f21397	Somerset v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1956
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 4th, 5th, 6th July 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	JG Langridge, FW Shipston
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 340/5 (Mackay 71*, Archer 14*)
Close of play day 2	Australians (2) 21/1 (Burke 10*, Craig 11*)

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	run out	6
JW Burke	b McMahon	138
ID Craig	st Stephenson b McCool	62
PJP Burge	b McMahon	1
JW Rutherford	c Stephenson b Lobb	40
KD Mackay	not out	71
RG Archer	not out	14
LV Maddocks	did not bat
*IWG Johnson	did not bat
+GRA Langley	did not bat
JW Wilson	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 118 overs)	340
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-125, 3-126, 4-208, 5-292

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	27	2	86	1	-	-
Lomax	22	8	48	0	-	-
Palmer	13	2	44	0	-	-
McMahon	29	11	72	2	-	-
McCool	16	4	45	1	-	-
Langford	11	1	37	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Lomax	c Archer b Johnson	18
G Atkinson	c Langley b Archer	8
CL McCool	c Langley b Mackay	90
PB Wight	b Archer	61
+HW Stephenson	c Wilson b Archer	67
GM Tripp	b Archer	0
*MF Tremlett	run out	14
BA Langford	b Archer	1
KE Palmer	b Archer	4
JWJ McMahon	c sub b Mackay	0
B Lobb	not out	0
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 98 overs)	275
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-50, 3-163, 4-223, 5-223, 6-249, 7-261, 8-272, 9-275, 10-275 (98 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Archer	32	5	98	6	-	-
Mackay	26	12	54	2	-	-
Johnson	23	8	56	1	-	-
Wilson	17	4	55	0	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	c Stephenson b Lobb	0
JW Burke	not out	125
ID Craig	not out	100
PJP Burge	did not bat
JW Rutherford	did not bat
KD Mackay	did not bat
RG Archer	did not bat
LV Maddocks	did not bat
*IWG Johnson	did not bat
+GRA Langley	did not bat
JW Wilson	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(1 wicket, declared, 66 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (McDonald)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	19	4	55	1	-	-
Lomax	13	2	40	0	-	-
Palmer	2	0	7	0	-	-
McMahon	10	2	35	0	-	-
McCool	13	0	59	0	-	-
Langford	9	1	29	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Lomax	c Maddocks b Mackay	26
G Atkinson	c and b Archer	5
CL McCool	st +Maddocks b Wilson	116
PB Wight	run out	27
+HW Stephenson	c Burge b Johnson	38
GM Tripp	not out	15
KE Palmer	not out	3
*MF Tremlett	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
JWJ McMahon	did not bat
B Lobb	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	4
Total	(5 wickets, 60 overs)	234
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-40, 3-156, 4-186, 5-216

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Archer	16	3	32	1	-	-
Mackay	16	3	47	1	-	-
Johnson	13	3	82	1	-	-
Wilson	12	3	63	1	-	-
Langley	1	1	0	0	-	-
Burge	1	1	0	0	-	-
McDonald	1	0	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 3 Lunch: Australians (2) ?/? (Burke 125*, [unknown] ?*)
--> CL McCool (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 49
--> JG Lomax (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4

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