f20088 cc9963	Somerset v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1953
Venue	Agricultural Showgrounds, Frome on 27th, 29th, 30th June 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 3 wickets
Points	Somerset 0; Worcestershire 12
Umpires	D Davies, GS Mobey
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 124/1 (Dews 74*, Outschoorn 18*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 196/8 (Hall 4*, Langford 0*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	lbw b Perks	23
J Lawrence	c Richardson b Perks	0
R Smith	c Broadbent b Flavell	100
GHD Evans	c Dews b Wilson	9
HFT Buse	c Richardson b Devereux	63
+HW Stephenson	c Richardson b Devereux	5
*BG Brocklehurst	b Flavell	28
CF Davey	c Yarnold b Flavell	4
TA Hall	b Perks	0
BA Langford	lbw b Perks	0
CG Mitchell	not out	1
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 75 overs)	237
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-30, 3-47, 4-172, 5-178, 6-219, 7-230, 8-231, 9-235, 10-237 (75 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	24	6	59	4	-	-
Flavell	17	3	55	3	-	-
Wilson	9	0	44	1	-	-
Devereux	10	4	38	2	-	-
Ashman	12	1	31	0	-	-
Outschoorn	3	1	6	0	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	c Gimblett b Hall	28
G Dews	b Mitchell	100
LF Outschoorn	b Mitchell	18
*RE Bird	b Lawrence	49
RG Broadbent	lbw b Mitchell	0
LN Devereux	c Gimblett b Mitchell	20
+H Yarnold	c Stephenson b Mitchell	1
RTD Perks	c Hall b Mitchell	2
JA Flavell	not out	2
JR Ashman	did not bat
GTO Wilson	did not bat
Extras	(22 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	28
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 82.5 overs)	248
Fall of wickets:
1-70, 2-137, 3-178, 4-180, 5-238, 6-243, 7-245, 8-248 (82.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	19	3	63	1	-	-
Buse	10	1	35	0	-	-
Mitchell	24.5	5	62	6	-	-
Langford	19	7	32	0	-	-
Smith	5	0	20	0	-	-
Lawrence	5	1	8	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	c Ashman b Perks	66
J Lawrence	c Yarnold b Perks	11
R Smith	c Ashman b Perks	2
HFT Buse	c Ashman b Perks	21
+HW Stephenson	c Wilson b Ashman	39
*BG Brocklehurst	b Perks	6
GHD Evans	c and b Ashman	37
CF Davey	lbw b Devereux	1
TA Hall	c Yarnold b Perks	5
BA Langford	lbw b Ashman	13
CG Mitchell	not out	26
Extras	(8 b, 6 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 79.4 overs)	241
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-44, 3-102, 4-117, 5-127, 6-190, 7-192, 8-192, 9-198, 10-241 (79.4 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	35	11	76	6	-	-
Flavell	21	2	56	0	-	-
Wilson	8	1	29	0	-	-
Devereux	6	2	20	1	-	-
Ashman	8.4	2	42	3	-	-
Bird	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	c Lawrence b Mitchell	26
G Dews	c Evans b Mitchell	28
+H Yarnold	b Mitchell	3
*RE Bird	c Brocklehurst b Lawrence	35
LF Outschoorn	c Buse b Mitchell	62
RG Broadbent	run out	34
LN Devereux	not out	22
RTD Perks	c Buse b Mitchell	8
JA Flavell	not out	9
JR Ashman	did not bat
GTO Wilson	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	5
Total	(7 wickets, 81.2 overs)	232
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-43, 3-74, 4-113, 5-183, 6-195, 7-207

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	9	1	38	0	-	-
Buse	11	4	25	0	-	-
Mitchell	34.2	8	115	5	-	-
Langford	10	5	25	0	-	-
Smith	4	2	4	0	-	-
Lawrence	13	6	20	1	-	-

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Notes
--> GTO Wilson made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> GTO Wilson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> H Gimblett (1) passed 22000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> R Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 86 in County Championship matches
--> R Smith (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> R Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 86 in First-Class matches
--> R Smith (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> PE Richardson (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> H Gimblett (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 33
--> H Gimblett (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 33
--> BA Langford (2) equalled his previous highest score of 13 in County Championship matches
--> BA Langford (2) equalled his previous highest score of 13 in First-Class matches
--> CG Mitchell (2) passed his previous highest score of 20 in First-Class matches
--> CG Mitchell (2) passed his previous highest score of 20 in County Championship matches
--> RE Bird (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> CG Mitchell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Worcestershire first innings (previous best was 4-38)
--> CG Mitchell achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Worcestershire first innings
--> CG Mitchell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Worcestershire first innings (previous best was 4-38)
--> CG Mitchell achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Worcestershire first innings
--> RTD Perks reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings

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