE Dunn, GE Hart
Close of play day 1

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Thompson	c Pickles b Atkinson	140
AEH Rutter	c Williams b Biddulph	11
AOH Mills	c Tripp b Baker	35
GP Gent	b Atkinson	0
IR Lomax	c Biddulph b Atkinson	20
RJ Knight	b Biddulph	6
*+J Hurn	b Baker	8
DS Milford	b Baker	8
JH Merryweather	not out	0
AG Marshall	c Hill b Biddulph	1
MH Martin	b Baker	0
Extras	(10 b, 5 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 83.3 overs)	244
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-137, 3-144, 4-204, 5-221, 6-225, 7-233, 8-241, 9-244, 10-244 (83.3 ov)

Somerset Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	24	7	69	3	-	-
Baker	24.3	9	52	4	-	-
Pickles	11	0	37	0	-	-
Atkinson	24	2	71	3	-	-

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Somerset Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Hurn b Milford	35
GL Williams	b Merryweather	48
CF Davey	b Merryweather	2
JD Currie	lbw b Knight	50
J Baker	b Merryweather	35
L Pickles	not out	48
E Hill	c Milford b Thompson	31
R Smith	not out	11
GM Tripp	did not bat
KD Biddulph	did not bat
M Hanna	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 6 lb, 1 w)	19
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 93 overs)	279
Fall of wickets:
1-65, 2-67, 3-97, 4-169, 5-186, 6-279

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Marshall	23	4	70	0	-	-
Martin	11	4	18	0	-	-
Merryweather	28	7	87	3	1	-
Milford	13	7	25	1	-	-
Knight	12	0	35	1	-	-
Thompson	6	0	25	1	-	-

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Wiltshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Thompson	c Hill b Baker	29
AEH Rutter	b Biddulph	8
AOH Mills	b Baker	4
GP Gent	b Biddulph	1
IR Lomax	c Williams b Pickles	49
RJ Knight	c Currie b Hill	96
*+J Hurn	c Williams b Pickles	5
DS Milford	not out	5
JH Merryweather	not out	0
AG Marshall	did not bat
MH Martin	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb)	6
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 44 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-36, 3-39, 4-45, 5-191, 6-191, 7-201

Somerset Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	11	3	39	2	-	-
Baker	12	2	42	2	-	-
Pickles	11	1	41	2	-	-
Atkinson	7	1	48	0	-	-
Hill	3	0	27	1	-	-

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Somerset Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Merryweather b Milford	4
GL Williams	c and b Merryweather	54
CF Davey	b Marshall	10
JD Currie	st Hurn b Merryweather	38
J Baker	c Thompson b Merryweather	0
L Pickles	c Gent b Merryweather	0
E Hill	b Merryweather	18
R Smith	not out	23
GM Tripp	not out	7
KD Biddulph	b Merryweather	3
M Hanna	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 1 lb)	12
Total	(8 wickets, 38 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-101, 3-101, 4-105, 5-106, 6-119, 7-138, 8-138

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Marshall	6	0	28	1	-	-
Martin	7	2	31	0	-	-
Merryweather	13	1	52	6	-	-
Milford	12	1	46	1	-	-

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Notes
--> JD Currie made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Baker made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> M Hanna made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JR Thompson (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> L Pickles (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RJ Knight (2) passed his previous highest score of 70 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RJ Knight (2) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 3
--> R Smith (2) passed his previous highest score of 19 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JR Thompson made his debut for Wiltshire in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> G Atkinson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Wiltshire first innings (previous best was 0-21)

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