f21472 cc10747	Somerset v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1956
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 4th, 6th, 7th August 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 1 wicket
Points	Somerset 0; Gloucestershire 12
Umpires	CS Elliott, WT Jones
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 68/0 (Milton 46*, Young 22*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (1) 287/4 (Crapp 23*, Lambert 3*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Pickles	c Graveney b Wells	53
JG Lomax	c Rochford b Lambert	1
PB Wight	c and b Wells	12
CL McCool	c Rochford b Cook	88
G Atkinson	c and b Wells	0
*MF Tremlett	c Milton b Cook	0
+HW Stephenson	c Graveney b Cook	22
J Hilton	not out	39
PH Fussell	c Graveney b Cook	0
JWJ McMahon	b Lake	10
B Lobb	b Cook	8
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 97.5 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-30, 3-154, 4-155, 5-160, 6-160, 7-186, 8-186, 9-210, 10-246 (97.5 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	21	4	57	1	-	-
Lake	12	2	30	1	-	-
Wells	26	13	54	3	-	-
Cook	30.5	12	64	5	-	-
Mortimore	8	1	28	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CA Milton	c Wight b McMahon	138
DM Young	b Lobb	81
*GM Emmett	run out	2
TW Graveney	c McCool b Hilton	29
JF Crapp	not out	23
GEE Lambert	not out	3
JB Mortimore	did not bat
GJ Lake	did not bat
BD Wells	did not bat
+P Rochford	did not bat
C Cook	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 4 w)	11
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 107 overs)	287
Fall of wickets:
1-209, 2-226, 3-243, 4-268

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	31	7	69	1	-	-
Fussell	16	3	45	0	-	-
McCool	7	0	39	0	-	-
McMahon	27	7	69	1	-	-
Hilton	19	10	33	1	-	-
Lomax	7	2	21	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Pickles	c Emmett b Cook	39
JG Lomax	c Crapp b Wells	9
PB Wight	lbw b Wells	12
CL McCool	c Rochford b Cook	57
+HW Stephenson	c Milton b Cook	1
G Atkinson	lbw b Cook	43
*MF Tremlett	c Young b Wells	7
J Hilton	not out	9
PH Fussell	b Wells	0
JWJ McMahon	lbw b Cook	9
B Lobb	b Cook	2
Extras	(12 b, 1 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 82.2 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-60, 3-70, 4-71, 5-156, 6-181, 7-183, 8-184, 9-193, 10-201 (82.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	6	0	22	0	-	-
Lake	2	1	2	0	-	-
Wells	37	9	83	4	-	-
Cook	29.2	13	53	6	-	-
Mortimore	5	0	14	0	-	-
Graveney	3	0	14	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CA Milton	c Wight b McMahon	26
DM Young	c Tremlett b Lomax	7
*GM Emmett	c McCool b McMahon	55
TW Graveney	c Stephenson b McMahon	6
JB Mortimore	c Hilton b McCool	5
JF Crapp	b Hilton	31
GEE Lambert	c Hilton b McCool	2
GJ Lake	c Stephenson b McCool	7
BD Wells	c Wight b Hilton	0
+P Rochford	not out	5
C Cook	not out	13
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(9 wickets, 43.2 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-69, 3-82, 4-97, 5-107, 6-126, 7-138, 8-138, 9-143

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	5.2	0	18	0	-	-
McCool	13	1	35	3	-	-
McMahon	14	1	52	3	-	-
Hilton	6	0	27	2	-	-
Lomax	5	0	25	1	-	-

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Notes
--> PH Fussell made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> PH Fussell made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> CL McCool (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 18
--> CL McCool (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 18
--> CL McCool (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> CA Milton (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 29
--> G Atkinson (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> C Cook reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset second innings

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