f20104 cc9974	Somerset v Hampshire
	County Championship 1953
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 4th, 6th, 7th July 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Hampshire won by 8 wickets
Points	Somerset 0; Hampshire 12
Umpires	AE Pothecary, WFF Price
Close of play day 1	Hampshire (1) 129/0 (Rogers 64*, Rayment 62*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 80/2 (Smith 33*, Lawrence 25*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	c and b Shackleton	23
DL Kitson	b Gray	20
R Smith	b Gray	9
J Lawrence	c Prouton b Carty	34
HFT Buse	c Walker b Dare	19
+HW Stephenson	c Rogers b Dare	0
*BG Brocklehurst	lbw b Dare	0
GHD Evans	b Shackleton	24
CG Mitchell	not out	15
BA Langford	b Shackleton	1
TA Hall	c Prouton b Shackleton	9
Extras	(9 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 77 overs)	168
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-53, 3-54, 4-104, 5-107, 6-107, 7-140, 8-146, 9-150, 10-168 (77 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shackleton	17	3	49	4	-	-
Cannings	16	4	49	0	-	-
Carty	17	6	18	1	-	-
Gray	13	5	21	2	-	-
Dare	14	8	17	3	-	-

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Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NH Rogers	c Gimblett b Hall	65
JR Gray	lbw b Langford	79
C Walker	c Lawrence b Mitchell	114
L Harrison	c Gimblett b Mitchell	22
AWH Rayment	not out	68
*EDR Eagar	c and b Mitchell	0
+RO Prouton	not out	4
RA Dare	did not bat
RA Carty	did not bat
D Shackleton	did not bat
VHD Cannings	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 nb)	8
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 127 overs)	360
Fall of wickets:
1-131, 2-160, 3-209, 4-352, 5-352

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	27	3	76	1	-	-
Buse	21	7	44	0	-	-
Mitchell	24	4	68	3	-	-
Langford	28	11	73	1	-	-
Lawrence	25	9	67	0	-	-
Smith	2	0	24	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	c Rogers b Cannings	7
DL Kitson	c Cannings b Shackleton	4
R Smith	b Gray	67
J Lawrence	c Gray b Cannings	79
HFT Buse	c Harrison b Shackleton	36
+HW Stephenson	b Shackleton	10
GHD Evans	c Prouton b Shackleton	11
*BG Brocklehurst	b Cannings	12
TA Hall	b Cannings	2
BA Langford	c Prouton b Shackleton	4
CG Mitchell	not out	0
Extras	(8 b, 6 lb, 4 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 88.4 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-19, 3-134, 4-198, 5-212, 6-229, 7-244, 8-244, 9-248, 10-250 (88.4 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shackleton	26.4	9	81	5	-	-
Cannings	27	7	59	4	-	-
Carty	12	1	33	0	-	-
Gray	14	3	40	1	-	-
Dare	7	3	12	0	-	-
Eagar	2	0	7	0	-	-

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Hampshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NH Rogers	c Kitson b Hall	11
JR Gray	not out	19
C Walker	lbw b Hall	11
L Harrison	not out	14
AWH Rayment	did not bat
*EDR Eagar	did not bat
+RO Prouton	did not bat
RA Dare	did not bat
RA Carty	did not bat
D Shackleton	did not bat
VHD Cannings	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(2 wickets, 20.4 overs)	61
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-36

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	8	2	20	2	-	-
Buse	1	0	5	0	-	-
Mitchell	9	3	19	0	-	-
Langford	1	1	0	0	-	-
Gimblett	1	0	2	0	-	-
Brocklehurst	0.4	0	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> NH Rogers (1) passed 12500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 31
--> L Harrison (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 20
--> R Smith (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 42
--> BG Brocklehurst (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> JR Gray (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 13

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