f23948 cc11995	Lancashire v Somerset
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Aigburth, Liverpool on 19th, 21st, 22nd August 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Lancashire 0; Somerset 4 (Batting 2)
Umpires	HG Baldwin, D Davies
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 104/1 (G Atkinson 50*, Wight 37*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 27/0 (Barber 11*, Craig 16*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RW Barber	lbw b Lomax	18
EJ Craig	b Pearson	8
K Tebay	b Pearson	17
BJ Booth	b Lomax	12
KJ Grieves	lbw b Palmer	28
JD Bond	c G Atkinson b Pearson	7
PT Marner	b Lomax	20
R Collins	b Greetham	17
+G Clayton	not out	7
K Higgs	c Wight b Greetham	8
C Hilton	b Greetham	0
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 7 w)	19
Total	(all out, 69.5 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-34, 3-58, 4-85, 5-94, 6-116, 7-146, 8-148, 9-159, 10-161 (69.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	13	2	26	1	-	-
Pearson	17	3	36	3	-	-
Lomax	20	5	49	3	-	-
Greetham	19.5	5	31	3	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Clayton b Hilton	73
B Roe	lbw b Higgs	10
PB Wight	lbw b Barber	90
WE Alley	lbw b Hilton	0
JG Lomax	b Hilton	57
CHM Greetham	b Higgs	50
KE Palmer	b Hilton	10
BA Langford	b Higgs	14
CRM Atkinson	not out	20
*+HW Stephenson	not out	19
AJG Pearson	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 13 lb, 1 w)	19
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 123 overs)	362
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-163, 3-163, 4-197, 5-289, 6-303, 7-312, 8-337

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hilton	34	6	96	4	-	-
Higgs	32	4	91	3	-	-
Marner	26	3	76	0	-	-
Collins	21	6	45	0	-	-
Barber	10	2	35	1	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RW Barber	not out	11
EJ Craig	not out	16
K Tebay	did not bat
BJ Booth	did not bat
KJ Grieves	did not bat
JD Bond	did not bat
PT Marner	did not bat
R Collins	did not bat
+G Clayton	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
C Hilton	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 24 overs)	27

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	6	2	8	0	-	-
Pearson	4	2	3	0	-	-
Lomax	5	2	4	0	-	-
Greetham	6	2	8	0	-	-
CRM Atkinson	3	2	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> PB Wight (1) passed 12000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 52
--> AJG Pearson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> AJG Pearson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> JG Lomax reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> CHM Greetham reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Lancashire first innings

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