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| Venue | County Ground, Taunton on 14th, 16th, 17th July 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Somerset won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Yorkshire won by an innings and 135 runs |
| Points | Somerset 0; Yorkshire 12 |
| Umpires | K McCanlis, EA Roberts |
| Close of play day 1 | Yorkshire (1) 97/0 (Lowson 66*, Taylor 25*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Somerset (2) 39/1 (Lomax 21*, Tripp 11*) |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| L Pickles | c Close b Broughton | 10 | |||||
| JG Lomax | c Close b Broughton | 9 | |||||
| CL McCool | c Close b Broughton | 0 | |||||
| PB Wight | c Watson b Ryan | 1 | |||||
| GM Tripp | b Broughton | 9 | |||||
| +HW Stephenson | c Taylor b Ryan | 10 | |||||
| *MF Tremlett | not out | 21 | |||||
| KE Palmer | c Lowson b Broughton | 0 | |||||
| BA Langford | lbw b Broughton | 4 | |||||
| JWJ McMahon | c Lowson b Ryan | 6 | |||||
| B Lobb | b Ryan | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 lb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 38 overs) | 71 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15, 2-15, 3-16, 4-28, 5-29, 6-39, 7-40, 8-46, 9-71, 10-71 (38 ov) | |||||||
| Yorkshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Broughton | 19 | 6 | 38 | 6 | - | - | |
| Ryan | 19 | 6 | 32 | 4 | - | - | |
| Yorkshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FA Lowson | c Langford b McMahon | 154 | |||||
| K Taylor | c Tripp b Lobb | 57 | |||||
| JV Wilson | c Wight b Lomax | 23 | |||||
| DEV Padgett | c Wight b Lomax | 4 | |||||
| *W Watson | b McMahon | 18 | |||||
| DB Close | c Wight b Langford | 4 | |||||
| R Illingworth | not out | 19 | |||||
| JH Wardle | st Stephenson b Lobb | 32 | |||||
| +JG Binks | not out | 10 | |||||
| PN Broughton | did not bat | ||||||
| M Ryan | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (9 b, 10 lb, 1 w) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 124 overs) | 341 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-176, 2-223, 3-235, 4-258, 5-263, 6-281, 7-324 | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lobb | 37 | 8 | 74 | 2 | - | - | |
| Lomax | 28 | 6 | 90 | 2 | - | - | |
| Palmer | 11 | 3 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| McMahon | 30 | 8 | 81 | 2 | - | - | |
| Langford | 18 | 1 | 56 | 1 | - | - | |
| Somerset second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| L Pickles | b Broughton | 5 | |||||
| JG Lomax | c Lowson b Wardle | 28 | |||||
| GM Tripp | c Wilson b Ryan | 29 | |||||
| PB Wight | c Lowson b Illingworth | 43 | |||||
| CL McCool | c and b Close | 2 | |||||
| +HW Stephenson | c Padgett b Close | 6 | |||||
| *MF Tremlett | c Wilson b Wardle | 7 | |||||
| KE Palmer | c Wilson b Illingworth | 3 | |||||
| BA Langford | c Illingworth b Wardle | 0 | |||||
| JWJ McMahon | c Broughton b Illingworth | 5 | |||||
| B Lobb | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 1 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 69.3 overs) | 135 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21, 2-47, 3-83, 4-86, 5-96, 6-116, 7-129, 8-130, 9-135, 10-135 (69.3 ov) | |||||||
| Yorkshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Broughton | 8 | 3 | 10 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ryan | 16 | 6 | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wardle | 19 | 7 | 31 | 3 | - | - | |
| Close | 21 | 8 | 47 | 2 | - | - | |
| Illingworth | 5.3 | 1 | 11 | 3 | - | - | |
Notes
--> JV Wilson (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 22
--> GM Tripp (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in County Championship matches
--> M Ryan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 4-44)
--> PN Broughton achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 2-67)
--> PN Broughton achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Somerset first innings
--> PN Broughton achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 2-67)
--> PN Broughton achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings
--> M Ryan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 4-44)
--> JWJ McMahon reached 400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Yorkshire first innings
--> JWJ McMahon reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Yorkshire first innings
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