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| Venue | Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 1st, 3rd, 4th August 1959 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Gloucestershire won by 163 runs |
| Points | Gloucestershire 14 (Batting 2); Somerset 0 |
| Umpires | JB Bowes, DE Davies |
| Close of play day 1 | Somerset (1) 19/0 (Atkinson 8*, Lomax 9*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Somerset (2) 27/1 (Atkinson 14*, Whitehead 2*) |
| Gloucestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DM Young | b Biddulph | 25 | |||||
| CA Milton | c and b Greetham | 52 | |||||
| RB Nicholls | lbw b Biddulph | 12 | |||||
| *GM Emmett | b Alley | 1 | |||||
| AS Brown | run out | 25 | |||||
| JB Mortimore | run out | 5 | |||||
| JR Bernard | c Alley b Whitehead | 9 | |||||
| DA Allen | lbw b Biddulph | 23 | |||||
| DR Smith | st Stephenson b Biddulph | 19 | |||||
| +BJ Meyer | b Alley | 7 | |||||
| C Cook | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 4 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 86.2 overs) | 184 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-42, 2-64, 3-65, 4-109, 5-118, 6-128, 7-135, 8-167, 9-182, 10-184 (86.2 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Biddulph | 29.2 | 5 | 55 | 4 | - | - | |
| Alley | 23 | 4 | 50 | 2 | - | - | |
| Greetham | 9 | 0 | 16 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lomax | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Langford | 11 | 4 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Whitehead | 11 | 4 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Atkinson | lbw b Smith | 16 | |||||
| JG Lomax | lbw b Brown | 9 | |||||
| PB Wight | b Smith | 4 | |||||
| CL McCool | b Smith | 2 | |||||
| CHM Greetham | b Brown | 8 | |||||
| WE Alley | b Smith | 10 | |||||
| *MF Tremlett | b Brown | 0 | |||||
| +HW Stephenson | not out | 4 | |||||
| BA Langford | b Smith | 3 | |||||
| KD Biddulph | b Brown | 0 | |||||
| AGT Whitehead | lbw b Smith | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (5 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 38.5 overs) | 61 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-20, 2-25, 3-33, 4-34, 5-52, 6-52, 7-54, 8-59, 9-60, 10-61 (38.5 ov) | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Smith | 17.5 | 7 | 26 | 6 | - | - | |
| Brown | 15 | 7 | 25 | 4 | - | - | |
| Allen | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mortimore | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gloucestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DM Young | c and b Alley | 99 | |||||
| CA Milton | b Greetham | 121 | |||||
| RB Nicholls | not out | 25 | |||||
| *GM Emmett | c Tremlett b Lomax | 39 | |||||
| AS Brown | b Whitehead | 0 | |||||
| JB Mortimore | c Wight b Lomax | 2 | |||||
| JR Bernard | not out | 2 | |||||
| DA Allen | did not bat | ||||||
| DR Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| +BJ Meyer | did not bat | ||||||
| C Cook | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 7 lb, 1 w) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 86 overs) | 297 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-226, 2-228, 3-278, 4-286, 5-289 | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Biddulph | 7 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Alley | 18 | 5 | 45 | 1 | - | - | |
| Greetham | 10 | 2 | 41 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lomax | 14 | 2 | 53 | 2 | - | - | |
| Langford | 10 | 4 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Whitehead | 19 | 5 | 63 | 1 | - | - | |
| McCool | 8 | 0 | 40 | 0 | - | - | |
| Somerset second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Atkinson | c Milton b Allen | 54 | |||||
| JG Lomax | c Mortimore b Allen | 5 | |||||
| AGT Whitehead | lbw b Brown | 3 | |||||
| PB Wight | b Brown | 10 | |||||
| CL McCool | b Smith | 0 | |||||
| CHM Greetham | c Smith b Allen | 36 | |||||
| WE Alley | c and b Allen | 30 | |||||
| *MF Tremlett | c Milton b Smith | 31 | |||||
| +HW Stephenson | c Mortimore b Smith | 18 | |||||
| BA Langford | c and b Allen | 37 | |||||
| KD Biddulph | not out | 14 | |||||
| Extras | (12 b, 7 lb) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 122.2 overs) | 257 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21, 2-32, 3-46, 4-47, 5-111, 6-120, 7-149, 8-193, 9-208, 10-257 (122.2 ov) | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Smith | 33 | 9 | 64 | 3 | - | - | |
| Brown | 30 | 11 | 53 | 2 | - | - | |
| Allen | 27.2 | 10 | 56 | 5 | - | - | |
| Mortimore | 10 | 3 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bernard | 6 | 2 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cook | 16 | 6 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> CA Milton (1) passed 13000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 12
--> AS Brown (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> CL McCool (1) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> KD Biddulph reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> KD Biddulph reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> DR Smith reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> DA Allen reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings
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