| f21876 | |
| Venue | County Ground, Taunton on 17th, 18th, 19th July 1957 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | West Indians won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | HG Baldwin, RSM Lay |
| Close of play day 1 | West Indians (1) 51/3 (Sobers 13*, Weekes 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Somerset (1) 38/5 (Palmer 4*, Stephenson 2*) |
| West Indians first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BH Pairaudeau | c Alley b Lobb | 16 | |||||
| RB Kanhai | c Greetham b Lobb | 6 | |||||
| CL Walcott | b Lobb | 14 | |||||
| GS Sobers | b Alley | 13 | |||||
| ED Weekes | c McMahon b Lobb | 12 | |||||
| DS Atkinson | c Stephenson b Alley | 3 | |||||
| +FCM Alexander | b Alley | 2 | |||||
| *JDC Goddard | b Alley | 0 | |||||
| WW Hall | b Lobb | 8 | |||||
| R Gilchrist | b Alley | 0 | |||||
| AL Valentine | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (3 lb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 32.1 overs) | 78 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-20, 2-29, 3-50, 4-52, 5-62, 6-68, 7-68, 8-68, 9-76, 10-78 (32.1 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lobb | 16.1 | 5 | 37 | 5 | - | - | |
| Alley | 16 | 6 | 38 | 5 | - | - | |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| L Pickles | b Gilchrist | 0 | |||||
| WE Alley | c Goddard b Gilchrist | 11 | |||||
| GM Tripp | b Gilchrist | 8 | |||||
| CL McCool | b Hall | 0 | |||||
| CHM Greetham | c Kanhai b Gilchrist | 5 | |||||
| KE Palmer | run out | 23 | |||||
| *+HW Stephenson | c Valentine b Atkinson | 18 | |||||
| JH Harris | not out | 16 | |||||
| BA Langford | c Goddard b Atkinson | 6 | |||||
| JWJ McMahon | b Gilchrist | 0 | |||||
| B Lobb | b Atkinson | 13 | |||||
| Extras | (11 lb, 3 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 34 overs) | 114 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7, 2-18, 3-23, 4-27, 5-36, 6-72, 7-87, 8-96, 9-101, 10-114 (34 ov) | |||||||
| West Indians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gilchrist | 17 | 5 | 33 | 5 | - | - | |
| Hall | 7 | 0 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Atkinson | 10 | 3 | 34 | 3 | - | - | |
| West Indians second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BH Pairaudeau | c Stephenson b Harris | 16 | |||||
| RB Kanhai | lbw b Lobb | 0 | |||||
| CL Walcott | c Stephenson b McMahon | 61 | |||||
| GS Sobers | st Stephenson b Palmer | 104 | |||||
| DS Atkinson | c and b Harris | 26 | |||||
| ED Weekes | c and b Harris | 18 | |||||
| +FCM Alexander | not out | 5 | |||||
| WW Hall | not out | 15 | |||||
| *JDC Goddard | did not bat | ||||||
| R Gilchrist | did not bat | ||||||
| AL Valentine | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 lb, 1 w) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 68 overs) | 254 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-33, 3-143, 4-209, 5-227, 6-234 | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lobb | 10 | 2 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| Alley | 8 | 1 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Harris | 17 | 3 | 59 | 3 | - | - | |
| Palmer | 12 | 0 | 35 | 1 | - | - | |
| Langford | 9 | 0 | 53 | 0 | - | - | |
| McMahon | 11 | 1 | 41 | 1 | - | - | |
| McCool | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> RB Kanhai (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> GS Sobers (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> B Lobb reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the West Indians first innings
--> WE Alley reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the West Indians first innings
--> R Gilchrist achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 5-41)
--> JH Harris achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the West Indians second innings (previous best was 2-59)
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