f23914 cc11961	Gloucestershire v Somerset
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 5th, 7th, 8th August 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Somerset won by 85 runs
Points	Gloucestershire 0; Somerset 14 (Batting 2)
Umpires	D Davies, DJ Wood
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 255 all out
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 98/2 (Baig 28*, Alley 15*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	lbw b Smith	47
RT Virgin	b Smith	30
AA Baig	run out	17
WE Alley	c Milton b Allen	23
PB Wight	lbw b Allen	14
CHM Greetham	c Meyer b Smith	46
KE Palmer	b Allen	0
*+HW Stephenson	c Allen b Brown	47
BA Langford	lbw b Brown	0
H Sully	not out	20
KD Biddulph	b Brown	1
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 3 w)	10
Total	(all out, 110.3 overs)	255
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-84, 3-119, 4-123, 5-163, 6-163, 7-224, 8-225, 9-246, 10-255 (110.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	25	7	52	3	-	-
Brown	21.3	2	65	3	-	-
Allen	36	15	74	3	-	-
Mortimore	28	11	54	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Carpenter	b Palmer	14
RB Nicholls	b Palmer	16
MA Eagar	b Alley	0
DM Young	c Atkinson b Biddulph	20
CA Milton	lbw b Palmer	24
AS Brown	b Palmer	3
JB Mortimore	st Stephenson b Langford	38
DA Allen	c Atkinson b Palmer	38
*CTM Pugh	b Biddulph	9
+BJ Meyer	lbw b Palmer	0
DR Smith	not out	0
Extras	(11 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 88.1 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-34, 3-34, 4-72, 5-82, 6-95, 7-155, 8-175, 9-177, 10-177 (88.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	18.1	4	38	2	-	-
Palmer	23	11	26	6	-	-
Alley	19	7	31	1	-	-
Greetham	14	3	27	0	-	-
Langford	9	4	26	1	-	-
Sully	5	0	14	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	lbw b Smith	32
RT Virgin	c Meyer b Smith	21
AA Baig	not out	82
WE Alley	c Smith b Mortimore	84
PB Wight	not out	0
CHM Greetham	did not bat
KE Palmer	did not bat
*+HW Stephenson	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
H Sully	did not bat
KD Biddulph	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb)	5
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 72 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-74, 3-204

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	30	7	67	2	-	-
Brown	30	5	109	0	-	-
Allen	6	1	30	0	-	-
Mortimore	6	3	13	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Carpenter	c Wight b Alley	52
RB Nicholls	b Palmer	0
MA Eagar	b Palmer	12
DM Young	lbw b Palmer	3
CA Milton	b Alley	23
AS Brown	c Wight b Alley	20
JB Mortimore	b Greetham	9
*CTM Pugh	c Alley b Langford	21
DA Allen	lbw b Palmer	30
+BJ Meyer	b Palmer	25
DR Smith	not out	8
Extras	(8 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 82.5 overs)	217
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-35, 3-45, 4-97, 5-104, 6-127, 7-129, 8-168, 9-195, 10-217 (82.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	7	0	22	0	-	-
Palmer	26.5	9	46	5	-	-
Alley	13	2	36	3	-	-
Greetham	6	2	8	1	-	-
Langford	23	8	48	1	-	-
Sully	3	1	26	0	-	-
Virgin	4	1	17	0	-	-

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Notes
--> MA Eagar made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> HW Stephenson (1) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 31
--> H Sully (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in County Championship matches
--> H Sully (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in First-Class matches
--> AA Baig (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 79
--> AA Baig (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> WE Alley (2) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 50
--> JB Mortimore (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 1
--> WE Alley reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings
--> WE Alley reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings

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