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| Venue | County Ground, Taunton on 25th, 27th, 28th August 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Somerset 0; Northamptonshire 4 |
| Umpires | P Corrall, DE Davies |
| Close of play day 1 | Somerset (1) 9/0 (Pickles 4*, Silk 5*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Somerset (2) 3/1 (Silk 1*, Lomax 0*) |
| Northamptonshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *D Brookes | not out | 203 | |||||
| AP Arnold | c Stephenson b Lobb | 6 | |||||
| R Subba Row | run out | 46 | |||||
| BL Reynolds | c Stephenson b Hilton | 17 | |||||
| GE Tribe | not out | 82 | |||||
| MEJC Norman | did not bat | ||||||
| +KV Andrew | did not bat | ||||||
| MHJ Allen | did not bat | ||||||
| JS Manning | did not bat | ||||||
| RW Clarke | did not bat | ||||||
| HRA Kelleher | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (14 b) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, declared, 102 overs) | 368 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-27, 2-129, 3-164 | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lobb | 15 | 5 | 41 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lomax | 17 | 3 | 45 | 0 | - | - | |
| McMahon | 15 | 0 | 71 | 0 | - | - | |
| McCool | 23 | 4 | 82 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hilton | 24 | 2 | 83 | 1 | - | - | |
| Walker | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Silk | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wight | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| L Pickles | b Manning | 72 | |||||
| DRW Silk | c Clarke b Kelleher | 8 | |||||
| PB Wight | c Clarke b Tribe | 27 | |||||
| CL McCool | b Tribe | 25 | |||||
| M Walker | st Andrew b Tribe | 1 | |||||
| *MF Tremlett | b Tribe | 4 | |||||
| JG Lomax | c Arnold b Manning | 52 | |||||
| +HW Stephenson | not out | 16 | |||||
| J Hilton | c Kelleher b Manning | 0 | |||||
| JWJ McMahon | b Manning | 0 | |||||
| B Lobb | run out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 1 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 93.1 overs) | 210 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12, 2-66, 3-94, 4-98, 5-110, 6-187, 7-210, 8-210, 9-210, 10-210 (93.1 ov) | |||||||
| Northamptonshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Clarke | 9 | 3 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kelleher | 13 | 5 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |
| Manning | 29.1 | 15 | 59 | 4 | - | - | |
| Tribe | 26 | 8 | 72 | 4 | - | - | |
| Allen | 14 | 8 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Subba Row | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Somerset second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| L Pickles | lbw b Tribe | 0 | |||||
| DRW Silk | c Norman b Manning | 47 | |||||
| JG Lomax | c Allen b Manning | 2 | |||||
| CL McCool | b Kelleher | 141 | |||||
| PB Wight | c Manning b Arnold | 37 | |||||
| M Walker | not out | 14 | |||||
| +HW Stephenson | not out | 20 | |||||
| *MF Tremlett | did not bat | ||||||
| J Hilton | did not bat | ||||||
| JWJ McMahon | did not bat | ||||||
| B Lobb | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 1 lb, 1 w) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 104 overs) | 268 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-19, 3-148, 4-222, 5-241 | |||||||
| Northamptonshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Clarke | 17 | 7 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kelleher | 14 | 5 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| Manning | 27 | 10 | 64 | 2 | - | - | |
| Tribe | 25 | 10 | 57 | 1 | - | - | |
| Allen | 11 | 2 | 46 | 0 | - | - | |
| Subba Row | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Reynolds | 3 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Arnold | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> GE Tribe (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 68
--> CL McCool (2) passed his previous highest score of 103 in County Championship matches
--> CL McCool (2) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> HRA Kelleher reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
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