f20142 cc10012	Lancashire v Somerset
	County Championship 1953
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 22nd, 23rd July 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Lancashire won by 9 wickets
Points	Lancashire 12; Somerset 0
Umpires	P Corrall, H Elliott
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 115/4 (Place 28*, Howard 30*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	lbw b Berry	53
DL Kitson	c Edrich b Berry	7
R Smith	c Grieves b Tattersall	3
J Lawrence	c Washbrook b Berry	15
HFT Buse	c Edrich b Tattersall	2
J Baker	not out	17
+HW Stephenson	c Howard b Berry	4
*BG Brocklehurst	b Tattersall	0
TA Hall	c and b Berry	13
BA Langford	c Grieves b Berry	7
CG Mitchell	lbw b Berry	0
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 63.1 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-27, 3-73, 4-78, 5-86, 6-90, 7-90, 8-115, 9-127, 10-127 (63.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	4	2	7	0	-	-
Wharton	3	1	6	0	-	-
Berry	28.1	12	58	7	-	-
Tattersall	28	14	50	3	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Washbrook	b Langford	7
JT Ikin	c Lawrence b Langford	16
GA Edrich	b Langford	12
W Place	not out	74
KJ Grieves	c and b Langford	15
*ND Howard	c Stephenson b Lawrence	34
A Wharton	not out	69
CS Smith	did not bat
+FD Parr	did not bat
R Tattersall	did not bat
R Berry	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb)	9
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 96 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-28, 3-39, 4-72, 5-125

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buse	16	3	27	0	-	-
Langford	37	12	92	4	-	-
Mitchell	11	1	28	0	-	-
Lawrence	17	4	46	1	-	-
Hall	13	3	26	0	-	-
Baker	2	1	8	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	lbw b Berry	48
DL Kitson	c and b Berry	12
R Smith	c Edrich b Berry	47
J Lawrence	b Berry	0
HFT Buse	b Berry	0
J Baker	c Parr b Smith	10
+HW Stephenson	c Wharton b Ikin	7
*BG Brocklehurst	hit wkt b Berry	16
TA Hall	not out	15
BA Langford	lbw b Tattersall	1
CG Mitchell	b Tattersall	0
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 80.5 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-75, 3-75, 4-75, 5-96, 6-110, 7-135, 8-152, 9-157, 10-157 (80.5 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	7	5	5	1	-	-
Berry	36	15	66	6	-	-
Tattersall	23.5	6	49	2	-	-
Ikin	14	5	36	1	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Washbrook	c Stephenson b Hall	2
JT Ikin	not out	22
GA Edrich	not out	24
W Place	did not bat
KJ Grieves	did not bat
*ND Howard	did not bat
A Wharton	did not bat
CS Smith	did not bat
+FD Parr	did not bat
R Tattersall	did not bat
R Berry	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(1 wicket, 13.2 overs)	49
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Washbrook)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buse	5	0	14	0	-	-
Hall	6	1	18	1	-	-
Baker	1	0	6	0	-	-
Gimblett	1	0	5	0	-	-
Brocklehurst	0.2	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> JT Ikin (1) passed 13500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> R Berry achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 6-52)
--> R Berry reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset second innings

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