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| Venue | County Ground, Taunton on 16th, 18th, 19th May 1959 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Somerset won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Gloucestershire won by 4 wickets |
| Points | Somerset 0; Gloucestershire 12 |
| Umpires | AE Fagg, LH Gray |
| Close of play day 1 | Gloucestershire (1) 13/0 (Young 7*, Milton 5*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Somerset (2) 12/0 (Lomax 10*, Atkinson 1*) |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Atkinson | run out | 54 | |||||
| JG Lomax | b Smith | 12 | |||||
| PB Wight | b Smith | 1 | |||||
| CL McCool | b Mortimore | 10 | |||||
| *MF Tremlett | c Young b Mortimore | 3 | |||||
| WE Alley | c Hawkins b Cook | 155 | |||||
| KE Palmer | c Brown b Smith | 30 | |||||
| +HW Stephenson | c and b Smith | 24 | |||||
| BA Langford | b Cook | 12 | |||||
| KD Biddulph | b Cook | 2 | |||||
| B Lobb | not out | 3 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 2 w) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 113.2 overs) | 314 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-25, 2-34, 3-63, 4-67, 5-118, 6-255, 7-297, 8-297, 9-299, 10-314 (113.2 ov) | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Smith | 38 | 5 | 101 | 4 | - | - | |
| Brown | 25 | 7 | 85 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mortimore | 26 | 8 | 64 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cook | 24.2 | 11 | 56 | 3 | - | - | |
| Gloucestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DM Young | c Lomax b Lobb | 7 | |||||
| CA Milton | lbw b Biddulph | 103 | |||||
| RB Nicholls | lbw b Biddulph | 0 | |||||
| *TW Graveney | c Lomax b Biddulph | 20 | |||||
| DG Hawkins | c Lomax b Biddulph | 61 | |||||
| JB Mortimore | b Biddulph | 12 | |||||
| DA Allen | b Lobb | 0 | |||||
| AS Brown | not out | 47 | |||||
| DR Smith | b Lomax | 50 | |||||
| +BJ Meyer | not out | 9 | |||||
| C Cook | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 4 lb, 3 nb, 4 w) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 116 overs) | 321 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13, 2-14, 3-53, 4-191, 5-206, 6-207, 7-216, 8-287 | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lobb | 26 | 7 | 61 | 2 | - | - | |
| Biddulph | 33 | 6 | 94 | 5 | - | - | |
| Lomax | 7 | 2 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Alley | 10 | 5 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| McCool | 15 | 1 | 53 | 0 | - | - | |
| Palmer | 10 | 2 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Langford | 15 | 4 | 43 | 0 | - | - | |
| Somerset second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Lomax | c Meyer b Brown | 20 | |||||
| G Atkinson | c and b Brown | 2 | |||||
| PB Wight | b Brown | 75 | |||||
| CL McCool | b Brown | 71 | |||||
| WE Alley | c Mortimore b Brown | 16 | |||||
| *MF Tremlett | not out | 24 | |||||
| +HW Stephenson | b Brown | 0 | |||||
| KE Palmer | b Mortimore | 0 | |||||
| BA Langford | not out | 6 | |||||
| KD Biddulph | did not bat | ||||||
| B Lobb | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 71 overs) | 226 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-23, 2-29, 3-163, 4-190, 5-195, 6-195, 7-212 | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Smith | 7 | 0 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Brown | 21 | 5 | 74 | 6 | - | - | |
| Mortimore | 28 | 8 | 76 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cook | 14 | 8 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Milton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gloucestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DM Young | lbw b McCool | 34 | |||||
| CA Milton | lbw b Alley | 45 | |||||
| RB Nicholls | lbw b Alley | 11 | |||||
| *TW Graveney | not out | 69 | |||||
| JB Mortimore | c Atkinson b Alley | 18 | |||||
| DR Smith | c McCool b Lobb | 5 | |||||
| AS Brown | lbw b Alley | 18 | |||||
| DG Hawkins | not out | 7 | |||||
| DA Allen | did not bat | ||||||
| +BJ Meyer | did not bat | ||||||
| C Cook | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 4 lb, 5 nb, 1 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 45.5 overs) | 220 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-88, 2-88, 3-114, 4-163, 5-176, 6-197 | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lobb | 6 | 0 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| Biddulph | 12 | 2 | 49 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lomax | 8 | 3 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Alley | 11.5 | 2 | 45 | 4 | - | - | |
| McCool | 8 | 1 | 53 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> WE Alley (1) passed his previous highest score of 108 in County Championship matches
--> HW Stephenson (1) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> AS Brown (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> PB Wight (2) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> TW Graveney (2) passed 26500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 22
--> DR Smith reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
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