minc4984	Wiltshire v Somerset Second XI
	Minor Counties Championship 1956
Venue	County Ground, Trowbridge on 3rd, 4th August 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Wiltshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Wiltshire 1; Somerset Second XI 3
Close of play day 1

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Somerset Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
M Walker	b Marshall	0
GL Williams	c Thompson b Martin	0
GM Tripp	b Martin	14
J Baker	b Martin	0
R Smith	b Martin	7
PJ Eele	b Jones	70
BA Langford	run out	17
KE Palmer	b Marshall	45
JH Harris	c Gent b Marshall	21
CG Mitchell	c Hurn b Marshall	40
KD Biddulph	not out	5
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 60.2 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-10, 5-35, 6-65, 7-142, 8-171, 9-224, 10-231 (60.2 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Marshall	14.2	3	68	4	-	-
Martin	18	8	51	4	-	-
Merryweather	22	4	71	0	-	-
Jones	6	1	29	1	-	-

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Thompson	c Walker b Biddulph	6
AOH Mills	c Palmer b Biddulph	0
JW Seamer	c Langford b Biddulph	0
J Hurn	c Tripp b Baker	12
AM Smith	run out	69
RJ Knight	c Tripp b Mitchell	71
GP Gent	b Biddulph	0
JH Merryweather	not out	16
AG Marshall	c Baker b Palmer	9
PK Jones	c Mitchell b Palmer	6
MH Martin	b Mitchell	1
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 69 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-8, 3-11, 4-66, 5-115, 6-139, 7-179, 8-192, 9-198, 10-199 (69 ov)

Somerset Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	26	10	60	4	-	1
Mitchell	21	10	37	2	-	-
Langford	10	0	44	0	-	-
Palmer	4	1	10	2	-	-
Baker	6	2	26	1	-	-
Harris	2	0	13	0	-	-

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Somerset Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
M Walker	c Smith b Merryweather	77
GL Williams	c Smith b Merryweather	2
GM Tripp	b Merryweather	27
J Baker	c Martin b Merryweather	21
R Smith	c Mills b Merryweather	0
PJ Eele	b Martin	0
BA Langford	c Gent b Martin	10
KE Palmer	not out	0
JH Harris	c Thompson b Marshall	0
CG Mitchell	c Martin b Merryweather	9
KD Biddulph	run out	0
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 31.5 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-64, 3-122, 4-122, 5-137, 6-140, 7-150, 8-150, 9-150, 10-150 (31.5 ov)

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Marshall	12	3	67	1	-	-
Martin	8	1	36	2	-	-
Merryweather	11.5	1	43	6	-	-

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Wiltshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Thompson	lbw b Palmer	13
AOH Mills	c Palmer b Mitchell	34
JW Seamer	c Eele b Mitchell	16
J Hurn	b Palmer	10
AM Smith	c Biddulph b Palmer	37
RJ Knight	b Palmer	15
GP Gent	not out	25
JH Merryweather	run out	4
AG Marshall	c Tripp b Palmer	7
MH Martin	not out	4
PK Jones	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(8 wickets, 46 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-65, 3-74, 4-98, 5-124, 6-160, 7-162, 8-173

Somerset Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	17	2	72	0	-	1
Mitchell	12	1	37	2	-	-
Palmer	17	2	56	5	-	1

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Notes
--> JW Seamer made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GL Williams made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> KE Palmer (1) equalled his previous highest score of 45 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CG Mitchell (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AM Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 51 in Minor Counties Championship matches

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