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| Venue | County Ground, Taunton on 8th, 9th, 10th July 1959 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Somerset won by 7 wickets |
| Umpires | AE Fagg, DJ Wood |
| Scorers | T Matthewss, R Palmer |
| Close of play day 1 | Somerset (1) 128/3 (Tripp 12*, Virgin 4*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Combined Services (2) 246/8 (McIntyre 10*, Meakin 0*) |
| Combined Services first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A Jones | c Barwell b Biddulph | 0 | - | - | |||
| B Roe | b Harris | 4 | 1 | - | |||
| DS Williams | b Biddulph | 5 | 1 | - | |||
| AR Lewis | c Tripp b Palmer | 13 | 2 | - | |||
| GG Tordoff | c Atkinson b Palmer | 54 | 5 | - | |||
| G Atkins | c Atkinson b Greetham | 8 | 1 | - | |||
| PJ Phelan | c Barwell b Biddulph | 58 | 10 | - | |||
| *JHG Deighton | b Biddulph | 32 | 7 | - | |||
| +TF McIntyre | b Biddulph | 2 | - | - | |||
| D Meakin | c Tripp b Biddulph | 2 | - | - | |||
| RL Pratt | not out | 3 | - | - | |||
| Extras | (1 b, 19 lb, 1 w) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 64.4 overs) | 202 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Jones), 2-6 (Williams), 3-14 (Roe), 4-43 (Lewis), 5-62 (Atkins), 6-139 (Tordoff), 7-190 (Deighton), 8-193 (Phelan), 9-199 (Meakin), 10-202 (McIntyre, 64.4 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Biddulph | 15.4 | 4 | 30 | 6 | - | - | |
| Harris | 7 | 1 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |
| Palmer | 23 | 5 | 44 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Greetham | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sully | 10 | 1 | 48 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lomax | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bryant | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Atkinson | c and b Tordoff | 49 | 4 | 1 | |||
| *JG Lomax | b Tordoff | 52 | 9 | - | |||
| CHM Greetham | c Williams b Phelan | 1 | - | - | |||
| GM Tripp | c McIntyre b Phelan | 48 | 7 | - | |||
| RT Virgin | c Roe b Meakin | 23 | 4 | - | |||
| KE Palmer | c Williams b Phelan | 3 | - | - | |||
| +TI Barwell | b Meakin | 0 | - | - | |||
| JH Harris | b Meakin | 4 | 1 | - | |||
| KD Biddulph | c Williams b Meakin | 6 | 1 | - | |||
| LE Bryant | not out | 4 | - | - | |||
| H Sully | b Tordoff | 1 | - | - | |||
| Extras | (1 b, 11 lb, 1 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 75.4 overs) | 204 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-94 (Atkinson), 2-95 (Greetham), 3-116 (Lomax), 4-158 (Virgin), 5-173 (Palmer), 6-173 (Barwell), 7-181 (Harris), 8-193 (Tripp), 9-199 (Biddulph), 10-204 (Sully, 75.4 ov) | |||||||
| Combined Services bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pratt | 15 | 5 | 43 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Meakin | 21 | 5 | 56 | 4 | - | - | |
| Phelan | 31 | 9 | 68 | 3 | - | - | |
| Tordoff | 8.4 | 2 | 24 | 3 | - | - | |
| Combined Services second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A Jones | b Palmer | 15 | 3 | - | |||
| B Roe | run out | 25 | 1 | - | |||
| AR Lewis | st Barwell b Bryant | 45 | 7 | - | |||
| DS Williams | c Barwell b Bryant | 3 | - | - | |||
| GG Tordoff | c Virgin b Biddulph | 76 | 12 | 1 | |||
| G Atkins | b Biddulph | 28 | 5 | - | |||
| PJ Phelan | c Barwell b Palmer | 29 | 3 | - | |||
| *JHG Deighton | c Barwell b Greetham | 1 | - | - | |||
| +TF McIntyre | b Palmer | 16 | 1 | - | |||
| D Meakin | not out | 12 | 2 | - | |||
| RL Pratt | c Virgin b Harris | 5 | - | - | |||
| Extras | (5 b, 9 lb, 1 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 91 overs) | 270 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-23 (Jones), 2-76 (Roe), 3-91 (Lewis), 4-94 (Williams), 5-198 (Atkins), 6-210 (Tordoff), 7-213 (Deighton), 8-246 (Phelan), 9-255 (McIntyre), 10-270 (Pratt, 91 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Biddulph | 24 | 4 | 48 | 2 | - | - | |
| Harris | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | - | - | |
| Palmer | 18 | 5 | 36 | 3 | - | - | |
| Greetham | 10 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Sully | 17 | 3 | 68 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lomax | 5 | 2 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bryant | 13 | 3 | 43 | 2 | - | - | |
| Somerset second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Atkinson | b Pratt | 6 | 1 | - | |||
| *JG Lomax | c Pratt b Phelan | 85 | 12 | - | |||
| CHM Greetham | not out | 151 | 140 | 18 | 6 | ||
| GM Tripp | lbw b Deighton | 1 | - | - | |||
| RT Virgin | not out | 14 | 3 | - | |||
| KE Palmer | did not bat | ||||||
| +TI Barwell | did not bat | ||||||
| JH Harris | did not bat | ||||||
| KD Biddulph | did not bat | ||||||
| LE Bryant | did not bat | ||||||
| H Sully | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b, 7 lb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 63 overs) | 270 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22 (Atkinson), 2-189 (Lomax), 3-202 (Tripp) | |||||||
| Combined Services bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pratt | 13 | 1 | 68 | 1 | - | - | |
| Meakin | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Phelan | 19 | 2 | 90 | 1 | - | - | |
| Tordoff | 15 | 3 | 43 | 0 | - | - | |
| Deighton | 14 | 2 | 45 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> TF McIntyre made his debut in First-Class matches
--> TI Barwell made his debut in First-Class matches
--> H Sully made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GG Tordoff (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> PJ Phelan (1) passed his previous highest score of 51 in First-Class matches
--> RT Virgin (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> G Atkins (2) passed his previous highest score of 16 in First-Class matches
--> JG Lomax (2) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 75
--> CHM Greetham (2) passed his previous highest score of 56 in First-Class matches
--> CHM Greetham (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> KD Biddulph achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Combined Services first innings (previous best was 6-34)
--> D Meakin achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed KD Biddulph in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 3-52)
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