f23965 cc12008	Somerset v Lancashire
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Recreation Ground, Bath on 26th, 28th, 29th August 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 2; Lancashire 0
Umpires	F Jakeman, FS Lee
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 175/3 (Alley 26*, Wight 4*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 117/3 (Booth 54*, Bond 13*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Pullar	c Virgin b Pearson	16
*RW Barber	c Alley b Pearson	10
BJ Booth	c Virgin b Langford	8
KJ Grieves	c Lomax b Langford	26
JD Bond	st Stephenson b CRM Atkinson	7
G Houlton	b Langford	11
R Collins	c Roe b Langford	33
+G Clayton	c Wight b Langford	0
JB Statham	b Pearson	10
K Higgs	not out	10
C Hilton	c CRM Atkinson b Langford	4
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 41.4 overs)	145
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-31, 3-63, 4-66, 5-80, 6-86, 7-86, 8-127, 9-138, 10-145 (41.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pearson	14	5	40	3	-	-
Lomax	4	2	9	0	-	-
Langford	16.4	5	71	6	-	-
CRM Atkinson	7	1	15	1	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Clayton b Higgs	66
B Roe	b Statham	1
RT Virgin	c Clayton b Collins	71
WE Alley	lbw b Statham	120
PB Wight	b Statham	11
JG Lomax	b Barber	1
CHM Greetham	lbw b Statham	47
BA Langford	c Grieves b Hilton	11
CRM Atkinson	not out	4
*+HW Stephenson	b Statham	6
AJG Pearson	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb)	9
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 121.4 overs)	347
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-108, 3-165, 4-182, 5-231, 6-321, 7-326, 8-338, 9-347 (121.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	36.4	9	92	5	-	-
Higgs	23	5	61	1	-	-
Collins	18	7	45	1	-	-
Hilton	22	2	66	1	-	-
Barber	18	4	67	1	-	-
Grieves	4	1	7	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Pullar	c Greetham b Langford	35
*RW Barber	c Stephenson b Lomax	9
BJ Booth	run out	102
KJ Grieves	run out	5
JD Bond	c Pearson b Roe	152
G Houlton	c Greetham b Virgin	58
R Collins	not out	107
+G Clayton	not out	30
JB Statham	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
C Hilton	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 w)	2
Total	(6 wickets, 183 overs)	500
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-69, 3-87, 4-218, 5-345, 6-373

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pearson	23	6	57	0	-	-
Lomax	22	9	33	1	-	-
Langford	49	23	74	1	-	-
CRM Atkinson	24	4	62	0	-	-
Greetham	7	2	12	0	-	-
Virgin	19	1	79	1	-	-
Wight	13	3	47	0	-	-
Roe	12	1	58	1	-	-
Stephenson	14	2	76	0	-	-

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Notes
--> G Atkinson (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 43
--> WE Alley (1) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 69
--> BJ Booth (2) passed his previous highest score of 93 in County Championship matches
--> BJ Booth (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> BJ Booth (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 13
--> JD Bond (2) passed his previous highest score of 106 in First-Class matches
--> JD Bond (2) passed his previous highest score of 106 in County Championship matches
--> JD Bond (2) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 95
--> G Houlton (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> R Collins (2) passed his previous highest score of 100 in County Championship matches
--> R Collins (2) passed his previous highest score of 100 in First-Class matches
--> BA Langford reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> JB Statham reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> RW Barber reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings

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