f22948 cc11512	Lancashire v Somerset
	County Championship 1959
Venue	Stanley Park, Blackpool on 2nd, 3rd, 4th September 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 41 runs
Points	Lancashire 14 (Batting 2); Somerset 0
Umpires	CS Elliott, PA Gibb
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 69/5 (Greetham 2*, Alley 1*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 253 all out

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Wharton	lbw b Lomax	3
G Pullar	b Alley	19
JD Bond	b Lomax	9
KJ Grieves	c Stephenson b McCool	41
*C Washbrook	lbw b McCool	59
BJ Booth	c Wight b Lomax	50
KB Standring	lbw b Greetham	1
+G Clayton	c Lomax b McCool	21
JB Statham	c and b McCool	0
T Greenhough	c Wight b Lomax	4
K Higgs	not out	0
Extras	(10 b, 12 lb, 1 w)	23
Total	(all out, 88.4 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-25, 3-33, 4-121, 5-152, 6-159, 7-203, 8-205, 9-230, 10-230 (88.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	12	4	31	0	-	-
Alley	14	3	31	1	-	-
Lomax	17.4	6	34	4	-	-
Lawrence	7	0	21	0	-	-
McCool	21	5	51	4	-	-
Greetham	11	4	26	1	-	-
Langford	6	2	13	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Lomax	b Statham	10
G Atkinson	c Clayton b Statham	12
PB Wight	c Clayton b Higgs	8
CL McCool	b Statham	35
CHM Greetham	b Greenhough	21
+HW Stephenson	lbw b Statham	0
WE Alley	b Greenhough	51
*MF Tremlett	lbw b Higgs	0
JM Lawrence	run out	12
KD Biddulph	b Booth	0
BA Langford	not out	12
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 70.5 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-27, 3-64, 4-67, 5-67, 6-111, 7-114, 8-153, 9-154, 10-170 (70.5 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	24	5	53	4	-	-
Higgs	21	9	40	2	-	-
Standring	2	0	23	0	-	-
Greenhough	16.5	7	29	2	-	-
Booth	7	0	16	1	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Wharton	b McCool	51
G Pullar	b Langford	13
JD Bond	c Tremlett b Langford	33
KJ Grieves	c McCool b Langford	15
*C Washbrook	c Lomax b Langford	8
BJ Booth	st Stephenson b McCool	4
KB Standring	c Alley b Biddulph	36
+G Clayton	c McCool b Lawrence	24
JB Statham	not out	37
T Greenhough	b Biddulph	8
K Higgs	c Alley b Langford	14
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb, 2 w)	10
Total	(all out, 84 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-99, 3-101, 4-117, 5-130, 6-130, 7-172, 8-212, 9-222, 10-253 (84 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	18	3	46	2	-	-
Alley	6	1	23	0	-	-
Lomax	12	2	38	0	-	-
Lawrence	3	0	15	1	-	-
McCool	18	1	68	2	-	-
Langford	27	9	53	5	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Lomax	c Clayton b Higgs	12
G Atkinson	b Greenhough	10
PB Wight	run out	106
CL McCool	b Booth	36
CHM Greetham	c and b Greenhough	5
WE Alley	c Greenhough b Wharton	39
*MF Tremlett	lbw b Statham	9
JM Lawrence	not out	18
+HW Stephenson	c Booth b Greenhough	28
BA Langford	lbw b Greenhough	0
KD Biddulph	lbw b Higgs	0
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 82.3 overs)	272
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-36, 3-92, 4-113, 5-193, 6-223, 7-226, 8-271, 9-271, 10-272 (82.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	22	3	53	1	-	-
Higgs	22.3	2	70	2	-	-
Greenhough	27	4	94	4	-	-
Booth	8	2	40	1	-	-
Wharton	3	0	6	1	-	-

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Notes
--> KJ Grieves (1) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 23
--> JD Bond (2) passed 1500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 23
--> C Washbrook made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> KB Standring made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> KB Standring made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> JG Lomax (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 5

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