f22930 cc11497	Somerset v Surrey
	County Championship 1959
Venue	Recreation Ground, Bath on 22nd, 24th, 25th August 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Surrey won by 10 wickets
Points	Somerset 0; Surrey 14 (Batting 2)
Umpires	JS Buller, CS Elliott
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 16/0 (Edrich 10*, Parsons 5*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 1/1 (Lomax 0*, Atkinson 0*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Lomax	c Lock b Loader	3
RT Virgin	b Loader	5
CHM Greetham	b Laker	24
*MF Tremlett	c Lock b Bedser	3
G Atkinson	c Lock b Bedser	83
WE Alley	b Lock	46
JM Lawrence	c Clark b Bedser	33
+HW Stephenson	b Bedser	33
BA Langford	run out	0
AGT Whitehead	b Laker	6
KD Biddulph	not out	12
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 98.4 overs)	249
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-10, 3-18, 4-35, 5-121, 6-196, 7-213, 8-217, 9-233, 10-249 (98.4 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	21	4	58	2	-	-
Bedser	27	7	73	4	-	-
Lock	22	7	54	1	-	-
Laker	28.4	9	63	2	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JH Edrich	c Stephenson b Langford	84
ABD Parsons	c Virgin b Whitehead	62
DGW Fletcher	not out	100
MJ Stewart	b Whitehead	70
TH Clark	c Whitehead b Langford	6
B Constable	c Tremlett b Whitehead	6
GAR Lock	c Biddulph b Whitehead	24
+AJW McIntyre	lbw b Whitehead	4
JC Laker	not out	6
*AV Bedser	did not bat
PJ Loader	did not bat
Extras	(21 b, 3 lb)	24
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 138.4 overs)	386
Fall of wickets:
1-146, 2-154, 3-277, 4-312, 5-325, 6-373, 7-374

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	17	1	57	0	-	-
Alley	18	5	42	0	-	-
Langford	48	17	103	2	-	-
Lawrence	16	2	58	0	-	-
Whitehead	39.4	8	102	5	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Lomax	b Laker	30
RT Virgin	c Parsons b Loader	1
G Atkinson	b Lock	11
*MF Tremlett	b Laker	2
CHM Greetham	c and b Laker	36
WE Alley	b Laker	2
JM Lawrence	lbw b Lock	0
+HW Stephenson	c and b Laker	5
BA Langford	c Stewart b Laker	23
AGT Whitehead	not out	9
KD Biddulph	c Bedser b Laker	9
Extras	(10 b, 2 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 79.1 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-30, 3-39, 4-53, 5-59, 6-88, 7-90, 8-95, 9-126, 10-140 (79.1 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	6	3	12	1	-	-
Bedser	10	3	16	0	-	-
Lock	30	15	41	2	-	-
Laker	33.1	14	59	7	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JH Edrich	not out	4
ABD Parsons	not out	0
DGW Fletcher	did not bat
MJ Stewart	did not bat
TH Clark	did not bat
B Constable	did not bat
GAR Lock	did not bat
+AJW McIntyre	did not bat
JC Laker	did not bat
*AV Bedser	did not bat
PJ Loader	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 1.5 overs)	4

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stephenson	1	0	3	0	-	-
Tremlett	0.5	0	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JM Lawrence made his debut in first-class matches
--> JM Lawrence made his debut in County Championship matches
--> WE Alley (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 23
--> B Constable (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 5
--> AV Bedser reached 1850 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> JC Laker reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> JC Laker reached 1800 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 7th wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> GAR Lock reached 1100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset second innings

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