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| Venue | County Ground, Taunton on 1st, 2nd September 1955 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Somerset Second XI won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Somerset Second XI won by 24 runs |
| Points | Somerset Second XI 10; Devon 0 |
| Umpires | PJ Franklin, WH Stephens |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Somerset Second XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Atkinson | run out | 4 | |||||
| PJ Eele | st Mountford b Bloy | 66 | |||||
| J Baker | c Mountford b Rippon | 25 | |||||
| KE Palmer | c Bloy b Reichwald | 8 | |||||
| GL Williams | lbw b Bulley | 15 | |||||
| JD Currie | not out | 102 | |||||
| R Smith | c Fairclough b Forward | 32 | |||||
| E Hill | b Healey | 16 | |||||
| J Hilton | c Cole b Bulley | 15 | |||||
| PH Fussell | not out | 1 | |||||
| KD Biddulph | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (10 b, 8 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 81 overs) | 304 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-55, 3-76, 4-100, 5-138, 6-213, 7-236, 8-300 | |||||||
| Devon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Healey | 13 | 0 | 68 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Cole | 12 | 3 | 38 | 0 | - | - | |
| Reichwald | 15 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Rippon | 19 | 0 | 54 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bulley | 8 | 0 | 31 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bloy | 4 | 0 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| Fairclough | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Forward | 6 | 0 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Devon first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HD Fairclough | c Biddulph b Fussell | 47 | |||||
| DH Cole | c Biddulph b Fussell | 82 | |||||
| NCF Bloy | b Hilton | 0 | |||||
| SGE Mountford | b Fussell | 64 | |||||
| RV Turner | c Eele b Fussell | 0 | |||||
| CT Reichwald | c Baker b Hilton | 25 | |||||
| CE Wensley | b Hilton | 3 | |||||
| FRT Bulley | lbw b Hill | 1 | |||||
| DJ Rippon | b Hilton | 0 | |||||
| RD Healey | not out | 0 | |||||
| ED Forward | lbw b Hilton | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 71.3 overs) | 228 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-77, 2-78, 3-184, 4-186, 5-209, 6-227, 7-228, 8-228, 9-228, 10-228 (71.3 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Biddulph | 18 | 0 | 88 | 0 | - | - | |
| Fussell | 23 | 6 | 58 | 4 | - | - | |
| Hilton | 22.3 | 4 | 56 | 5 | - | - | |
| Hill | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| Atkinson | 4 | 1 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Somerset Second XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Atkinson | c Cole b Fairclough | 75 | |||||
| PJ Eele | c Reichwald b Bulley | 26 | |||||
| KE Palmer | lbw b Healey | 0 | |||||
| JD Currie | not out | 57 | |||||
| E Hill | c and b Healey | 0 | |||||
| J Baker | did not bat | ||||||
| GL Williams | did not bat | ||||||
| R Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| J Hilton | did not bat | ||||||
| PH Fussell | did not bat | ||||||
| KD Biddulph | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b, 6 lb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 36.5 overs) | 172 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-60, 2-170, 3-172, 4-172 (36.5 ov) | |||||||
| Devon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Healey | 11.5 | 1 | 49 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cole | 5 | 1 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Reichwald | 8 | 0 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Rippon | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bulley | 5 | 0 | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bloy | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Fairclough | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | - | - | |
| Devon second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HD Fairclough | c Eele b Baker | 24 | |||||
| DH Cole | c Hilton b Hill | 92 | |||||
| NCF Bloy | b Hilton | 3 | |||||
| SGE Mountford | b Hilton | 20 | |||||
| RV Turner | b Hilton | 0 | |||||
| CT Reichwald | c Hilton b Hill | 14 | |||||
| CE Wensley | st Eele b Hilton | 46 | |||||
| FRT Bulley | lbw b Hilton | 4 | |||||
| DJ Rippon | b Hilton | 0 | |||||
| RD Healey | not out | 2 | |||||
| ED Forward | b Hilton | 6 | |||||
| Extras | (10 b, 3 lb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 75.5 overs) | 224 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-33, 2-40, 3-72, 4-72, 5-101, 6-184, 7-198, 8-208, 9-208, 10-224 (75.5 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Biddulph | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Fussell | 7 | 1 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hilton | 31 | 13 | 63 | 7 | - | - | |
| Hill | 18.5 | 5 | 65 | 2 | - | - | |
| Atkinson | 5 | 0 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Baker | 9 | 3 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> E Hill made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RV Turner made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JD Currie (1) passed his previous highest score of 50 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JD Currie (1) made his first century in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> J Hilton (1) passed 1000 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 8
--> HD Fairclough (1) passed 2500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 36
--> SGE Mountford (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 51
--> CE Wensley (2) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 28
--> J Hilton achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Devon second innings (previous best was 6-11)
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