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| Venue | County Ground, Taunton on 27th, 29th, 30th July 1957 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Somerset 4 (Batting 2); Leicestershire 0 |
| Umpires | DE Davies, WFF Price |
| Scorers | FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), T Tout (Somerset) |
| Close of play day 1 | Leicestershire (1) 188/9 (Smith 4*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Somerset (1) 368/7 (Palmer 56*, Roe 0*) |
| Leicestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Lester | lbw b Alley | 1 | |||||
| MR Hallam | st Stephenson b McCool | 30 | |||||
| J van Geloven | c Stephenson b Lobb | 57 | |||||
| LR Gardner | c Pickles b McMahon | 9 | |||||
| *CH Palmer | c Stephenson b McMahon | 26 | |||||
| PA Munden | b Lobb | 38 | |||||
| +J Firth | lbw b Alley | 5 | |||||
| JS Savage | c Palmer b Lobb | 2 | |||||
| RC Smith | run out | 4 | |||||
| CT Spencer | c Wight b Alley | 0 | |||||
| BS Boshier | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 6 lb, 5 w) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 81.3 overs) | 188 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-54, 3-67, 4-121, 5-137, 6-166, 7-183, 8-188, 9-188, 10-188 (81.3 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lobb | 28 | 13 | 49 | 3 | - | - | |
| Alley | 24.3 | 3 | 61 | 3 | - | - | |
| Palmer | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| McCool | 12 | 2 | 42 | 1 | - | - | |
| McMahon | 12 | 7 | 12 | 2 | - | - | |
| Langford | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| L Pickles | b Spencer | 3 | |||||
| WE Alley | c Spencer b Boshier | 7 | |||||
| PB Wight | run out | 88 | |||||
| *MF Tremlett | c Gardner b Spencer | 144 | |||||
| CL McCool | c Firth b Spencer | 3 | |||||
| +HW Stephenson | c Hallam b van Geloven | 39 | |||||
| KE Palmer | not out | 56 | |||||
| BA Langford | c Firth b Boshier | 23 | |||||
| B Roe | not out | 0 | |||||
| JWJ McMahon | did not bat | ||||||
| B Lobb | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 2 lb, 2 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 99 overs) | 368 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-10, 3-197, 4-223, 5-270, 6-303, 7-363 | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Spencer | 24 | 2 | 65 | 3 | - | - | |
| Boshier | 20 | 1 | 96 | 2 | - | - | |
| Palmer | 18 | 5 | 63 | 0 | - | - | |
| Savage | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 10 | 2 | 40 | 0 | - | - | |
| van Geloven | 18 | 2 | 63 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lester | 6 | 1 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Lester | c Palmer b Langford | 13 | |||||
| MR Hallam | c Stephenson b Tremlett | 151 | |||||
| J van Geloven | c Wight b McMahon | 32 | |||||
| *CH Palmer | not out | 62 | |||||
| LR Gardner | not out | 19 | |||||
| PA Munden | did not bat | ||||||
| +J Firth | did not bat | ||||||
| JS Savage | did not bat | ||||||
| RC Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| CT Spencer | did not bat | ||||||
| BS Boshier | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 5 w) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 108 overs) | 295 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-56, 2-137, 3-252 | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lobb | 13 | 2 | 39 | 0 | - | - | |
| Alley | 9 | 2 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Palmer | 8 | 2 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| McCool | 11 | 1 | 37 | 0 | - | - | |
| McMahon | 35 | 11 | 76 | 1 | - | - | |
| Langford | 18 | 7 | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| Pickles | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wight | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Tremlett | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | - | - | |
| Roe | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stephenson | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> PA Munden made his debut in County Championship matches
--> CH Palmer (1) passed 14000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 11
--> PA Munden (1) passed his previous highest score of 33 in First-Class matches
--> KE Palmer (1) equalled his previous highest score of 56 in First-Class matches
--> KE Palmer (1) equalled his previous highest score of 56 in County Championship matches
--> KE Palmer (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> MR Hallam (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 1
--> MR Hallam (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> CH Palmer (2) passed 16500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 57
--> MF Tremlett reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
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