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| Venue | County Ground, Taunton on 8th, 10th, 11th June 1957 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Somerset won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Somerset 0; Gloucestershire 4 (Batting 2) |
| Umpires | JG Langridge, AE Pothecary |
| Close of play day 1 | Somerset (1) 114/3 (McCool 8*, Atkinson 2*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Gloucestershire (1) 234/3 (Graveney 89*, Nicholls 25*) |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WE Alley | b Lambert | 5 | |||||
| PB Wight | b Smith | 67 | |||||
| CHM Greetham | lbw b Cook | 31 | |||||
| CL McCool | c and b Smith | 33 | |||||
| G Atkinson | c Hawkins b Lambert | 52 | |||||
| +HW Stephenson | c Graveney b Smith | 0 | |||||
| *MF Tremlett | b Wells | 11 | |||||
| JH Harris | b Smith | 4 | |||||
| J Hilton | b Smith | 2 | |||||
| B Lobb | b Smith | 0 | |||||
| JWJ McMahon | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 89 overs) | 207 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18, 2-91, 3-111, 4-153, 5-153, 6-175, 7-193, 8-203, 9-203, 10-207 (89 ov) | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lambert | 21 | 4 | 57 | 2 | - | - | |
| Smith | 24 | 6 | 58 | 6 | - | - | |
| Wells | 24 | 8 | 50 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cook | 18 | 7 | 35 | 1 | - | - | |
| Graveney | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gloucestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *GM Emmett | c Harris b Alley | 5 | |||||
| DM Young | lbw b Alley | 45 | |||||
| W Knightley-Smith | b McMahon | 55 | |||||
| TW Graveney | c McCool b Lobb | 99 | |||||
| RB Nicholls | st Stephenson b McCool | 65 | |||||
| DG Hawkins | run out | 0 | |||||
| +BJ Meyer | c Stephenson b Lobb | 0 | |||||
| GEE Lambert | c Alley b McCool | 6 | |||||
| DR Smith | c Alley b McCool | 2 | |||||
| C Cook | not out | 12 | |||||
| BD Wells | b Lobb | 14 | |||||
| Extras | (13 b, 9 lb, 2 w) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 108 overs) | 327 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-102, 3-132, 4-273, 5-273, 6-289, 7-295, 8-299, 9-299, 10-327 (108 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lobb | 27 | 8 | 79 | 3 | - | - | |
| Alley | 23 | 5 | 47 | 2 | - | - | |
| Harris | 19 | 3 | 48 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hilton | 13 | 2 | 43 | 0 | - | - | |
| McMahon | 15 | 2 | 46 | 1 | - | - | |
| McCool | 11 | 2 | 40 | 3 | - | - | |
| Somerset second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WE Alley | c Young b Smith | 8 | |||||
| PB Wight | lbw b Smith | 26 | |||||
| CHM Greetham | c Wells b Cook | 15 | |||||
| CL McCool | not out | 100 | |||||
| G Atkinson | c Young b Hawkins | 31 | |||||
| +HW Stephenson | lbw b Smith | 22 | |||||
| *MF Tremlett | not out | 22 | |||||
| JH Harris | did not bat | ||||||
| J Hilton | did not bat | ||||||
| B Lobb | did not bat | ||||||
| JWJ McMahon | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 1 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 74 overs) | 230 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15, 2-44, 3-64, 4-124, 5-161 | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lambert | 6 | 2 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 16 | 5 | 45 | 3 | - | - | |
| Wells | 15 | 1 | 62 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cook | 16 | 3 | 35 | 1 | - | - | |
| Graveney | 7 | 1 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hawkins | 13 | 4 | 44 | 1 | - | - | |
| Nicholls | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> CHM Greetham made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CHM Greetham made his debut in County Championship matches
--> J Hilton (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 2
--> TW Graveney (1) passed 22000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 67
--> RB Nicholls (1) passed his previous highest score of 63 in County Championship matches
--> RB Nicholls (1) passed his previous highest score of 63 in First-Class matches
--> RB Nicholls (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> DR Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 6-72)
--> DR Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 5-43)
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