f19975 cc9887	Yorkshire v Somerset
	County Championship 1953
Venue	Headingley, Leeds on 16th, 18th, 19th May 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Yorkshire 4; Somerset 0
Umpires	AH Barrett, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 346/9 (Stephenson 97*, Mitchell 0*)
Close of play day 2	Yorkshire (1) 525/4 (Watson 162*, Close 4*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	c Halliday b Close	59
DL Kitson	c Naylor b Halliday	15
J Lawrence	lbw b Cowan	0
MF Tremlett	b Cowan	57
R Smith	st Brennan b Holdsworth	29
HFT Buse	lbw b Holdsworth	8
+HW Stephenson	not out	98
*BG Brocklehurst	c and b Halliday	46
SS Rogers	c Holdsworth b Close	18
M Walker	b Cowan	5
CG Mitchell	run out	0
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 3 w)	12
Total	(all out, 132 overs)	347
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-40, 3-91, 4-150, 5-165, 6-186, 7-251, 8-298, 9-343, 10-347 (132 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowan	35	7	83	3	-	-
Holdsworth	28	8	49	2	-	2
Halliday	14	4	58	2	-	-
Naylor	35	10	84	0	-	-
Close	20	10	61	2	3	-

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*L Hutton	c Mitchell b Lawrence	178
H Halliday	c Tremlett b Buse	3
WHH Sutcliffe	b Mitchell	63
W Watson	not out	162
EI Lester	st Stephenson b Lawrence	98
DB Close	not out	4
R Illingworth	did not bat
+DV Brennan	did not bat
JE Naylor	did not bat
MJ Cowan	did not bat
WEN Holdsworth	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb, 5 w)	17
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 137 overs)	525
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-172, 3-316, 4-521

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buse	27	7	82	1	-	-
Mitchell	25	5	90	1	-	-
Tremlett	6	2	18	0	5	-
Smith	25	4	108	0	-	-
Lawrence	39	8	129	2	-	-
Walker	15	2	81	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	not out	6
DL Kitson	c Lester b Holdsworth	0
J Lawrence	c Halliday b Cowan	5
MF Tremlett	not out	9
R Smith	did not bat
HFT Buse	did not bat
+HW Stephenson	did not bat
*BG Brocklehurst	did not bat
SS Rogers	did not bat
M Walker	did not bat
CG Mitchell	did not bat
Extras	(1 w)	1
Total	(2 wickets, 23 overs)	21
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-9

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowan	5	5	0	1	-	-
Holdsworth	2	1	5	1	-	-
Naylor	7	4	4	0	-	-
Close	9	5	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JE Naylor made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JE Naylor made his debut in County Championship matches
--> JE Naylor made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JE Naylor made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> BG Brocklehurst (1) passed his previous highest score of 40 in First-Class matches
--> BG Brocklehurst (1) passed his previous highest score of 40 in County Championship matches
--> SS Rogers (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> L Hutton (1) passed 34500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 122
--> MJ Cowan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 1-92)

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