f20870 cc10377	Somerset v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1955
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 28th, 30th, 31st May 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 0; Gloucestershire 4
Umpires	AJB Fowler, GS Mobey
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 231/5 (Lomax 35*, Yawar Saeed 4*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (1) 303/3 (Crapp 2*, Emmett 17*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GG Tordoff	b Lambert	20
FL Angell	b McHugh	16
J Lawrence	lbw b Mortimore	60
PB Wight	run out	60
MF Tremlett	c Young b Lambert	30
JG Lomax	b McHugh	53
Yawar Saeed	c Wells b Lambert	26
+HW Stephenson	b Lambert	16
J Hilton	b McHugh	7
JWJ McMahon	not out	7
B Lobb	b Graveney	11
Extras	(6 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 139 overs)	314
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-51, 3-156, 4-161, 5-224, 6-259, 7-284, 8-293, 9-301, 10-314 (139 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	28	5	84	4	-	-
McHugh	38	9	84	3	-	-
Wells	39	12	72	0	-	-
Mortimore	29	9	52	1	-	-
Graveney	5	1	14	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	c Stephenson b Lawrence	37
CA Milton	b Yawar Saeed	138
TW Graveney	c Tordoff b Yawar Saeed	104
*GM Emmett	b Lobb	22
JF Crapp	c Stephenson b Lobb	10
RB Nicholls	not out	6
JB Mortimore	not out	1
GEE Lambert	did not bat
+P Rochford	did not bat
BD Wells	did not bat
FP McHugh	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 107 overs)	324
Fall of wickets:
1-91, 2-282, 3-296, 4-310, 5-323

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	25	3	63	2	-	-
Lomax	11	0	49	0	-	-
Yawar Saeed	18	2	63	2	-	-
Lawrence	19	3	49	1	-	-
McMahon	17	2	56	0	-	-
Hilton	17	3	38	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GG Tordoff	not out	145
FL Angell	lbw b Wells	22
MF Tremlett	b Mortimore	47
+HW Stephenson	c Graveney b Mortimore	6
PB Wight	c Rochford b McHugh	0
Yawar Saeed	not out	43
J Lawrence	did not bat
JG Lomax	did not bat
J Hilton	did not bat
JWJ McMahon	did not bat
B Lobb	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 54.4 overs)	270
Fall of wickets:
1-68, 2-195, 3-203, 4-203

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	10	1	41	0	-	-
McHugh	18	1	87	1	-	-
Wells	8	0	44	1	-	-
Mortimore	17	0	83	2	-	-
Emmett	1	0	4	0	-	-
Milton	0.4	0	4	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	c Tremlett b Tordoff	43
CA Milton	not out	44
RB Nicholls	st Stephenson b Lawrence	5
JB Mortimore	not out	5
TW Graveney	did not bat
*GM Emmett	did not bat
JF Crapp	did not bat
GEE Lambert	did not bat
+P Rochford	did not bat
BD Wells	did not bat
FP McHugh	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	17
Total	(2 wickets, 35 overs)	114
Fall of wickets:
1-76, 2-88

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	5	1	10	0	-	-
Lomax	4	0	11	0	-	-
Yawar Saeed	3	1	4	0	-	-
Lawrence	7	4	21	1	-	-
McMahon	10	5	19	0	-	-
Tordoff	6	1	32	1	-	-

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Notes
--> JWJ McMahon (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> CA Milton (1) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 130
--> GG Tordoff (2) passed his previous highest score of 110 in County Championship matches
--> MF Tremlett (2) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 13

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