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f20921 cc10417	Middlesex v Somerset
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 18th, 20th, 21st June 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 9 wickets
Points	Middlesex 12; Somerset 0
Umpires	F Chester, K McCanlis
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 147/2 (Robertson 110, DCS Compton 2)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 189 all out

Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+HW Stephenson	c Bennett b Warr	27
Yawar Saeed	c LH Compton b Moss	1
J Lawrence	b Titmus	27
*GG Tordoff	b Titmus	24
PB Wight	lbw b Titmus	0
MF Tremlett	run out	7
JG Lomax	c LH Compton b Titmus	3
GM Tripp	c Edrich b Titmus	8
J Hilton	c DCS Compton b Titmus	11
JWJ McMahon	not out	5
B Lobb	c Edrich b Titmus	14
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	19
Total	(all out, 65.3 overs)	146
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-64, 3-80, 4-80, 5-89, 6-104, 7-109, 8-126, 9-127, 10-146 (65.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	18	2	46	1	-	-
Warr	19	4	37	1	-	-
Bennett	4	0	13	0	-	-
Titmus	24.3	11	31	7	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c sub b McMahon	137
SM Brown	c Lawrence b Lobb	13
*WJ Edrich	c Lomax b Hilton	19
DCS Compton	c Tordoff b Hilton	48
D Bennett	run out	24
DO Baldry	not out	23
FJ Titmus	not out	18
JJ Warr	did not bat
+LH Compton	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 85 overs)	288
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-143, 3-198, 4-224, 5-257

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	22	5	84	1	-	-
Yawar Saeed	4	0	19	0	-	-
Lomax	12	1	59	0	-	-
McMahon	14	4	43	1	-	-
Hilton	23	6	54	2	-	-
Tordoff	10	1	23	0	-	-

Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+HW Stephenson	c Titmus b Warr	0
Yawar Saeed	run out	22
J Lawrence	b Moss	8
*GG Tordoff	c DCS Compton b Titmus	18
PB Wight	c Moss b Young	12
MF Tremlett	c Warr b Titmus	92
JG Lomax	c Baldry b Titmus	12
GM Tripp	c Moss b Young	2
J Hilton	c Edrich b Young	8
JWJ McMahon	c Titmus b Warr	7
B Lobb	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 87.4 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-17, 3-43, 4-55, 5-61, 6-88, 7-119, 8-139, 9-189, 10-189 (87.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	9	4	17	1	-	-
Warr	10.4	1	32	2	-	-
Titmus	35	6	64	3	-	-
Young	33	9	68	3	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	st Stephenson b Lawrence	28
SM Brown	not out	16
*WJ Edrich	not out	3
DCS Compton	did not bat
D Bennett	did not bat
DO Baldry	did not bat
FJ Titmus	did not bat
JJ Warr	did not bat
+LH Compton	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(1 wicket, 16.2 overs)	48
Fall of wickets:
1-36 (Robertson)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	4	0	10	0	-	-
Tordoff	8	2	21	0	-	-
Tremlett	1	0	7	0	-	-
Lawrence	3.2	1	9	1	-	-

Notes
--> GM Tripp made his debut in County Championship matches
--> B Lobb (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in First-Class matches
--> B Lobb (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in County Championship matches
--> SM Brown (1) passed 15000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> DO Baldry (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in County Championship matches
--> GG Tordoff (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> JDB Robertson (2) passed 25000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> AE Moss reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> FJ Titmus reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings