f20119 cc9988	Hampshire v Somerset
	County Championship 1953
Venue	United Services Ground, Portsmouth on 11th, 13th, 14th July 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Hampshire 0; Somerset 4
Umpires	JJ Hills, GS Mobey
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 195/9 (Hall 20*, Mitchell 7*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 13/1 (Gimblett 8*, Smith 0*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	lbw b Shackleton	58
DL Kitson	lbw b Cannings	54
R Smith	b Cannings	0
GG Tordoff	lbw b Cannings	14
J Lawrence	c Blake b Shackleton	28
HFT Buse	lbw b Cannings	0
+HW Stephenson	lbw b Carty	12
*BG Brocklehurst	c Rayment b Gray	0
BA Langford	c Carty b Cannings	1
TA Hall	not out	27
CG Mitchell	c Rogers b Shackleton	11
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 88.5 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-104, 2-112, 3-122, 4-128, 5-128, 6-145, 7-150, 8-156, 9-176, 10-206 (88.5 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shackleton	28.5	6	82	3	-	-
Cannings	34	13	71	5	-	-
Carty	14	4	33	1	-	-
Gray	12	4	19	1	-	-

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Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NH Rogers	c Tordoff b Buse	54
JR Gray	c Lawrence b Buse	7
C Walker	b Lawrence	15
L Harrison	c Gimblett b Buse	21
AWH Rayment	c Stephenson b Hall	38
+DE Blake	c Stephenson b Lawrence	5
*EDR Eagar	c Stephenson b Hall	12
D Shackleton	c Gimblett b Buse	5
RA Dare	c Lawrence b Buse	1
RA Carty	not out	8
VHD Cannings	b Buse	0
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 3 w)	14
Total	(all out, 80.2 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-51, 3-91, 4-116, 5-132, 6-158, 7-164, 8-172, 9-180, 10-180 (80.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	14	3	26	2	-	-
Mitchell	6	3	12	0	-	-
Buse	23.2	9	36	6	-	-
Tordoff	8	3	27	0	-	-
Lawrence	25	7	46	2	-	-
Langford	4	0	19	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	c Harrison b Shackleton	24
DL Kitson	c Blake b Shackleton	3
R Smith	st Blake b Shackleton	7
GG Tordoff	c Gray b Cannings	46
J Lawrence	b Shackleton	16
HFT Buse	c Carty b Shackleton	8
+HW Stephenson	not out	29
*BG Brocklehurst	not out	8
BA Langford	did not bat
TA Hall	did not bat
CG Mitchell	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 80.3 overs)	147
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-34, 3-39, 4-84, 5-98, 6-131

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shackleton	37.3	18	66	5	-	-
Cannings	28	14	36	1	-	-
Carty	3	0	9	0	-	-
Dare	12	4	30	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DL Kitson (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> HFT Buse (2) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> HW Stephenson (2) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 10

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