f20985 cc10467	Somerset v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1955
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 13th, 14th, 15th July 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 9 wickets
Points	Somerset 12; Worcestershire 0
Umpires	P Corrall, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 266/9 (Yarnold 17*, Berry 4*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (1) 367/8 (Biddulph 0*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LF Outschoorn	lbw b Yawar Saeed	33
J Lister	c Stephenson b Lobb	74
DW Richardson	c Stephenson b Lawrence	35
MJ Horton	c and b Lawrence	53
G Dews	c Walker b Lobb	16
RG Broadbent	c Stephenson b Lobb	5
TE Davies	c Tremlett b Lawrence	8
RO Jenkins	c Stephenson b Lobb	8
+H Yarnold	c Stephenson b Biddulph	33
*RTD Perks	b Biddulph	3
R Berry	not out	23
Extras	(7 b, 7 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 101.2 overs)	305
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-136, 3-145, 4-162, 5-169, 6-193, 7-242, 8-245, 9-262, 10-305 (101.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	26	6	65	4	-	-
Biddulph	20.2	3	74	2	-	-
Yawar Saeed	10	4	25	1	-	-
Lomax	12	1	44	0	-	-
Lawrence	24	5	65	3	-	-
McMahon	9	4	18	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
M Walker	run out	26
*J Lawrence	c Broadbent b Berry	32
MF Tremlett	st Yarnold b Berry	29
PB Wight	c Dews b Berry	106
R Smith	c Davies b Horton	1
JG Lomax	c Outschoorn b Horton	64
+HW Stephenson	st Yarnold b Jenkins	68
Yawar Saeed	c Berry b Jenkins	19
KD Biddulph	run out	1
JWJ McMahon	not out	7
B Lobb	c Dews b Jenkins	5
Extras	(6 b, 12 lb, 4 nb)	22
Total	(all out, 116.3 overs)	380
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-69, 3-113, 4-118, 5-268, 6-292, 7-361, 8-367, 9-368, 10-380 (116.3 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	18	3	61	0	-	-
Outschoorn	10	2	36	0	-	-
Jenkins	23.3	4	114	3	-	-
Berry	39	14	71	3	-	-
Davies	2	0	11	0	-	-
Horton	24	4	65	2	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LF Outschoorn	c Stephenson b Lobb	0
J Lister	c Stephenson b Lobb	6
DW Richardson	c Wight b Biddulph	9
MJ Horton	b Yawar Saeed	56
G Dews	c Wight b Yawar Saeed	11
RG Broadbent	c Stephenson b Yawar Saeed	0
TE Davies	c and b Lawrence	5
RO Jenkins	not out	21
+H Yarnold	b Lawrence	0
*RTD Perks	lbw b Lawrence	14
R Berry	c sub b Lawrence	0
Extras	(2 w)	2
Total	(all out, 35.5 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-11, 3-24, 4-70, 5-71, 6-88, 7-98, 8-98, 9-124, 10-124 (35.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	7	1	34	2	-	-
Biddulph	7	0	19	1	-	-
Yawar Saeed	11	2	46	3	-	-
Lomax	2	0	9	0	-	-
Lawrence	8.5	4	14	4	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*J Lawrence	not out	24
R Smith	c Broadbent b Perks	6
MF Tremlett	not out	20
M Walker	did not bat
PB Wight	did not bat
JG Lomax	did not bat
+HW Stephenson	did not bat
Yawar Saeed	did not bat
KD Biddulph	did not bat
JWJ McMahon	did not bat
B Lobb	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 1 w)	3
Total	(1 wicket, 9.5 overs)	53
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Smith)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	4	1	6	1	-	-
Berry	2.5	0	25	0	-	-
Horton	1	0	4	0	-	-
Richardson	2	0	15	0	-	-

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Notes
--> TE Davies made his debut in County Championship matches
--> KD Biddulph made his debut in First-Class matches
--> KD Biddulph made his debut in County Championship matches
--> R Smith made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> R Smith made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> PB Wight (1) passed his previous highest score of 81 in County Championship matches
--> PB Wight (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> PB Wight (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 18
--> HW Stephenson (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 63
--> MJ Horton reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> J Lister retired not out in the Worcestershire first innings having scored 18 (team score 30/0) - he returned when the score was 162/4

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