minc5024	Somerset Second XI v Wiltshire
	Minor Counties Championship 1956
Venue	Agricultural Showgrounds, Frome on 15th, 16th August 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Wiltshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset Second XI won by 8 wickets
Points	Somerset Second XI 10; Wiltshire 0
Close of play day 1

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Wiltshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Thompson	c Harris b Biddulph	66
AOH Mills	b Biddulph	1
MH Lloyd	c Mitchell b Fussell	13
J Hurn	b Fussell	0
RJ Knight	c Palmer b Walker	26
AM Smith	c Virgin b Mitchell	59
PC Dunn	c Smith b Palmer	13
PA Naylor	b Mitchell	0
JH Merryweather	not out	29
AG Marshall	b Mitchell	4
PK Jones	not out	8
Extras	(13 b, 5 lb, 3 nb)	21
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 71 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-50, 3-50, 4-107, 5-128, 6-180, 7-192, 8-192, 9-206

Somerset Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	17	3	65	2	-	1
Fussell	21	5	50	2	-	-
Palmer	11	4	33	1	-	2
Mitchell	15	7	32	3	-	-
Walker	7	3	39	1	-	-

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Somerset Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Angell	c and b Naylor	31
M Walker	c sub b Merryweather	70
GM Tripp	b Marshall	14
PJ Eele	c Hurn b Merryweather	38
KE Palmer	c Jones b Merryweather	19
R Smith	run out	8
RT Virgin	c Marshall b Merryweather	0
JH Harris	not out	38
PH Fussell	c Lloyd b Merryweather	4
CG Mitchell	not out	10
KD Biddulph	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 5 nb)	10
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 73.3 overs)	242
Fall of wickets:
1-98, 2-116, 3-132, 4-178, 5-186, 6-186, 7-189, 8-195

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dunn	7	0	34	0	-	-
Naylor	22	4	61	1	-	2
Jones	12	1	52	0	-	1
Merryweather	22	5	55	5	-	-
Marshall	10.3	2	30	1	-	2

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Wiltshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Thompson	c Eele b Biddulph	0
AOH Mills	c Eele b Biddulph	3
MH Lloyd	b Fussell	8
J Hurn	b Walker	56
RJ Knight	c Biddulph b Fussell	7
AM Smith	c Smith b Walker	7
PC Dunn	b Fussell	0
PA Naylor	lbw b Walker	9
JH Merryweather	c and b Walker	4
AG Marshall	c Mitchell b Biddulph	3
PK Jones	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 54.5 overs)	102
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-10, 3-12, 4-29, 5-29, 6-53, 7-65, 8-73, 9-100, 10-102 (54.5 ov)

Somerset Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	15.5	4	30	3	-	-
Fussell	20	8	26	3	-	-
Palmer	6	2	15	0	-	-
Walker	13	2	26	4	-	-

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Somerset Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Angell	c Knight b Merryweather	33
M Walker	c sub b Naylor	10
GM Tripp	not out	34
PH Fussell	not out	9
PJ Eele	did not bat
KE Palmer	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
RT Virgin	did not bat
JH Harris	did not bat
CG Mitchell	did not bat
KD Biddulph	did not bat
Extras	(15 b)	15
Total	(2 wickets, 24.1 overs)	101
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-65

Wiltshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Naylor	7	1	27	1	-	-
Merryweather	7	1	28	1	-	-
Marshall	10.1	1	31	0	-	-

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Notes
--> FL Angell made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RJ Knight (1) passed 1500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 25
--> JH Merryweather (1) passed his previous highest score of 24 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> M Walker (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 32
--> JH Harris (1) passed his previous highest score of 37 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CG Mitchell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Wiltshire first innings (previous best was 2-37)
--> M Walker achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Wiltshire second innings (previous best was 2-9)

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