f22919 cc11487	Somerset v Yorkshire
	County Championship 1959
Venue	Recreation Ground, Bath on 19th, 20th, 21st August 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Yorkshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Somerset won by 16 runs
Points	Somerset 12; Yorkshire 0
Umpires	JS Buller, CS Elliott
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 342/5 (Alley 56*, Greetham 49*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 46/0 (Lomax 27*, Virgin 19*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Lomax	c Burnet b Wilson	92
RT Virgin	st Binks b Wilson	68
CL McCool	c and b Wilson	32
G Atkinson	b Wilson	0
*MF Tremlett	c Binks b Wilson	30
WE Alley	not out	56
CHM Greetham	not out	49
+HW Stephenson	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
KD Biddulph	did not bat
AGT Whitehead	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 6 lb)	15
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 123 overs)	342
Fall of wickets:
1-118, 2-158, 3-162, 4-230, 5-237

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Platt	20	4	57	0	-	-
Stead	13	1	35	0	-	-
Close	32	13	72	0	-	-
Taylor	11	1	39	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	25	5	67	0	-	-
Wilson	22	8	57	5	-	-

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WB Stott	c McCool b Alley	8
K Taylor	b Biddulph	1
DEV Padgett	b Alley	83
DB Close	c McCool b Biddulph	128
JB Bolus	lbw b Alley	4
D Wilson	b Alley	6
*JR Burnet	c Greetham b Langford	20
J Birkenshaw	not out	12
+JG Binks	c and b Biddulph	0
RK Platt	c Alley b Langford	1
B Stead	c and b Langford	8
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 98 overs)	275
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-9, 3-214, 4-222, 5-226, 6-243, 7-260, 8-260, 9-261, 10-275 (98 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	20	2	66	3	-	-
Alley	13	4	19	4	-	-
Langford	34	11	58	3	-	-
Whitehead	20	5	69	0	-	-
Atkinson	4	1	25	0	-	-
Lomax	6	2	23	0	-	-
Virgin	1	0	11	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Lomax	c Bolus b Close	49
RT Virgin	run out	37
CL McCool	c Bolus b Close	17
G Atkinson	c Padgett b Wilson	12
*MF Tremlett	c Burnet b Wilson	1
WE Alley	c Bolus b Close	45
CHM Greetham	c Platt b Wilson	0
+HW Stephenson	c and b Close	13
BA Langford	not out	5
KD Biddulph	c Binks b Close	0
AGT Whitehead	c Stott b Close	0
Extras	(8 b)	8
Total	(all out, 76.2 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-74, 2-98, 3-103, 4-104, 5-127, 6-127, 7-156, 8-185, 9-187, 10-187 (76.2 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Platt	6	2	8	0	-	-
Stead	2	0	4	0	-	-
Close	33.2	8	87	6	-	-
Birkenshaw	7	2	16	0	-	-
Wilson	28	9	64	3	-	-

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Yorkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WB Stott	c Langford b Biddulph	19
K Taylor	c Stephenson b Langford	70
DEV Padgett	c and b Langford	12
DB Close	c Stephenson b Langford	34
JB Bolus	c Alley b Whitehead	11
D Wilson	st Stephenson b Langford	19
*JR Burnet	b Langford	3
J Birkenshaw	run out	31
+JG Binks	not out	28
B Stead	b Alley	0
RK Platt	c Lomax b Langford	1
Extras	(10 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 51.4 overs)	238
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-55, 3-133, 4-152, 5-156, 6-165, 7-196, 8-221, 9-221, 10-238 (51.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	10	1	49	1	-	-
Alley	18	4	57	1	-	-
Langford	16.4	0	85	6	-	-
Whitehead	5	1	20	1	-	-
Lomax	2	0	17	0	-	-

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Notes
--> B Stead made his debut in County Championship matches
--> JG Lomax (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> RT Virgin (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in County Championship matches
--> RT Virgin (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in First-Class matches
--> CHM Greetham (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 8
--> DB Close (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 40
--> CL McCool (2) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 11
--> DB Close (2) passed 12000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> J Birkenshaw (2) passed his previous highest score of 25 in County Championship matches
--> D Wilson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> WE Alley reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Yorkshire first innings
--> WE Alley reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Yorkshire first innings
--> DB Close reached 600 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Somerset second innings

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