f21001 cc10482	Somerset v Yorkshire
	County Championship 1955
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 20th, 21st, 22nd July 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Yorkshire won by 8 wickets
Points	Somerset 4; Yorkshire 12
Umpires	H Elliott, WT Jones
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 267/6 (Wight 21*, Stephenson 6*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 119/6 (Lomax 4*, Davey 0*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GG Tordoff	b Cowan	57
FL Angell	lbw b Trueman	90
J Lawrence	b Trueman	58
MF Tremlett	b Cowan	6
PB Wight	not out	33
JG Lomax	b Illingworth	8
CF Davey	b Cowan	0
+HW Stephenson	c Binks b Trueman	10
Yawar Saeed	b Trueman	0
JWJ McMahon	b Cowan	0
B Lobb	b Cowan	0
Extras	(5 b, 12 lb, 1 nb, 8 w)	26
Total	(all out, 119 overs)	288
Fall of wickets:
1-109, 2-211, 3-228, 4-242, 5-259, 6-260, 7-275, 8-275, 9-288, 10-288 (119 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	30	11	39	4	-	-
Cowan	39	8	75	5	-	-
Appleyard	18	2	75	0	-	-
Illingworth	25	9	51	1	-	-
Close	7	2	22	0	-	-

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WHH Sutcliffe	b Lobb	4
DEV Padgett	b Lobb	6
JV Wilson	c Tremlett b Lawrence	31
EI Lester	c Tordoff b Lobb	39
DB Close	st Stephenson b Lawrence	32
*NWD Yardley	b Lawrence	17
R Illingworth	c and b Lawrence	10
FS Trueman	b Lawrence	5
+JG Binks	c Lomax b Lawrence	1
R Appleyard	b Lobb	4
MJ Cowan	not out	1
Extras	(6 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 50 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-16, 3-78, 4-83, 5-136, 6-137, 7-143, 8-145, 9-149, 10-157 (50 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	16	3	60	4	-	-
Yawar Saeed	9	1	33	0	-	-
Lawrence	16	4	39	6	-	-
McMahon	9	2	18	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GG Tordoff	b Trueman	28
FL Angell	c Wilson b Cowan	8
J Lawrence	run out	5
MF Tremlett	b Illingworth	42
PB Wight	b Illingworth	25
+HW Stephenson	c Illingworth b Close	6
JG Lomax	c sub b Trueman	18
CF Davey	c Wilson b Illingworth	14
Yawar Saeed	lbw b Trueman	0
JWJ McMahon	b Cowan	2
B Lobb	not out	1
Extras	(3 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 49 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-38, 3-42, 4-87, 5-94, 6-116, 7-141, 8-141, 9-144, 10-152 (49 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	15	1	49	3	-	-
Cowan	18	4	53	2	-	-
Illingworth	10	1	31	3	-	-
Close	6	2	16	1	-	-

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Yorkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DB Close	c Davey b Lobb	143
*NWD Yardley	c Davey b Lobb	11
JV Wilson	not out	109
DEV Padgett	not out	12
WHH Sutcliffe	did not bat
EI Lester	did not bat
R Illingworth	did not bat
FS Trueman	did not bat
+JG Binks	did not bat
R Appleyard	did not bat
MJ Cowan	did not bat
Extras	(10 b)	10
Total	(2 wickets, 69.4 overs)	285
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-212

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	11	3	38	2	-	-
Yawar Saeed	7	0	37	0	-	-
Lawrence	22	5	68	0	-	-
McMahon	22.4	5	102	0	-	-
Wight	7	0	30	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CF Davey made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> CF Davey made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GG Tordoff (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 28
--> FL Angell (1) equalled his previous highest score of 90 in County Championship matches
--> PB Wight (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 25
--> PB Wight (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> DB Close (2) passed his previous highest score of 91 in County Championship matches
--> DB Close (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> MJ Cowan reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset second innings

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