f20011 cc9912	Warwickshire v Somerset
	County Championship 1953
Venue	Courtaulds Ground, Coventry on 30th May, 1st, 2nd June 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Warwickshire 4; Somerset 0
Umpires	F Chester, D Davies
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 323/9 (Hall 40*, Mitchell 14*)
Close of play day 2	Warwickshire (1) 340/3 (Gardner 130*, HE Dollery 143*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	b Townsend	18
DL Kitson	lbw b Townsend	11
GG Tordoff	st Spooner b Hollies	39
MF Tremlett	c Taylor b Weeks	52
R Smith	b Weeks	43
HFT Buse	c Taylor b Weeks	33
+HW Stephenson	c Spooner b KR Dollery	45
*BG Brocklehurst	c Spooner b Hollies	9
J Lawrence	c Wolton b Hollies	10
TA Hall	not out	40
CG Mitchell	not out	14
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb)	9
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 139 overs)	323
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-37, 3-114, 4-122, 5-198, 6-225, 7-258, 8-258, 9-277

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grove	25	5	62	0	-	-
KR Dollery	23	3	74	1	-	-
Townsend	20	5	58	2	-	-
Hollies	39	20	64	3	-	-
Weeks	31	16	52	3	-	-
Taylor	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	lbw b Tordoff	137
NF Horner	c Stephenson b Hall	32
DD Taylor	c Smith b Lawrence	25
+RT Spooner	c Gimblett b Hall	4
*HE Dollery	c Hall b Buse	173
AVG Wolton	not out	46
A Townsend	not out	16
CWC Grove	did not bat
RT Weeks	did not bat
KR Dollery	did not bat
WE Hollies	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 9 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 119.5 overs)	448
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-92, 3-104, 4-379, 5-385

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	21	1	103	2	-	-
Buse	19	2	62	1	-	-
Mitchell	11.5	1	49	0	-	-
Tordoff	24	2	87	1	-	-
Smith	24	6	79	0	-	-
Lawrence	17	5	46	1	-	-
Tremlett	3	0	7	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	b Grove	50
DL Kitson	c HE Dollery b KR Dollery	12
GG Tordoff	b Grove	0
MF Tremlett	not out	15
R Smith	not out	2
HFT Buse	did not bat
+HW Stephenson	did not bat
*BG Brocklehurst	did not bat
J Lawrence	did not bat
TA Hall	did not bat
CG Mitchell	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(3 wickets, 19.1 overs)	79
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-62, 3-62

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grove	9	2	33	2	-	-
KR Dollery	9.1	1	35	1	-	-
Hollies	1	0	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> TA Hall (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 35
--> CG Mitchell (1) equalled his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> CG Mitchell (1) equalled his previous highest score of 14 in County Championship matches
--> FC Gardner (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 58
--> HE Dollery (1) passed 20000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 171

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