f23751 cc11839	Somerset v Surrey
	County Championship 1961
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 7th, 8th, 9th June 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Somerset won by 4 wickets
Points	Somerset 12; Surrey 0
Umpires	D Davies, AE Fagg
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 35/0 (G Atkinson 24*, Roe 11*)
Close of play day 2	Surrey (2) 58/1 (Parsons 18*, Willett 10*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Stewart	c Lomax b Biddulph	16
ABD Parsons	c G Atkinson b Lomax	38
MD Willett	b Biddulph	73
*PBH May	not out	153
B Constable	lbw b CRM Atkinson	5
RAE Tindall	not out	71
+R Swetman	did not bat
GAR Lock	did not bat
EA Bedser	did not bat
D Gibson	did not bat
PJ Loader	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 102 overs)	358
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-73, 3-184, 4-193

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	24	4	84	2	-	-
Palmer	17	4	58	0	-	-
Alley	12	3	50	0	-	-
Lomax	13	5	37	1	-	-
CRM Atkinson	22	2	68	1	-	-
Langford	14	2	59	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	lbw b Lock	25
B Roe	c Parsons b Lock	11
PB Wight	c and b Gibson	125
WE Alley	not out	183
JG Lomax	c Constable b Lock	3
*+HW Stephenson	lbw b Lock	0
JM Lawrence	not out	10
CRM Atkinson	did not bat
KE Palmer	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
KD Biddulph	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 109.2 overs)	361
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-36, 3-333, 4-340, 5-340

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	20	5	72	0	-	-
Gibson	27	4	79	1	-	-
Willett	2	1	12	0	-	-
Lock	28.2	10	64	4	-	-
Bedser	19	3	66	0	-	-
Tindall	7	1	30	0	-	-
Constable	6	0	34	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Stewart	c Stephenson b Biddulph	24
ABD Parsons	c Stephenson b CRM Atkinson	76
MD Willett	c Stephenson b Biddulph	21
*PBH May	c G Atkinson b Biddulph	5
B Constable	c CRM Atkinson b Langford	13
RAE Tindall	not out	100
+R Swetman	not out	19
GAR Lock	did not bat
EA Bedser	did not bat
D Gibson	did not bat
PJ Loader	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 11 lb)	15
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 83.1 overs)	273
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-78, 3-100, 4-128, 5-201

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	19	4	54	3	-	-
Palmer	13	0	35	0	-	-
Alley	2	1	11	0	-	-
Lomax	2.1	0	4	0	-	-
CRM Atkinson	26	4	83	1	-	-
Langford	21	6	71	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	lbw b Loader	7
B Roe	b Loader	42
PB Wight	b Lock	25
WE Alley	not out	134
JG Lomax	c Stewart b Bedser	31
CRM Atkinson	b Bedser	5
KE Palmer	b Gibson	8
*+HW Stephenson	not out	8
JM Lawrence	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
KD Biddulph	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 1 w)	12
Total	(6 wickets, 62.1 overs)	272
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-56, 3-152, 4-216, 5-226, 6-241

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	11	0	48	2	-	-
Gibson	7.1	0	34	1	-	-
Lock	24	2	101	1	-	-
Bedser	16	4	65	2	-	-
Tindall	4	0	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> WE Alley (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 55
--> RAE Tindall (2) passed his previous highest score of 92 in First-Class matches
--> RAE Tindall (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> RAE Tindall (2) passed his previous highest score of 92 in County Championship matches
--> RAE Tindall (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> KD Biddulph reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Surrey first innings

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