f23811	Somerset v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1961
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 28th, 29th, 30th June 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	J Arnold, PA Gibb
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 32/1 (Roe 7*, Wight 19*)
Close of play day 2	Australians (2) 109/1 (Jarman 57*, Booth 16*)

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WM Lawry	lbw b Atkinson	70
CC McDonald	b Palmer	140
BC Booth	not out	127
*R Benaud	b Atkinson	44
PJP Burge	not out	48
+BN Jarman	did not bat
KD Mackay	did not bat
IW Quick	did not bat
FM Misson	did not bat
LF Kline	did not bat
RA Gaunt	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb)	11
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 116 overs)	440
Fall of wickets:
1-159, 2-265, 3-336

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	18	7	57	0	-	-
Palmer	21	3	78	1	-	-
Lomax	5	0	28	0	-	-
Langford	37	16	113	0	-	-
Atkinson	28	2	125	2	-	-
Alley	7	0	28	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Lomax	c Benaud b Misson	4
B Roe	c Jarman b Kline	33
PB Wight	c Jarman b Gaunt	40
WE Alley	c and b Kline	134
CHM Greetham	c Booth b Gaunt	4
MJ Kitchen	lbw b Kline	31
CRM Atkinson	c Gaunt b Quick	1
KE Palmer	st Jarman b Quick	13
*+HW Stephenson	c Misson b Kline	7
BA Langford	c Jarman b Kline	11
KD Biddulph	not out	5
Extras	(9 b, 2 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 93.4 overs)	298
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-85, 3-89, 4-94, 5-187, 6-210, 7-243, 8-268, 9-284, 10-298 (93.4 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gaunt	20	4	60	2	-	-
Misson	9	3	29	1	-	-
Mackay	8	3	18	0	-	-
Kline	30.4	14	89	5	-	-
Quick	26	8	87	2	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WM Lawry	lbw b Langford	35
+BN Jarman	c Alley b Atkinson	85
BC Booth	b Langford	28
*R Benaud	not out	40
KD Mackay	c and b Wight	8
PJP Burge	not out	2
CC McDonald	did not bat
IW Quick	did not bat
FM Misson	did not bat
LF Kline	did not bat
RA Gaunt	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 1 w)	4
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 58 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-149, 3-155, 4-189

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	3	0	26	0	-	-
Palmer	3	0	15	0	-	-
Langford	26	6	72	2	-	-
Atkinson	23	2	82	1	-	-
Wight	3	2	3	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Roe	c sub b Kline	71
JG Lomax	b Gaunt	0
PB Wight	c Mackay b Gaunt	2
WE Alley	b Gaunt	95
CHM Greetham	lbw b Gaunt	0
MJ Kitchen	st Jarman b Kline	8
CRM Atkinson	lbw b Gaunt	0
KE Palmer	c Booth b Gaunt	6
*+HW Stephenson	c Mackay b Quick	12
BA Langford	not out	16
KD Biddulph	not out	8
Extras	(5 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(9 wickets, 79 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-7, 3-139, 4-139, 5-161, 6-164, 7-177, 8-201, 9-201

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gaunt	19	4	50	6	-	-
Mackay	7	4	8	0	-	-
Kline	27	5	92	2	-	-
Quick	26	12	68	1	-	-

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Notes
--> R Benaud (1) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> BN Jarman (2) passed his previous highest score of 74 in First-Class matches
--> BA Langford reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Australians second innings
--> RA Gaunt reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Somerset second innings

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