f20951 cc10437	Somerset v Middlesex
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Recreation Ground, Bath on 29th, 30th June 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 63 runs
Points	Somerset 12; Middlesex 0
Umpires	D Davies, H Elliott
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 97/6 (Bick 23*, Warr 11*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GG Tordoff	b Titmus	53
Yawar Saeed	c Edrich b Titmus	64
MF Tremlett	c Young b Titmus	16
PB Wight	c Edrich b Titmus	6
CF Davey	b Titmus	4
BA Langford	st Compton b Young	3
+HW Stephenson	c and b Titmus	0
J Hilton	b Young	6
KE Palmer	b Titmus	10
JWJ McMahon	not out	7
B Lobb	b Titmus	0
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 69.2 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-108, 2-136, 3-136, 4-146, 5-149, 6-149, 7-151, 8-162, 9-174, 10-174 (69.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	15	4	51	0	-	-
Warr	9	1	30	0	-	-
Bennett	3	0	15	0	-	-
Titmus	25.2	11	44	8	-	-
Young	17	8	29	2	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Stephenson b Lobb	23
SM Brown	c Stephenson b Yawar Saeed	8
*WJ Edrich	c Tremlett b McMahon	8
D Bennett	c McMahon b Palmer	7
DO Baldry	c Hilton b McMahon	12
FJ Titmus	lbw b Palmer	1
DA Bick	lbw b Yawar Saeed	33
JJ Warr	b Lobb	13
+LH Compton	c Wight b Lobb	11
JA Young	not out	12
AE Moss	lbw b Lobb	0
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 58.2 overs)	136
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-32, 3-47, 4-47, 5-52, 6-80, 7-100, 8-124, 9-136, 10-136 (58.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	17.2	5	46	4	-	-
Yawar Saeed	17	5	46	2	-	-
McMahon	14	7	20	2	-	-
Palmer	10	4	16	2	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GG Tordoff	b Titmus	28
Yawar Saeed	b Warr	5
MF Tremlett	b Titmus	7
PB Wight	lbw b Young	48
CF Davey	c Bennett b Titmus	4
BA Langford	c Robertson b Titmus	4
+HW Stephenson	c Baldry b Titmus	1
J Hilton	c Bennett b Titmus	8
KE Palmer	c Compton b Titmus	3
JWJ McMahon	not out	4
B Lobb	b Young	2
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 67.3 overs)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-27, 3-60, 4-64, 5-68, 6-76, 7-96, 8-110, 9-120, 10-122 (67.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	3	0	10	0	-	-
Warr	5	1	8	1	-	-
Titmus	31	13	51	7	-	-
Young	28.3	16	45	2	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Tremlett b Yawar Saeed	8
SM Brown	c Stephenson b Lobb	7
*WJ Edrich	b Hilton	15
DO Baldry	run out	26
FJ Titmus	c Yawar Saeed b Hilton	2
DA Bick	b Hilton	3
D Bennett	not out	9
JJ Warr	c Stephenson b Lobb	20
+LH Compton	c Yawar Saeed b Lobb	0
JA Young	c Tremlett b McMahon	2
AE Moss	st Stephenson b McMahon	0
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 49.4 overs)	97
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-24, 3-35, 4-41, 5-65, 6-66, 7-88, 8-88, 9-95, 10-97 (49.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	15	6	24	3	-	-
Yawar Saeed	6	0	13	1	-	-
McMahon	18.4	8	21	2	-	-
Hilton	10	1	34	3	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> KE Palmer made his debut in First-Class matches
--> KE Palmer made his debut in County Championship matches
--> Yawar Saeed (1) equalled his previous highest score of 64 in County Championship matches
--> Yawar Saeed (1) equalled his previous highest score of 64 in First-Class matches
--> DA Bick (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in County Championship matches
--> DA Bick (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in First-Class matches
--> DO Baldry (2) passed his previous highest score of 23 in County Championship matches
--> DO Baldry (2) passed his previous highest score of 24 in First-Class matches
--> FJ Titmus reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> FJ Titmus achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 8-53)

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