f22843 cc11419	Somerset v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1959
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 18th, 20th, 21st July 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 4 wickets
Points	Somerset 14 (Batting 2); Northamptonshire 0
Umpires	D Davies, DE Davies
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 359 all out
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 74/3 (Barrick 50*, Lightfoot 5*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Andrew b Williamson	0
JG Lomax	c Andrew b Tyson	3
PB Wight	lbw b Williamson	96
CL McCool	c Tribe b PD Watts	92
CHM Greetham	c Manning b Tribe	34
WE Alley	not out	79
RT Virgin	c Andrew b Williamson	4
*+HW Stephenson	lbw b Tyson	5
BA Langford	run out	11
AGT Whitehead	lbw b Tribe	1
KD Biddulph	b Tyson	28
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 104.5 overs)	359
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-8, 3-152, 4-221, 5-235, 6-251, 7-260, 8-287, 9-302, 10-359 (104.5 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyson	26.5	3	91	3	-	-
Williamson	19	5	41	3	-	-
Lightfoot	5	0	17	0	-	-
Tribe	25	5	93	2	-	-
PD Watts	21	6	81	1	-	-
Manning	8	1	30	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	c Whitehead b Biddulph	4
PJ Watts	b McCool	17
DW Barrick	c McCool b Langford	25
*R Subba Row	c Alley b Whitehead	29
A Lightfoot	lbw b McCool	10
GE Tribe	st Stephenson b Langford	10
PD Watts	c Lomax b Whitehead	24
JS Manning	b Whitehead	7
+KV Andrew	c Alley b Whitehead	10
FH Tyson	not out	20
JG Williamson	c Biddulph b Whitehead	8
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 9 w)	19
Total	(all out, 95 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-47, 3-52, 4-69, 5-86, 6-131, 7-136, 8-149, 9-170, 10-183 (95 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	7	3	16	1	-	-
Alley	5	0	14	0	-	-
Greetham	2	0	9	0	-	-
McCool	26	9	49	2	-	-
Langford	38	20	43	2	-	-
Whitehead	17	6	33	5	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MEJC Norman	c McCool b Lomax	3
PJ Watts	run out	12
DW Barrick	c Lomax b Biddulph	89
*R Subba Row	c Lomax b Whitehead	3
A Lightfoot	c Alley b Langford	32
GE Tribe	lbw b Whitehead	55
PD Watts	c Stephenson b Biddulph	3
JS Manning	b Biddulph	7
+KV Andrew	lbw b McCool	26
FH Tyson	c Atkinson b Whitehead	16
JG Williamson	not out	22
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 136.3 overs)	277
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-54, 3-61, 4-123, 5-159, 6-165, 7-181, 8-222, 9-247, 10-277 (136.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	19	2	51	3	-	-
McCool	20.3	5	56	1	-	-
Langford	43	15	80	1	-	-
Whitehead	41	21	57	3	-	-
Lomax	13	3	24	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	lbw b Williamson	25
JG Lomax	lbw b Tyson	1
CHM Greetham	lbw b Tyson	1
CL McCool	c PD Watts b Williamson	24
WE Alley	c and b Tyson	5
*+HW Stephenson	run out	13
RT Virgin	not out	19
BA Langford	not out	11
PB Wight	did not bat
AGT Whitehead	did not bat
KD Biddulph	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	3
Total	(6 wickets, 23 overs)	102
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-8, 3-53, 4-58, 5-58, 6-89

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyson	12	2	38	3	-	-
Williamson	11	0	61	2	-	-

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Notes
--> WE Alley (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 46
--> WE Alley (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 53
--> KD Biddulph (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in First-Class matches
--> KD Biddulph (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in County Championship matches
--> RT Virgin (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in County Championship matches
--> CL McCool reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> KD Biddulph reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings

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