f21279 cc10596	Gloucestershire v Somerset
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 19th, 21st May 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by an innings and 85 runs
Points	Gloucestershire 12; Somerset 0
Umpires	JS Buller, FW Shipston
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 26/2 (Walker 7*, Wight 5*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GM Emmett	c McCool b McMahon	108
DM Young	c Tremlett b McMahon	43
TW Graveney	b McMahon	133
JF Crapp	c Tremlett b Langford	31
CA Milton	b McMahon	4
JB Mortimore	b McCool	12
GEE Lambert	c Pickles b McMahon	19
+P Rochford	not out	11
C Cook	b McCool	4
BD Wells	c Tremlett b McMahon	15
FP McHugh	lbw b McMahon	3
Extras	(12 b, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 115.2 overs)	396
Fall of wickets:
1-94, 2-213, 3-302, 4-319, 5-338, 6-355, 7-367, 8-374, 9-393, 10-396 (115.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	21	0	82	0	-	-
Lomax	9	1	47	0	-	-
McMahon	48.2	14	110	7	-	-
McCool	18	3	61	2	-	-
Langford	18	2	70	1	-	-
Pickles	1	0	13	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Pickles	lbw b Wells	13
M Walker	b Mortimore	44
G Atkinson	b Wells	1
PB Wight	b McHugh	5
*MF Tremlett	st Rochford b Mortimore	7
CL McCool	st Rochford b Mortimore	17
JG Lomax	c Milton b Mortimore	1
BA Langford	c Milton b Mortimore	0
+FGK Day	lbw b Cook	2
JWJ McMahon	b Cook	4
B Lobb	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 54.2 overs)	101
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-21, 3-29, 4-67, 5-78, 6-88, 7-88, 8-93, 9-101, 10-101 (54.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	6	1	13	0	-	-
McHugh	7	2	14	1	-	-
Wells	10	4	19	2	-	-
Cook	19.2	7	30	2	-	-
Mortimore	12	7	18	5	-	-

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Somerset second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Pickles	c Milton b Wells	22
M Walker	c Wells b Mortimore	24
CL McCool	c Mortimore b Cook	62
PB Wight	c Rochford b Wells	10
*MF Tremlett	c Emmett b Wells	29
G Atkinson	not out	37
JG Lomax	c Mortimore b Cook	4
BA Langford	b Wells	8
+FGK Day	c Rochford b Wells	0
JWJ McMahon	b Wells	0
B Lobb	b Cook	1
Extras	(10 b, 3 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 104.1 overs)	210
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-75, 3-85, 4-151, 5-159, 6-163, 7-193, 8-193, 9-193, 10-210 (104.1 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	2	0	8	0	-	-
McHugh	7	0	26	0	-	-
Wells	32	14	49	6	-	-
Cook	38.1	15	60	3	-	-
Mortimore	16	6	23	1	-	-
Graveney	9	3	31	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> GM Emmett (1) passed 17000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 40
--> TW Graveney (1) passed 18500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> JB Mortimore reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings

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