| misc31873 | |
| Venue | County Ground, Taunton on 11th, 12th, 13th May 1955 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Somerset won by 131 runs |
| Umpires | RH Powell, R Turner |
| Close of play day 1 | Somerset (1) 278 all out |
| Close of play day 2 | Somerset (2) 181/7 |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *GG Tordoff | b Cowan | 6 | |||||
| JG Lomax | b McKinna | 1 | |||||
| J Lawrence | lbw b McKinna | 7 | |||||
| PB Wight | c Stott b McKinna | 148 | |||||
| L Pickles | b Hall | 49 | |||||
| R Smith | c Murray b Cowan | 46 | |||||
| MF Tremlett | b Cowan | 1 | |||||
| +HW Stephenson | b Cowan | 7 | |||||
| J Hilton | not out | 1 | |||||
| JWJ McMahon | b Cowan | 0 | |||||
| B Lobb | lbw b Cowan | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 5 lb, 2 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 106 overs) | 278 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7, 2-7, 3-19, 4-157, 5-261, 6-269, 7-271, 8-278, 9-278, 10-278 (106 ov) | |||||||
| Royal Air Force bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McKinna | 30 | 15 | 64 | 3 | - | - | |
| Cowan | 31 | 7 | 65 | 6 | - | - | |
| Hall | 25 | 5 | 75 | 1 | - | - | |
| Shirreff | 20 | 6 | 62 | 0 | - | - | |
| Royal Air Force first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +JT Murray | b Lobb | 0 | |||||
| *AC Shirreff | st Stephenson b Lawrence | 26 | |||||
| WB Stott | c Hilton b Lawrence | 40 | |||||
| RAE Tindall | b Lomax | 0 | |||||
| LA Savill | st Stephenson b Lawrence | 1 | |||||
| D Carpenter | c Tordoff b Lawrence | 14 | |||||
| SE Leary | b McMahon | 34 | |||||
| R Leggett | b McMahon | 15 | |||||
| TA Hall | run out | 10 | |||||
| GH McKinna | c Stephenson b Lawrence | 0 | |||||
| MJ Cowan | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 1 lb, 2 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 44.3 overs) | 149 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Murray), 2-64, 3-67, 4-67, 5-71, 6-100, 7-128, 8-139, 9-148, 10-149 (44.3 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lobb | 8 | 1 | 36 | 1 | - | - | |
| Tremlett | 10 | 0 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lomax | 5 | 0 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lawrence | 14.3 | 3 | 44 | 5 | - | - | |
| McMahon | 7 | 2 | 19 | 2 | - | - | |
| Somerset second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *GG Tordoff | c Leggett b Hall | 23 | |||||
| JG Lomax | c McKinna b Hall | 3 | |||||
| J Lawrence | b Shirreff | 21 | |||||
| MF Tremlett | b Shirreff | 1 | |||||
| R Smith | c Cowan b McKinna | 65 | |||||
| PB Wight | b McKinna | 3 | |||||
| +HW Stephenson | b Shirreff | 62 | |||||
| L Pickles | lbw b Hall | 8 | |||||
| J Hilton | not out | 12 | |||||
| JWJ McMahon | c Savill b McKinna | 2 | |||||
| B Lobb | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 3 lb, 2 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 62.1 overs) | 209 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10 (Lomax), 2-49, 3-49, 4-52, 5-65, 6-142, 7-180, 8-203, 9-209 (62.1 ov) | |||||||
| Royal Air Force bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cowan | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| McKinna | 23.1 | 10 | 42 | 3 | - | - | |
| Hall | 19 | 4 | 78 | 3 | - | - | |
| Shirreff | 15 | 1 | 71 | 3 | - | - | |
| Royal Air Force second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +JT Murray | b Lobb | 6 | |||||
| *AC Shirreff | c and b Lobb | 33 | |||||
| WB Stott | b Tremlett | 4 | |||||
| RAE Tindall | c Stephenson b Lawrence | 25 | |||||
| LA Savill | c and b McMahon | 10 | |||||
| D Carpenter | st Stephenson b Lawrence | 3 | |||||
| SE Leary | st Stephenson b McMahon | 62 | |||||
| R Leggett | lbw b Hilton | 12 | |||||
| TA Hall | c Stephenson b McMahon | 44 | |||||
| GH McKinna | st Stephenson b Lawrence | 0 | |||||
| MJ Cowan | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 1 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 75 overs) | 207 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-36, 2-42, 3-46, 4-76, 5-80, 6-98, 7-132, 8-198, 9-201, 10-207 (75 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lobb | 10 | 2 | 17 | 2 | - | - | |
| Tremlett | 12 | 2 | 49 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lawrence | 25 | 4 | 54 | 3 | - | - | |
| Lomax | 6 | 2 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| McMahon | 14 | 2 | 53 | 3 | - | - | |
| Hilton | 8 | 2 | 15 | 1 | - | - | |
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