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f22787 cc11378	Middlesex v Somerset
	County Championship 1959
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 27th, 29th, 30th June 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by an innings and 119 runs
Points	Middlesex 14 (Batting 2); Somerset 0
Umpires	JG Langridge, WFF Price
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 133/1 (Gale 49, Parfitt 2)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 56/7 (Atkinson 4, Langford 6)

Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	lbw b Warr	20
PB Wight	c Murray b Moss	4
CHM Greetham	b Moss	0
CL McCool	c Murray b Moss	9
KE Palmer	c Gale b Moss	12
WE Alley	c Hurst b Warr	21
*MF Tremlett	b Hurst	37
+HW Stephenson	c Moss b Hurst	6
JH Harris	lbw b Hurst	2
BA Langford	b Moss	1
AGT Whitehead	not out	2
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 51.4 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-13, 3-25, 4-40, 5-55, 6-79, 7-95, 8-101, 9-106, 10-116 (51.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	21	9	33	5	-	-
Warr	15	2	33	2	-	-
Hooker	4	0	14	0	-	-
Titmus	6	1	19	0	-	-
Hurst	5.4	0	15	3	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gale	c Langford b McCool	137
WE Russell	b McCool	65
PH Parfitt	c Whitehead b Langford	7
RW Hooker	c Atkinson b Alley	10
AC Walton	c sub b Greetham	43
FJ Titmus	not out	22
+JT Murray	not out	11
RJ Hurst	did not bat
*JJ Warr	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
JDB Robertson	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 15 lb)	21
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 108 overs)	316
Fall of wickets:
1-125, 2-150, 3-180, 4-283, 5-283

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harris	17	2	52	0	-	-
Alley	14	6	19	1	-	-
Greetham	23	6	63	1	-	-
Langford	33	17	100	1	-	-
Palmer	16	3	49	0	-	-
McCool	3	0	11	2	-	-
Whitehead	2	1	1	0	-	-

Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Murray b Moss	11
PB Wight	b Moss	5
CHM Greetham	c Parfitt b Warr	8
CL McCool	b Moss	4
KE Palmer	b Moss	12
WE Alley	c Parfitt b Hurst	5
*MF Tremlett	c Hooker b Hurst	0
JH Harris	c Hooker b Warr	10
BA Langford	c Hooker b Titmus	22
AGT Whitehead	not out	2
+HW Stephenson	absent ill
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 36.4 overs)	81
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-15, 3-17, 4-27, 5-27, 6-41, 7-45, 8-74, 9-81 (36.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	15	4	39	4	-	-
Warr	12	2	28	2	-	-
Titmus	3.4	1	6	1	-	-
Hurst	6	4	6	2	-	-

Notes
--> RA Gale (1) passed his previous highest score of 126 in First-Class matches
--> RA Gale (1) passed his previous highest score of 126 in County Championship matches
--> RA Gale (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> KE Palmer (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> AE Moss reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> FJ Titmus reached 850 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings