f21517 cc10788	Somerset v Lancashire
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare on 22nd, 23rd August 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Lancashire won by 6 wickets
Points	Somerset 0; Lancashire 12
Umpires	P Corrall, DE Davies
Close of play day 1	Somerset (2) 35/4 (McCool 8*, Atkinson 12*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Pickles	b Wharton	6
DRW Silk	c Ikin b Hilton	21
PB Wight	c Dyson b Hilton	22
CL McCool	c Greenhough b Hilton	2
G Atkinson	c Hilton b Tattersall	0
JG Lomax	c Greenhough b Hilton	28
*MF Tremlett	c Edrich b Hilton	0
+HW Stephenson	b Hilton	12
BA Langford	b Tattersall	4
J Hilton	c Greenhough b Tattersall	0
JWJ McMahon	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 54.3 overs)	103
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-49, 3-52, 4-52, 5-52, 6-52, 7-77, 8-85, 9-103, 10-103 (54.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	5	0	21	0	-	-
Wharton	6	2	11	1	-	-
Tattersall	22.3	15	14	3	-	-
Hilton	21	10	49	6	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Wharton	b Lomax	0
J Dyson	b Hilton	32
*GA Edrich	c McCool b McMahon	26
KJ Grieves	b Hilton	22
JT Ikin	c McCool b Hilton	0
G Pullar	b Langford	3
CS Smith	c and b Hilton	14
MJ Hilton	c Lomax b Hilton	0
+J Jordan	b Hilton	29
T Greenhough	c McCool b McMahon	2
R Tattersall	not out	4
Extras	(9 b)	9
Total	(all out, 54.1 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-58, 3-64, 4-72, 5-83, 6-83, 7-83, 8-126, 9-137, 10-141 (54.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lomax	3	1	5	1	-	-
Langford	14	7	32	1	-	-
McMahon	18.1	4	51	2	-	-
Hilton	18	7	35	6	-	-
McCool	1	0	9	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Pickles	c Jordan b Tattersall	8
DRW Silk	c Greenhough b Hilton	3
JG Lomax	c Grieves b Hilton	0
CL McCool	c Edrich b Hilton	20
PB Wight	c Dyson b Hilton	0
G Atkinson	c Dyson b Hilton	16
*MF Tremlett	c Wharton b Hilton	24
+HW Stephenson	c Wharton b Hilton	17
BA Langford	lbw b Greenhough	1
J Hilton	not out	6
JWJ McMahon	b Hilton	9
Extras	(10 b, 1 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 66.2 overs)	115
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-15, 3-15, 4-15, 5-47, 6-53, 7-88, 8-93, 9-93, 10-115 (66.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wharton	2	0	7	0	-	-
Tattersall	26	11	49	1	-	-
Hilton	30.2	15	39	8	-	-
Greenhough	8	5	9	1	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Wharton	c Tremlett b Lomax	0
J Dyson	c Silk b Hilton	21
*GA Edrich	b Hilton	7
KJ Grieves	not out	16
JT Ikin	c Tremlett b Lomax	23
+J Jordan	not out	4
G Pullar	did not bat
CS Smith	did not bat
MJ Hilton	did not bat
T Greenhough	did not bat
R Tattersall	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(4 wickets, 38 overs)	78
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-9, 3-36, 4-70

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lomax	7	2	11	2	-	-
Langford	1	0	4	0	-	-
McMahon	12	3	17	0	-	-
Hilton	16	5	34	2	-	-
Silk	2	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> MF Tremlett (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 24
--> MJ Hilton reached 800 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> MJ Hilton achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 7-51)
--> MJ Hilton achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 7-51)
--> J Hilton reached 100 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire second innings
--> J Hilton reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire second innings

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