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| Venue | Agricultural Showgrounds, Frome on 27th, 29th, 30th June 1953 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Somerset won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Worcestershire won by 3 wickets |
| Points | Somerset 0; Worcestershire 12 |
| Umpires | D Davies, GS Mobey |
| Close of play day 1 | Worcestershire (1) 124/1 (Dews 74*, Outschoorn 18*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Somerset (2) 196/8 (Hall 4*, Langford 0*) |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| H Gimblett | lbw b Perks | 23 | |||||
| J Lawrence | c Richardson b Perks | 0 | |||||
| R Smith | c Broadbent b Flavell | 100 | |||||
| GHD Evans | c Dews b Wilson | 9 | |||||
| HFT Buse | c Richardson b Devereux | 63 | |||||
| +HW Stephenson | c Richardson b Devereux | 5 | |||||
| *BG Brocklehurst | b Flavell | 28 | |||||
| CF Davey | c Yarnold b Flavell | 4 | |||||
| TA Hall | b Perks | 0 | |||||
| BA Langford | lbw b Perks | 0 | |||||
| CG Mitchell | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 3 lb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 75 overs) | 237 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-30, 3-47, 4-172, 5-178, 6-219, 7-230, 8-231, 9-235, 10-237 (75 ov) | |||||||
| Worcestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Perks | 24 | 6 | 59 | 4 | - | - | |
| Flavell | 17 | 3 | 55 | 3 | - | - | |
| Wilson | 9 | 0 | 44 | 1 | - | - | |
| Devereux | 10 | 4 | 38 | 2 | - | - | |
| Ashman | 12 | 1 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Outschoorn | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Worcestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PE Richardson | c Gimblett b Hall | 28 | |||||
| G Dews | b Mitchell | 100 | |||||
| LF Outschoorn | b Mitchell | 18 | |||||
| *RE Bird | b Lawrence | 49 | |||||
| RG Broadbent | lbw b Mitchell | 0 | |||||
| LN Devereux | c Gimblett b Mitchell | 20 | |||||
| +H Yarnold | c Stephenson b Mitchell | 1 | |||||
| RTD Perks | c Hall b Mitchell | 2 | |||||
| JA Flavell | not out | 2 | |||||
| JR Ashman | did not bat | ||||||
| GTO Wilson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (22 b, 5 lb, 1 nb) | 28 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 82.5 overs) | 248 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-70, 2-137, 3-178, 4-180, 5-238, 6-243, 7-245, 8-248 (82.5 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hall | 19 | 3 | 63 | 1 | - | - | |
| Buse | 10 | 1 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mitchell | 24.5 | 5 | 62 | 6 | - | - | |
| Langford | 19 | 7 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lawrence | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | - | - | |
| Somerset second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| H Gimblett | c Ashman b Perks | 66 | |||||
| J Lawrence | c Yarnold b Perks | 11 | |||||
| R Smith | c Ashman b Perks | 2 | |||||
| HFT Buse | c Ashman b Perks | 21 | |||||
| +HW Stephenson | c Wilson b Ashman | 39 | |||||
| *BG Brocklehurst | b Perks | 6 | |||||
| GHD Evans | c and b Ashman | 37 | |||||
| CF Davey | lbw b Devereux | 1 | |||||
| TA Hall | c Yarnold b Perks | 5 | |||||
| BA Langford | lbw b Ashman | 13 | |||||
| CG Mitchell | not out | 26 | |||||
| Extras | (8 b, 6 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 79.4 overs) | 241 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-38, 2-44, 3-102, 4-117, 5-127, 6-190, 7-192, 8-192, 9-198, 10-241 (79.4 ov) | |||||||
| Worcestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Perks | 35 | 11 | 76 | 6 | - | - | |
| Flavell | 21 | 2 | 56 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wilson | 8 | 1 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Devereux | 6 | 2 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ashman | 8.4 | 2 | 42 | 3 | - | - | |
| Bird | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Worcestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PE Richardson | c Lawrence b Mitchell | 26 | |||||
| G Dews | c Evans b Mitchell | 28 | |||||
| +H Yarnold | b Mitchell | 3 | |||||
| *RE Bird | c Brocklehurst b Lawrence | 35 | |||||
| LF Outschoorn | c Buse b Mitchell | 62 | |||||
| RG Broadbent | run out | 34 | |||||
| LN Devereux | not out | 22 | |||||
| RTD Perks | c Buse b Mitchell | 8 | |||||
| JA Flavell | not out | 9 | |||||
| JR Ashman | did not bat | ||||||
| GTO Wilson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 81.2 overs) | 232 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-39, 2-43, 3-74, 4-113, 5-183, 6-195, 7-207 | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hall | 9 | 1 | 38 | 0 | - | - | |
| Buse | 11 | 4 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mitchell | 34.2 | 8 | 115 | 5 | - | - | |
| Langford | 10 | 5 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lawrence | 13 | 6 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> GTO Wilson made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> GTO Wilson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> H Gimblett (1) passed 22000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> R Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 86 in County Championship matches
--> R Smith (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> R Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 86 in First-Class matches
--> R Smith (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> PE Richardson (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> H Gimblett (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 33
--> H Gimblett (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 33
--> BA Langford (2) equalled his previous highest score of 13 in County Championship matches
--> BA Langford (2) equalled his previous highest score of 13 in First-Class matches
--> CG Mitchell (2) passed his previous highest score of 20 in First-Class matches
--> CG Mitchell (2) passed his previous highest score of 20 in County Championship matches
--> RE Bird (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> CG Mitchell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Worcestershire first innings (previous best was 4-38)
--> CG Mitchell achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Worcestershire first innings
--> CG Mitchell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Worcestershire first innings (previous best was 4-38)
--> CG Mitchell achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Worcestershire first innings
--> RTD Perks reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings
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