f21247 cc10575	Somerset v Essex
	County Championship 1956
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 5th, 7th, 8th May 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 43 runs
Points	Somerset 12; Essex 4
Umpires	HG Baldwin, AE Pothecary
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 8/0 (Dodds 4*, Barker 4*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 273/7 (Bailey 111*, Smith 1*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Pickles	c Bailey b Preston	45
JG Lomax	c Insole b Smith	43
PB Wight	c and b Smith	43
*MF Tremlett	c Bear b Greensmith	12
G Atkinson	lbw b Smith	0
CL McCool	b Bailey	31
+HW Stephenson	run out	65
BA Langford	lbw b Ralph	3
KD Biddulph	c and b Greensmith	10
JWJ McMahon	not out	2
B Lobb	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	17
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 111.4 overs)	271
Fall of wickets:
1-81, 2-115, 3-142, 4-150, 5-161, 6-215, 7-226, 8-268, 9-271 (111.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	23	3	50	1	-	-
Preston	21	5	53	1	-	-
Smith	28	10	54	3	-	-
Ralph	16	8	23	1	-	-
Greensmith	23.4	5	74	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Stephenson b Lobb	16
G Barker	b Lomax	17
+PA Gibb	c Stephenson b Lobb	4
*DJ Insole	lbw b Lobb	44
TE Bailey	not out	111
LA Savill	c Stephenson b Lobb	6
MJ Bear	b Lobb	37
WT Greensmith	lbw b Lobb	31
R Smith	not out	1
LHR Ralph	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 2 w)	6
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 119 overs)	273
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-33, 3-45, 4-93, 5-107, 6-182, 7-270

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	28	6	75	6	-	-
Lomax	21	6	41	1	-	-
Biddulph	16	4	41	0	-	-
McMahon	22	8	44	0	-	-
McCool	11	2	31	0	-	-
Langford	12	6	7	0	-	-
Tremlett	9	1	28	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Pickles	b Dodds	45
JG Lomax	st Gibb b Smith	29
PB Wight	not out	81
G Atkinson	st Gibb b Dodds	27
*MF Tremlett	not out	12
CL McCool	did not bat
+HW Stephenson	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
KD Biddulph	did not bat
JWJ McMahon	did not bat
B Lobb	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 13 lb, 1 w)	17
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 79 overs)	211
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-116, 3-172

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	7	5	10	0	-	-
Preston	11	6	7	0	-	-
Smith	10	3	22	1	-	-
Ralph	15	5	32	0	-	-
Greensmith	16	2	52	0	-	-
Insole	8	1	35	0	-	-
Dodds	12	1	36	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	run out	45
G Barker	b Lobb	23
R Smith	run out	18
*DJ Insole	b Lobb	43
LHR Ralph	c McCool b Lobb	0
TE Bailey	c Atkinson b Lobb	6
+PA Gibb	b Tremlett	2
KC Preston	b McCool	8
WT Greensmith	b Tremlett	0
MJ Bear	lbw b McMahon	1
LA Savill	not out	14
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 32 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-67, 3-130, 4-130, 5-139, 6-142, 7-146, 8-146, 9-150, 10-166 (32 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	10	2	45	4	-	-
Lomax	2	0	14	0	-	-
Biddulph	5	0	32	0	-	-
McMahon	3	0	21	1	-	-
McCool	2	1	8	1	-	-
Tremlett	8	3	34	2	-	-
Atkinson	2	1	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CL McCool made his debut in County Championship matches
--> DJ Insole (1) passed 11000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 26
--> L Pickles (2) equalled his previous highest score of 45 in County Championship matches
--> L Pickles (2) equalled his previous highest score of 45 in First-Class matches
--> TC Dodds (2) passed 15500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> CL McCool made his debut for Somerset in First-Class matches
--> B Lobb achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 5-41)
--> B Lobb achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 5-41)
--> B Lobb reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings

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