f20044 cc9935	Somerset v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1953
Venue	Recreation Ground, Bath on 13th, 15th June 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 144 runs
Points	Somerset 0; Leicestershire 12
Umpires	JJ Hills, EA Roberts
Scorers	W Goodenough (Leicestershire), T Tout (Somerset)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (2) 23/2 (Lester 4*, Tompkin 0*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Gimblett b Langford	21
GA Smithson	c Lawrence b Langford	39
M Tompkin	c Gimblett b Langford	37
*CH Palmer	run out	1
VE Jackson	c Gimblett b Langford	13
VS Munden	c and b Lawrence	0
MR Hallam	b Langford	5
JE Walsh	c Brocklehurst b Langford	4
+J Firth	not out	34
D Goodson	st Stephenson b Lawrence	1
TJ Goodwin	run out	2
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 76.3 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-61, 2-63, 3-79, 4-103, 5-104, 6-117, 7-118, 8-126, 9-143, 10-161 (76.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buse	10	2	30	0	-	-
Redman	5	0	18	0	-	-
Langford	33	14	53	6	-	-
Lawrence	28.3	8	56	2	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	c Palmer b Goodwin	0
J Lawrence	b Munden	47
R Smith	c Hallam b Goodwin	6
HFT Buse	c and b Walsh	11
+HW Stephenson	st Firth b Walsh	0
*BG Brocklehurst	hit wkt b Munden	1
SS Rogers	b Munden	10
JD Currie	st Firth b Munden	4
CF Davey	b Walsh	0
J Redman	c Goodwin b Walsh	0
BA Langford	not out	0
Extras	(2 nb)	2
Total	(all out, 27.3 overs)	81
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-9, 3-59, 4-59, 5-60, 6-72, 7-79, 8-79, 9-81, 10-81 (27.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Goodwin	7	2	33	2	-	-
Goodson	5	0	18	0	-	-
Munden	8	3	9	4	-	-
Walsh	7.3	1	19	4	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Gimblett b Langford	20
GA Smithson	c Smith b Langford	13
+J Firth	lbw b Buse	0
M Tompkin	c Stephenson b Buse	4
*CH Palmer	c Gimblett b Langford	0
VE Jackson	c Gimblett b Buse	9
VS Munden	c Redman b Langford	53
MR Hallam	run out	11
JE Walsh	b Langford	40
D Goodson	c and b Buse	0
TJ Goodwin	not out	10
Extras	(11 b, 6 lb)	17
Total	(all out, 63.2 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-23, 3-27, 4-28, 5-49, 6-61, 7-82, 8-156, 9-161, 10-177 (63.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buse	29	14	76	4	-	-
Redman	3	2	1	0	-	-
Langford	28.2	7	81	5	-	-
Lawrence	3	1	2	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	b Goodwin	2
J Lawrence	b Goodwin	14
R Smith	b Walsh	13
+HW Stephenson	b Munden	29
*BG Brocklehurst	c Lester b Munden	9
HFT Buse	c Smithson b Munden	23
SS Rogers	c Smithson b Munden	1
JD Currie	b Munden	13
CF Davey	not out	1
J Redman	c Smithson b Munden	0
BA Langford	c Lester b Jackson	2
Extras	(4 b, 2 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 33.2 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-27, 3-53, 4-67, 5-78, 6-90, 7-105, 8-110, 9-110, 10-113 (33.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Goodwin	5	0	37	2	-	-
Goodson	4	1	12	0	-	-
Munden	12	1	33	6	-	-
Walsh	9	0	24	1	-	-
Jackson	3.2	2	1	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> JD Currie made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JD Currie made his debut in County Championship matches
--> SS Rogers made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> SS Rogers made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> JD Currie made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> J Redman made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> J Redman made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> JE Walsh (2) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 34
--> J Lawrence (2) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 3
--> VS Munden achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 5-30)
--> VS Munden achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 5-30)

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