| f21369 | |
| Venue | County Ground, Taunton on 23rd, 25th, 26th June 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Somerset won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | CFD Buttle, E Theakstone |
| Scorer | T Tout (Somerset) |
| Close of play day 1 | Cambridge University (1) 176/3 (Lumsden 16*, James 20*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Somerset (2) 186/5 (Stephenson 16*, Lomax 1*) |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FL Angell | c Melluish b Pieris | 18 | |||||
| M Walker | c Melluish b Smith | 17 | |||||
| CL McCool | c Melluish b Cook | 37 | |||||
| GM Tripp | c Cook b Pieris | 4 | |||||
| *MF Tremlett | c and b Cook | 15 | |||||
| +HW Stephenson | c Dexter b Pieris | 33 | |||||
| JG Lomax | c Lumsden b Smith | 0 | |||||
| BA Langford | c Wilenkin b Swaranjit Singh | 50 | |||||
| KE Palmer | not out | 14 | |||||
| JWJ McMahon | c Barber b Smith | 8 | |||||
| B Lobb | lbw b Barber | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b, 5 lb, 1 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 66 overs) | 209 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-27, 2-45, 3-53, 4-96, 5-97, 6-117, 7-148, 8-198, 9-208, 10-209 (66 ov) | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Smith | 13 | 4 | 30 | 3 | - | - | |
| Pieris | 25 | 5 | 64 | 3 | - | - | |
| Dexter | 4 | 1 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Swaranjit Singh | 10 | 3 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cook | 10 | 1 | 46 | 2 | - | - | |
| Barber | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cambridge University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| R O'Brien | lbw b Lobb | 4 | |||||
| RW Barber | lbw b McMahon | 44 | |||||
| ER Dexter | c and b McMahon | 91 | |||||
| VR Lumsden | c Lomax b Lobb | 44 | |||||
| RM James | lbw b Langford | 97 | |||||
| Swaranjit Singh | lbw b Lobb | 6 | |||||
| BCG Wilenkin | lbw b McMahon | 69 | |||||
| GW Cook | c McCool b Lomax | 38 | |||||
| CS Smith | c Langford b McCool | 6 | |||||
| PI Pieris | not out | 6 | |||||
| *+MEL Melluish | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b, 7 lb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 114 overs) | 418 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8, 2-136, 3-140, 4-230, 5-240, 6-307, 7-369, 8-404, 9-418 (114 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lobb | 22 | 3 | 86 | 3 | - | - | |
| Lomax | 11 | 0 | 36 | 1 | - | - | |
| Palmer | 6 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| McCool | 25 | 5 | 87 | 1 | - | - | |
| Langford | 20 | 8 | 49 | 1 | - | - | |
| McMahon | 30 | 6 | 127 | 3 | - | - | |
| Somerset second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FL Angell | c Pieris b Cook | 20 | |||||
| M Walker | c Cook b Pieris | 2 | |||||
| CL McCool | c Dexter b Barber | 79 | |||||
| GM Tripp | b Smith | 33 | |||||
| *MF Tremlett | c Lumsden b Barber | 22 | |||||
| +HW Stephenson | c Lumsden b Swaranjit Singh | 100 | |||||
| JG Lomax | c Melluish b Swaranjit Singh | 99 | |||||
| BA Langford | c Smith b Swaranjit Singh | 33 | |||||
| KE Palmer | not out | 42 | |||||
| B Lobb | not out | 11 | |||||
| JWJ McMahon | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (20 b, 3 lb, 3 nb) | 26 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 138 overs) | 467 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9, 2-59, 3-119, 4-155, 5-176, 6-353, 7-381, 8-448 | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Smith | 29 | 2 | 86 | 1 | - | - | |
| Pieris | 15 | 5 | 59 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dexter | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Swaranjit Singh | 29 | 9 | 70 | 3 | - | - | |
| Cook | 34 | 13 | 87 | 1 | - | - | |
| Barber | 20 | 4 | 74 | 2 | - | - | |
| James | 7 | 0 | 40 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cambridge University second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| R O'Brien | c Stephenson b Lobb | 4 | |||||
| RW Barber | not out | 38 | |||||
| ER Dexter | b McCool | 23 | |||||
| VR Lumsden | b McMahon | 11 | |||||
| RM James | c and b McCool | 10 | |||||
| Swaranjit Singh | not out | 1 | |||||
| BCG Wilenkin | did not bat | ||||||
| GW Cook | did not bat | ||||||
| CS Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| PI Pieris | did not bat | ||||||
| *+MEL Melluish | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 32 overs) | 95 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-59, 3-76, 4-87 | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lobb | 5 | 2 | 10 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lomax | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| McCool | 15 | 2 | 54 | 2 | - | - | |
| McMahon | 9 | 1 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Walker | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> BA Langford (1) passed his previous highest score of 41 in First-Class matches
--> KE Palmer (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in First-Class matches
--> GM Tripp (2) passed his previous highest score of 13 in First-Class matches
--> KE Palmer (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> JG Lomax reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Cambridge University first innings
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