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f23721 cc11816	Somerset v Middlesex
	County Championship 1961
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 27th, 29th, 30th May 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Middlesex won by 6 wickets
Points	Somerset 4 (Batting 2); Middlesex 12
Umpires	PA Gibb, JG Langridge
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 24/3 (Parfitt 4, Clark 2)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 104/4 (Lomax 47, Lawrence 17)

Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Murray b Titmus	146
B Roe	c Murray b Moss	0
PB Wight	b Moss	10
WE Alley	lbw b Titmus	7
JG Lomax	b Titmus	14
JM Lawrence	c Clark b Bennett	41
CRM Atkinson	c Bennett b Moss	21
KE Palmer	c Bennett b Moss	3
*+HW Stephenson	c Parfitt b Moss	2
BA Langford	c Parfitt b Moss	3
KD Biddulph	not out	0
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 98.3 overs)	252
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-23, 3-42, 4-84, 5-202, 6-243, 7-247, 8-249, 9-249, 10-252 (98.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	22.3	6	55	6	-	-
Bennett	12	3	32	1	-	-
Titmus	37	12	80	3	-	-
Bedford	9	2	29	0	-	-
Bick	18	3	51	0	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gale	lbw b Palmer	7
WE Russell	c Alley b Palmer	8
SEJ Russell	c Lomax b Palmer	2
PH Parfitt	c Stephenson b Lomax	71
EA Clark	c Stephenson b Palmer	2
FJ Titmus	lbw b Palmer	49
D Bennett	c Stephenson b Lomax	11
+JT Murray	b Biddulph	44
DA Bick	c and b Biddulph	0
*PI Bedford	not out	1
AE Moss	lbw b Palmer	0
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 97.3 overs)	196
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-17, 3-22, 4-24, 5-116, 6-144, 7-163, 8-180, 9-195, 10-196 (97.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	22	8	48	2	-	-
Palmer	30.3	8	57	6	-	-
CRM Atkinson	3	2	1	0	-	-
Alley	6	2	10	0	-	-
Lomax	18	3	37	2	-	-
Langford	18	6	42	0	-	-

Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	lbw b Moss	1
B Roe	c Murray b Moss	3
PB Wight	run out	6
WE Alley	c WE Russell b Bick	27
JG Lomax	c Moss b Bennett	71
JM Lawrence	lbw b Moss	17
CRM Atkinson	c Gale b Titmus	27
KE Palmer	not out	44
*+HW Stephenson	c Murray b Moss	1
BA Langford	run out	4
KD Biddulph	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 95 overs)	211
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-7, 3-10, 4-53, 5-104, 6-152, 7-168, 8-169, 9-184

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	26	11	46	4	-	-
Bennett	20	5	43	1	-	-
Titmus	39	17	66	1	-	-
Bedford	2	0	18	0	-	-
Bick	8	2	28	1	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gale	c G Atkinson b Biddulph	0
WE Russell	not out	126
SEJ Russell	c Roe b Langford	22
PH Parfitt	c Lomax b CRM Atkinson	0
EA Clark	c Lawrence b Alley	70
FJ Titmus	not out	48
D Bennett	did not bat
+JT Murray	did not bat
DA Bick	did not bat
*PI Bedford	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 1 w)	5
Total	(4 wickets, 71.4 overs)	271
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-61, 3-61, 4-81

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	14	5	45	1	-	-
Palmer	12.4	1	48	0	-	-
CRM Atkinson	10	1	38	1	-	-
Alley	13	0	59	1	-	-
Lomax	9	2	32	0	-	-
Langford	13	2	44	1	-	-

Notes
--> JG Lomax (1) passed 7000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 12
--> JM Lawrence (1) passed his previous highest score of 35 in first-class matches
--> JM Lawrence (1) passed his previous highest score of 35 in County Championship matches
--> JT Murray (1) passed 5000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 35
--> WE Russell (2) passed 5500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 42
--> EA Clark (2) passed 1500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 52
--> KE Palmer reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Middlesex first innings