f21254 cc10580	Somerset v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1956
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 9th, 10th, 11th May 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 0; Leicestershire 4
Umpires	HG Baldwin, AE Pothecary
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), T Tout (Somerset)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 138/1 (Lester 66*, Tompkin 18*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (1) 127/3 (McCool 32*, Atkinson 19*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	c Lomax b Lobb	49
G Lester	c Wight b Biddulph	79
M Tompkin	b Lobb	24
*CH Palmer	c McMahon b Biddulph	11
VE Jackson	c McCool b Biddulph	20
GA Smithson	not out	79
VS Munden	c McCool b Langford	64
J van Geloven	c McCool b Langford	8
JE Walsh	not out	7
+J Firth	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 11 lb)	13
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 121 overs)	354
Fall of wickets:
1-100, 2-147, 3-163, 4-180, 5-195, 6-305, 7-327

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	37	11	110	2	-	-
Lomax	22	4	56	0	-	-
Tremlett	20	1	75	0	-	-
Biddulph	14	2	30	3	-	-
Langford	17	5	40	2	-	-
McMahon	11	3	30	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Pickles	b Jackson	23
JG Lomax	c Firth b Spencer	2
PB Wight	b Walsh	48
CL McCool	b Jackson	38
G Atkinson	lbw b Palmer	71
*MF Tremlett	c van Geloven b Jackson	8
BA Langford	lbw b Palmer	41
+FGK Day	st Firth b Walsh	43
KD Biddulph	b Palmer	5
JWJ McMahon	c Hallam b Palmer	1
B Lobb	not out	5
Extras	(1 b, 9 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 124.5 overs)	297
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-74, 3-94, 4-137, 5-153, 6-239, 7-242, 8-258, 9-272, 10-297 (124.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	23	4	82	1	-	-
van Geloven	12	2	32	0	-	-
Palmer	17	13	9	4	-	-
Walsh	16.5	2	71	2	-	-
Jackson	35	21	50	3	-	-
Munden	21	9	41	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	not out	61
G Lester	not out	17
M Tompkin	did not bat
*CH Palmer	did not bat
VE Jackson	did not bat
GA Smithson	did not bat
VS Munden	did not bat
J van Geloven	did not bat
JE Walsh	did not bat
+J Firth	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(no wicket, declared, 21 overs)	79

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	4	0	31	0	-	-
McMahon	5	0	21	0	-	-
McCool	7	4	8	0	-	-
Pickles	2	0	8	0	-	-
Atkinson	3	1	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> FGK Day made his debut in County Championship matches
--> PB Wight (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 46
--> CL McCool (1) passed his previous highest score of 31 in County Championship matches
--> G Atkinson (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in First-Class matches
--> G Atkinson (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in County Championship matches
--> BA Langford (1) equalled his previous highest score of 41 in First-Class matches
--> BA Langford (1) equalled his previous highest score of 41 in County Championship matches
--> FGK Day (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in First-Class matches
--> MR Hallam (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 52
--> J van Geloven made his debut for Leicestershire in County Championship matches
--> KD Biddulph achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 2-74)
--> KD Biddulph achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 2-74)

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