f22764 cc11359	Somerset v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1959
Venue	Recreation Ground, Bath on 17th, 18th June 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by an innings and 5 runs
Points	Somerset 14 (Batting 2); Leicestershire 0
Umpires	D Davies, JH Parks
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), T Tout (Somerset)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 39/2 (Phillips 6*, Smith 4*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Gardner b van Geloven	25
JG Lomax	c Julian b Boshier	9
PB Wight	c Gardner b Spencer	13
CL McCool	c Gardner b Spencer	149
KE Palmer	c Julian b Smith	19
WE Alley	run out	3
*MF Tremlett	b Spencer	5
+HW Stephenson	b Boshier	25
BA Langford	b Boshier	18
AGT Whitehead	b Spencer	0
KD Biddulph	not out	8
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 85.4 overs)	280
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-39, 3-68, 4-162, 5-188, 6-202, 7-254, 8-254, 9-254, 10-280 (85.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	27	8	90	4	-	-
Boshier	29.4	4	95	3	-	-
van Geloven	16	2	49	1	-	-
Smith	13	7	40	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	c Stephenson b Alley	12
J van Geloven	b Biddulph	17
EF Phillips	b Alley	8
RC Smith	c Lomax b Biddulph	11
*W Watson	c McCool b Alley	7
LR Gardner	not out	46
JW Carter	b Lomax	9
AC Revill	c McCool b Whitehead	1
+R Julian	c Stephenson b Lomax	1
CT Spencer	c Biddulph b Alley	1
BS Boshier	c Stephenson b Alley	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 65.5 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-29, 3-44, 4-51, 5-57, 6-90, 7-105, 8-114, 9-115, 10-119 (65.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	20	8	38	2	-	-
Palmer	5	1	12	0	-	-
Alley	16.5	7	22	5	-	-
Lomax	12	5	17	2	-	-
Langford	5	3	6	0	-	-
McCool	4	3	10	0	-	-
Whitehead	3	1	8	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	b Biddulph	0
J van Geloven	c Alley b Lomax	12
EF Phillips	not out	34
RC Smith	c Stephenson b McCool	1
*W Watson	run out	14
LR Gardner	c Wight b Biddulph	27
JW Carter	lbw b Palmer	4
AC Revill	b Lomax	23
+R Julian	b Palmer	1
CT Spencer	c Stephenson b Lomax	21
BS Boshier	c Stephenson b Lomax	12
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 64.1 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-24, 3-38, 4-45, 5-79, 6-87, 7-97, 8-102, 9-140, 10-156 (64.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	15	5	32	2	-	-
Palmer	22	5	40	2	-	-
Alley	4	1	7	0	-	-
Lomax	17.1	4	42	4	-	-
McCool	6	1	28	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> JW Carter made his debut in County Championship matches
--> EF Phillips (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> WE Alley reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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