| f21530 cc10796 |
|
| Venue | County Ground, Taunton on 25th, 27th, 28th August 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Somerset 0; Northamptonshire 4 |
| Umpires | P Corrall, DE Davies |
| Close of play day 1 | Somerset (1) 9/0 (Pickles 4*, Silk 5*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Somerset (2) 3/1 (Silk 1*, Lomax 0*) |
| Northamptonshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *D Brookes | not out | 203 | |||||
| AP Arnold | c Stephenson b Lobb | 6 | |||||
| R Subba Row | run out | 46 | |||||
| BL Reynolds | c Stephenson b Hilton | 17 | |||||
| GE Tribe | not out | 82 | |||||
| MEJC Norman | did not bat | ||||||
| +KV Andrew | did not bat | ||||||
| MHJ Allen | did not bat | ||||||
| JS Manning | did not bat | ||||||
| RW Clarke | did not bat | ||||||
| HRA Kelleher | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (14 b) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, declared, 102 overs) | 368 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-27, 2-129, 3-164 | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lobb | 15 | 5 | 41 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lomax | 17 | 3 | 45 | 0 | - | - | |
| McMahon | 15 | 0 | 71 | 0 | - | - | |
| McCool | 23 | 4 | 82 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hilton | 24 | 2 | 83 | 1 | - | - | |
| Walker | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Silk | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wight | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| L Pickles | b Manning | 72 | |||||
| DRW Silk | c Clarke b Kelleher | 8 | |||||
| PB Wight | c Clarke b Tribe | 27 | |||||
| CL McCool | b Tribe | 25 | |||||
| M Walker | st Andrew b Tribe | 1 | |||||
| *MF Tremlett | b Tribe | 4 | |||||
| JG Lomax | c Arnold b Manning | 52 | |||||
| +HW Stephenson | not out | 16 | |||||
| J Hilton | c Kelleher b Manning | 0 | |||||
| JWJ McMahon | b Manning | 0 | |||||
| B Lobb | run out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 1 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 93.1 overs) | 210 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12, 2-66, 3-94, 4-98, 5-110, 6-187, 7-210, 8-210, 9-210, 10-210 (93.1 ov) | |||||||
| Northamptonshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Clarke | 9 | 3 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kelleher | 13 | 5 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |
| Manning | 29.1 | 15 | 59 | 4 | - | - | |
| Tribe | 26 | 8 | 72 | 4 | - | - | |
| Allen | 14 | 8 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Subba Row | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Somerset second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| L Pickles | lbw b Tribe | 0 | |||||
| DRW Silk | c Norman b Manning | 47 | |||||
| JG Lomax | c Allen b Manning | 2 | |||||
| CL McCool | b Kelleher | 141 | |||||
| PB Wight | c Manning b Arnold | 37 | |||||
| M Walker | not out | 14 | |||||
| +HW Stephenson | not out | 20 | |||||
| *MF Tremlett | did not bat | ||||||
| J Hilton | did not bat | ||||||
| JWJ McMahon | did not bat | ||||||
| B Lobb | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 1 lb, 1 w) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 104 overs) | 268 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-19, 3-148, 4-222, 5-241 | |||||||
| Northamptonshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Clarke | 17 | 7 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kelleher | 14 | 5 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| Manning | 27 | 10 | 64 | 2 | - | - | |
| Tribe | 25 | 10 | 57 | 1 | - | - | |
| Allen | 11 | 2 | 46 | 0 | - | - | |
| Subba Row | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Reynolds | 3 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Arnold | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> GE Tribe (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 68
--> CL McCool (2) passed his previous highest score of 103 in County Championship matches
--> CL McCool (2) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> HRA Kelleher reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
This page was created by the CricketArchive Oracles
LATEST SCORES
CURRENT EVENTS
- Afghanistan in India 2026
- Asian Cricket Council Women's Premier Cup 2026
- Asian Games Men's Qualifier 2026
- Asian Games Women's Qualifier 2026
- Australia in Bangladesh 2026
- Australia in Pakistan 2026
- Bahrain Women and Oman Women in Malaysia 2026
- Eswatini IT20 Tri-series 2026
- ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional Africa Qualifier Group A 2026
- ICC Women's Twenty20 World Cup 2026
- India Women in England 2026
- Ireland Women's International Women's T20 Series 2026
- Kuwait Women and Myanmar Women in Malaysia 2026
- New Zealand in England 2026
- New Zealand in Ireland 2026
- Scotland Women's International T20 Series 2026
- Sri Lanka in West Indies 2026
View all Current Events CLICK HERE


