f6135	Somerset v Gentlemen of Philadelphia
	Gentlemen of Philadelphia in British Isles 1903
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 29th, 30th June 1903 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gentlemen of Philadelphia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 10 wickets
Umpires	G Porter, CE Richardson
Close of play day 1	Gentlemen of Philadelphia (2) 22/1 (Sharpless 7*, Wood 7*)

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Gentlemen of Philadelphia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB King	c Robson b Cranfield	21
FC Sharpless	run out	1
*JA Lester	c Robson b Braund	18
FH Bohlen	c Newton b Robson	13
FH Bates	c Lee b Robson	6
AM Wood	not out	5
CC Morris	b Braund	0
NZ Graves	c Palairet b Robson	0
PH Clark	lbw b Braund	1
EM Cregar	b Braund	0
+JH Scattergood	c Newton b Braund	2
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 75 minutes, 33.5 overs)	74
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Sharpless), 2-22 (King), 3-49, 4-57, 5-61, 6-62, 7-63, 8-64, 9-64, 10-74 (33.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cranfield	9	1	37	1	-	-
Braund	16.5	9	23	5	-	-
Robson	8	4	7	3	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PR Johnson	c Morris b Clark	12
AE Lewis	c Cregar b King	2
FM Lee	c Scattergood b Clark	25
LC Braund	c Wood b Cregar	48
LCH Palairet	b Clark	5
E Robson	c Scattergood b Clark	21
+H Martyn	st Scattergood b Lester	44
MRHM Herbert	run out	31
J Daniell	c Bates b Lester	22
AE Newton	b King	3
B Cranfield	not out	2
Extras	(9 b, 4 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 58.4 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Lewis), 2-38 (Johnson), 3-43 (Lee), 4-51 (Palairet), 5-85 (Robson), 6-150 (Braund), 7-192, 8-203, 9-214, 10-228 (58.4 ov)

Gentlemen of Philadelphia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
King	20	3	75	2	-	-
Clark	19	2	54	4	-	-
Cregar	7	0	30	1	-	-
Bates	2	0	15	0	-	-
Sharpless	4	0	15	0	-	-
Lester	6.4	1	26	2	-	-

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Gentlemen of Philadelphia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Sharpless	c Newton b Cranfield	54		155
CC Morris	c Robson b Cranfield	2
AM Wood	lbw b Braund	14
JB King	c Palairet b Cranfield	4
*JA Lester	c Braund b Cranfield	1
FH Bohlen	c and b Braund	24
FH Bates	st +Newton b Braund	24
NZ Graves	st +Newton b Cranfield	31
PH Clark	b Braund	21
EM Cregar	c Robson b Cranfield	19
+JH Scattergood	not out	0
Extras	(21 b, 4 lb)	25
Total	(all out, 82.2 overs)	219
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-33, 3-42, 4-44, 5-85, 6-141, 7-143, 8-176, 9-214, 10-219 (82.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cranfield	34.2	9	98	6	-	-
Braund	38	13	80	4	-	-
Robson	7	2	14	0	-	-
Palairet	3	2	2	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LCH Palairet	not out	46		45
MRHM Herbert	not out	15		45
PR Johnson	did not bat
AE Lewis	did not bat
FM Lee	did not bat
LC Braund	did not bat
E Robson	did not bat
+H Martyn	did not bat
J Daniell	did not bat
AE Newton	did not bat
B Cranfield	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb)	6
Total	(no wicket, 45 minutes, 16.1 overs)	67

Gentlemen of Philadelphia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
King	6	0	28	0	-	-
Clark	6.1	1	24	0	-	-
Lester	2	0	5	0	-	-
Cregar	2	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> AM Wood (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> FC Sharpless (2) passed his previous highest score of 39 in First-Class matches
--> FH Bates (2) passed his previous highest score of 22 in First-Class matches
--> LC Braund reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Gentlemen of Philadelphia first innings
--> B Cranfield reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Gentlemen of Philadelphia second innings

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