f21897 cc10969	Somerset v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1957
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 27th, 29th, 30th July 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 4 (Batting 2); Leicestershire 0
Umpires	DE Davies, WFF Price
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), T Tout (Somerset)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 188/9 (Smith 4*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (1) 368/7 (Palmer 56*, Roe 0*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	lbw b Alley	1
MR Hallam	st Stephenson b McCool	30
J van Geloven	c Stephenson b Lobb	57
LR Gardner	c Pickles b McMahon	9
*CH Palmer	c Stephenson b McMahon	26
PA Munden	b Lobb	38
+J Firth	lbw b Alley	5
JS Savage	c Palmer b Lobb	2
RC Smith	run out	4
CT Spencer	c Wight b Alley	0
BS Boshier	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb, 5 w)	16
Total	(all out, 81.3 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-54, 3-67, 4-121, 5-137, 6-166, 7-183, 8-188, 9-188, 10-188 (81.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	28	13	49	3	-	-
Alley	24.3	3	61	3	-	-
Palmer	3	1	4	0	-	-
McCool	12	2	42	1	-	-
McMahon	12	7	12	2	-	-
Langford	2	1	4	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Pickles	b Spencer	3
WE Alley	c Spencer b Boshier	7
PB Wight	run out	88
*MF Tremlett	c Gardner b Spencer	144
CL McCool	c Firth b Spencer	3
+HW Stephenson	c Hallam b van Geloven	39
KE Palmer	not out	56
BA Langford	c Firth b Boshier	23
B Roe	not out	0
JWJ McMahon	did not bat
B Lobb	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 99 overs)	368
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-10, 3-197, 4-223, 5-270, 6-303, 7-363

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	24	2	65	3	-	-
Boshier	20	1	96	2	-	-
Palmer	18	5	63	0	-	-
Savage	3	0	12	0	-	-
Smith	10	2	40	0	-	-
van Geloven	18	2	63	1	-	-
Lester	6	1	24	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Palmer b Langford	13
MR Hallam	c Stephenson b Tremlett	151
J van Geloven	c Wight b McMahon	32
*CH Palmer	not out	62
LR Gardner	not out	19
PA Munden	did not bat
+J Firth	did not bat
JS Savage	did not bat
RC Smith	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
BS Boshier	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 5 w)	18
Total	(3 wickets, 108 overs)	295
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-137, 3-252

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	13	2	39	0	-	-
Alley	9	2	32	0	-	-
Palmer	8	2	30	0	-	-
McCool	11	1	37	0	-	-
McMahon	35	11	76	1	-	-
Langford	18	7	29	1	-	-
Pickles	2	0	10	0	-	-
Wight	4	3	1	0	-	-
Tremlett	4	0	9	1	-	-
Roe	2	0	3	0	-	-
Stephenson	2	1	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PA Munden made his debut in County Championship matches
--> CH Palmer (1) passed 14000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 11
--> PA Munden (1) passed his previous highest score of 33 in First-Class matches
--> KE Palmer (1) equalled his previous highest score of 56 in First-Class matches
--> KE Palmer (1) equalled his previous highest score of 56 in County Championship matches
--> KE Palmer (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> MR Hallam (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 1
--> MR Hallam (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> MF Tremlett reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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