f15958 cc7795	Somerset v Lancashire
	County Championship 1937
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 28th, 30th, 31st August 1937 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 3; Lancashire 5
Umpires	CWL Parker, JA Smart
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 27/2 (Paynter 19*, Birtwell 3*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 125/3 (Gimblett 60*, Cameron 5*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	b Sibbles	2
NS Mitchell-Innes	c Sibbles b Iddon	51
RJO Meyer	c Birtwell b Pollard	26
H Gimblett	lbw b Pollard	0
JH Cameron	c Phillipson b Birtwell	3
*RA Ingle	c Sibbles b Phillipson	31
AW Wellard	c Duckworth b Phillipson	16
FM McRae	c Place b Pollard	54
WHR Andrews	c Place b Iddon	60
+WT Luckes	b Pollard	6
HL Hazell	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 99.1 overs)	263
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-81, 3-81, 4-83, 5-92, 6-113, 7-163, 8-256, 9-258, 10-263 (99.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillipson	27	5	46	2	-	-
Sibbles	16	3	53	1	-	-
Birtwell	17	4	66	1	-	-
Pollard	22.1	6	53	4	-	-
Iddon	17	3	31	2	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Paynter	c Gimblett b Meyer	62
C Washbrook	b Andrews	2
W Place	b Andrews	3
AJ Birtwell	c Luckes b Meyer	19
J Iddon	not out	101
N Oldfield	lbw b Meyer	23
*WHL Lister	c McRae b Meyer	0
WE Phillipson	c Luckes b Mitchell-Innes	28
R Pollard	c Ingle b Wellard	17
+G Duckworth	b Wellard	0
FM Sibbles	run out	1
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 90 overs)	266
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-24, 3-76, 4-122, 5-174, 6-174, 7-236, 8-261, 9-264, 10-266 (90 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	22	4	56	2	-	-
Andrews	21	4	53	2	-	-
Mitchell-Innes	11	1	43	1	-	-
Meyer	23	4	73	4	-	-
Hazell	11	3	29	0	-	-
Cameron	2	1	2	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	b Phillipson	0
NS Mitchell-Innes	lbw b Sibbles	9
RJO Meyer	b Iddon	45
H Gimblett	c Oldfield b Phillipson	68
JH Cameron	st Duckworth b Sibbles	23
*RA Ingle	c Place b Iddon	58
AW Wellard	c Sibbles b Birtwell	8
FM McRae	not out	32
WHR Andrews	c Pollard b Iddon	2
+WT Luckes	c Oldfield b Iddon	7
HL Hazell	not out	6
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb, 1 nb, 4 w)	17
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 80 overs)	275
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-20, 3-110, 4-141, 5-156, 6-169, 7-253, 8-256, 9-269

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillipson	17	0	74	2	-	-
Sibbles	26	9	48	2	-	-
Birtwell	8	0	43	1	-	-
Pollard	18	2	64	0	-	-
Iddon	11	2	29	4	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Paynter	c Mitchell-Innes b Andrews	5
W Place	b Wellard	9
J Iddon	c Luckes b Andrews	0
N Oldfield	b Andrews	0
*WHL Lister	c Lee b Mitchell-Innes	20
WE Phillipson	c Mitchell-Innes b Hazell	57
R Pollard	c and b Meyer	0
AJ Birtwell	lbw b Meyer	6
+G Duckworth	not out	28
FM Sibbles	not out	4
C Washbrook	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 8 lb, 1 w)	19
Total	(8 wickets, 77 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-5, 3-7, 4-25, 5-55, 6-57, 7-69, 8-140

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	18	5	35	1	-	-
Andrews	11	3	26	3	-	-
Mitchell-Innes	8	2	13	1	-	-
Meyer	21	6	37	2	-	-
Hazell	13	8	10	1	-	-
Cameron	6	2	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> NS Mitchell-Innes (1) passed 5500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 11
--> FM McRae (1) passed his previous highest score of 33 in first-class matches
--> FM McRae (1) passed his previous highest score of 33 in County Championship matches
--> WHR Andrews (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 18
--> H Gimblett (2) passed 3500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 10
--> RA Ingle (2) passed 9500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 1
--> FM Sibbles made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> FM Sibbles made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> WHR Andrews reached 400 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> J Iddon reached 450 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> AW Wellard reached 150 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire second innings

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