f5879 cc1403	Somerset v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1902
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 26th, 27th, 28th June 1902 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 4 wickets
Points	Somerset -1; Worcestershire 1
Umpires	A Shaw, H Shaw
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 198/5 (Foster 27*, Isaac 15*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 19/0 (Bowley 13*, Corden 4*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LCH Palairet	c Gaukrodger b Bird	19
LC Braund	b Simpson-Hayward	44
RCN Palairet	b Wilson	3
E Robson	st Gaukrodger b Simpson-Hayward	3
AE Lewis	st Gaukrodger b Simpson-Hayward	28
*SMJ Woods	c Simpson-Hayward b Bird	3
PR Johnson	b Wilson	9
GC Gill	st Gaukrodger b Bird	60
FM Lee	not out	28
+AE Newton	st Gaukrodger b Simpson-Hayward	16
B Cranfield	b Simpson-Hayward	1
Extras	(2 b, 10 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 58.2 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-42, 3-55, 4-89, 5-96, 6-106, 7-143, 8-201, 9-224, 10-226 (58.2 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilson	18	2	55	2	-	-
Simpson-Hayward	19.2	1	92	5	-	-
Bird	17	4	53	3	-	-
Arnold	4	0	14	0	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Bowley	lbw b Cranfield	24
GF Wheldon	c Braund b Robson	58
EG Arnold	b Braund	44
*HK Foster	c LCH Palairet b Gill	80
CF Corden	b Braund	15
GHT Simpson-Hayward	c Newton b Gill	4
AW Isaac	c and b Cranfield	20
+G Gaukrodger	c sub b Braund	12
GA Wilson	b Robson	54
A Bird	not out	18
RD Burrows	c Robson b Braund	3
Extras	(10 b, 7 lb, 4 nb)	21
Total	(all out, 91.1 overs)	353
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-124, 3-147, 4-?, 5-176, 6-226, 7-273, 8-299, 9-?, 10-353 (91.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cranfield	27	6	108	2	-	-
Braund	38.1	9	121	4	-	-
Gill	17	2	69	2	-	4
Robson	9	1	34	2	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Lewis	lbw b Wilson	82
FM Lee	b Wilson	13
LCH Palairet	b Arnold	32
LC Braund	lbw b Burrows	0
E Robson	b Simpson-Hayward	11
RCN Palairet	c Gaukrodger b Arnold	32
GC Gill	b Arnold	13
*SMJ Woods	c Gaukrodger b Arnold	0
PR Johnson	b Burrows	12
+AE Newton	not out	37
B Cranfield	run out	2
Extras	(17 b, 7 lb)	24
Total	(all out, 77 overs)	258
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-104, 3-105, 4-143, 5-180, 6-206, 7-206, 8-207, 9-245, 10-258 (77 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilson	16	1	49	2	-	-
Simpson-Hayward	17	4	69	1	-	-
Bird	8	2	21	0	-	-
Arnold	27	5	61	4	-	-
Burrows	9	1	34	2	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Bowley	c RCN Palairet b Braund	20
CF Corden	b Cranfield	9
GF Wheldon	c sub b Cranfield	11
*HK Foster	c Braund b Cranfield	52
GHT Simpson-Hayward	run out	4
EG Arnold	not out	14
AW Isaac	st +LCH Palairet b Cranfield	2
GA Wilson	not out	4
+G Gaukrodger	did not bat
A Bird	did not bat
RD Burrows	did not bat
Extras	(18 b, 1 w)	19
Total	(6 wickets, 38.4 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-39, 3-62, 4-87, 5-129, 6-131

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cranfield	13.4	3	43	4	1	-
Braund	16	4	31	1	-	-
Gill	5	0	29	0	-	-
Robson	4	1	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RCN Palairet made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> RCN Palairet made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AE Lewis (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> GA Wilson (1) passed his previous highest score of 36 in County Championship matches
--> RCN Palairet (2) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32
--> HK Foster (2) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 42
--> B Cranfield reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> GA Wilson reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings

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Newton injured his left hand just before the close of the second day and had to leave the field, L.C.H.Palairet taking over as wicket-keeper

 

 

 

 

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