f19944 cc9866	Worcestershire v Somerset
	County Championship 1953
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 2nd, 4th, 5th May 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 8 wickets
Points	Worcestershire 12; Somerset 0
Umpires	AE Boulton-Carter, H Elliott
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 153/1 (Richardson 46*, Devereux 4*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 158/5 (Buse 24*, Hall 0*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	c Scholey b Perks	0
DL Kitson	run out	55
J Lawrence	c Bird b Whitehead	14
MF Tremlett	c and b Ashman	8
R Smith	c Dews b Perks	33
HFT Buse	b Perks	14
+HW Stephenson	b Perks	0
*BG Brocklehurst	b Perks	22
TA Hall	not out	21
M Walker	st Scholey b Jenkins	6
CG Mitchell	c Scholey b Perks	0
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 86.2 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-38, 3-67, 4-114, 5-123, 6-123, 7-152, 8-153, 9-178, 10-179 (86.2 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	22.2	8	64	6	-	-
Whitehead	18	6	27	1	-	-
Jenkins	19	4	43	1	-	-
Devereux	10	3	26	0	-	-
Ashman	17	13	13	1	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	c Stephenson b Smith	90
PE Richardson	st Stephenson b Buse	91
LN Devereux	b Hall	52
*RE Bird	st Stephenson b Buse	11
RG Broadbent	not out	29
G Dews	st Stephenson b Lawrence	29
RO Jenkins	c Stephenson b Smith	5
JP Whitehead	c Brocklehurst b Walker	6
RTD Perks	b Mitchell	25
JR Ashman	did not bat
+JC Scholey	did not bat
Extras	(16 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	23
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 112.1 overs)	361
Fall of wickets:
1-147, 2-232, 3-252, 4-275, 5-315, 6-322, 7-334, 8-361 (112.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	25	3	87	1	-	-
Mitchell	16.1	4	41	1	-	-
Buse	12	0	33	2	-	-
Walker	12	2	41	1	-	-
Lawrence	26	3	85	1	-	-
Tremlett	4	1	8	0	-	-
Smith	17	6	43	2	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	c Kenyon b Ashman	87
DL Kitson	c Bird b Perks	2
J Lawrence	lbw b Perks	5
MF Tremlett	b Perks	8
R Smith	b Devereux	28
HFT Buse	c Broadbent b Ashman	33
TA Hall	b Perks	1
+HW Stephenson	c Kenyon b Ashman	11
*BG Brocklehurst	not out	4
M Walker	b Ashman	4
CG Mitchell	b Jenkins	3
Extras	(1 b, 3 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 71 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-25, 3-46, 4-126, 5-146, 6-159, 7-172, 8-183, 9-187, 10-190 (71 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	18	5	69	4	-	-
Whitehead	12	2	37	0	-	-
Jenkins	13	2	35	1	-	-
Devereux	9	2	22	1	-	-
Ashman	19	11	23	4	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	run out	3
+JC Scholey	not out	2
JR Ashman	b Hall	0
G Dews	not out	4
D Kenyon	did not bat
LN Devereux	did not bat
*RE Bird	did not bat
RG Broadbent	did not bat
RO Jenkins	did not bat
JP Whitehead	did not bat
RTD Perks	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 6.3 overs)	9
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-3

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	3.3	1	5	1	-	-
Lawrence	3	2	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> M Walker made his debut in County Championship matches
--> DL Kitson (1) passed his previous highest score of 33 in First-Class matches
--> DL Kitson (1) passed his previous highest score of 33 in County Championship matches
--> D Kenyon (1) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 28
--> LN Devereux (1) passed his previous highest score of 40 in County Championship matches
--> LN Devereux (1) equalled his previous highest score of 52 in First-Class matches
--> JP Whitehead made his debut for Worcestershire in County Championship matches
--> JR Ashman made his debut for Worcestershire in County Championship matches
--> TA Hall made his debut for Somerset in County Championship matches
--> TA Hall made his debut for Somerset in First-Class matches
--> JR Ashman achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 2-42)
--> JR Ashman achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 2-42)

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