f23288 cc11621	Somerset v Lancashire
	County Championship 1960
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 25th, 27th, 28th June 1960 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 8 runs
Points	Somerset 14 (Batting 2); Lancashire 0
Umpires	JF Crapp, WFF Price
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 64/2 (Dyson 16*, Grieves 8*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 236/4 (Greetham 4*, Alley 2*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	b Dyson	27
RT Virgin	b Higgs	3
PB Wight	c Booth b Dyson	100
CL McCool	c Grieves b Dyson	20
CHM Greetham	b Dyson	12
WE Alley	c Grieves b Dyson	12
BA Langford	c Tattersall b Greenhough	3
*+HW Stephenson	c Dyson b Greenhough	19
FJ Herting	not out	16
AGT Whitehead	lbw b Dyson	0
KD Biddulph	st Clayton b Dyson	6
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 93.5 overs)	221
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-87, 3-127, 4-148, 5-168, 6-175, 7-190, 8-203, 9-205, 10-221 (93.5 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	12	3	39	1	-	-
Marner	5	2	9	0	-	-
Tattersall	17	6	21	0	-	-
Greenhough	28	8	59	2	-	-
Dyson	24.5	4	83	7	-	-
Barber	7	3	7	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Wharton	c Stephenson b Alley	24
BJ Booth	c McCool b Alley	15
J Dyson	not out	66
KJ Grieves	c Whitehead b Alley	21
PT Marner	c Virgin b Whitehead	42
*RW Barber	c Alley b Whitehead	9
A Bolton	c Alley b Whitehead	2
+G Clayton	c McCool b Whitehead	0
T Greenhough	b Langford	0
K Higgs	c Atkinson b Alley	5
R Tattersall	c McCool b Biddulph	8
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 85.1 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-47, 3-87, 4-135, 5-153, 6-155, 7-155, 8-162, 9-187, 10-200 (85.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	13.1	4	34	1	-	-
Herting	4	0	16	0	-	-
Alley	24	6	45	4	-	-
Langford	27	16	35	1	-	-
McCool	8	3	15	0	-	-
Whitehead	9	2	47	4	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	lbw b Greenhough	29
RT Virgin	lbw b Greenhough	8
PB Wight	c Clayton b Marner	90
CL McCool	b Higgs	100
CHM Greetham	c Clayton b Higgs	8
WE Alley	retired hurt	2
BA Langford	b Higgs	24
*+HW Stephenson	lbw b Greenhough	34
FJ Herting	b Higgs	0
AGT Whitehead	not out	2
KD Biddulph	c Clayton b Greenhough	2
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 96 overs)	301
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-52, 3-228, 4-228, 5-246, 6-297, 7-297, 8-297, 9-301 (96 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	23	5	51	4	-	-
Marner	9	2	22	1	-	-
Tattersall	12	4	41	0	-	-
Greenhough	28	6	79	4	-	-
Dyson	8	0	42	0	-	-
Barber	12	2	47	0	-	-
Booth	4	0	17	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Wharton	b Langford	81
BJ Booth	lbw b Biddulph	0
J Dyson	b Greetham	47
KJ Grieves	c Biddulph b Whitehead	39
PT Marner	c Herting b Biddulph	12
*RW Barber	c McCool b Langford	11
A Bolton	c Langford b Whitehead	44
+G Clayton	b McCool	30
T Greenhough	st Stephenson b McCool	4
K Higgs	not out	23
R Tattersall	lbw b Biddulph	14
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 84.3 overs)	314
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-82, 3-167, 4-173, 5-188, 6-211, 7-271, 8-271, 9-276, 10-314 (84.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	17.3	5	39	3	-	-
Herting	14	1	67	0	-	-
Langford	23	7	72	2	-	-
McCool	5	0	28	2	-	-
Whitehead	13	0	54	2	-	-
Greetham	12	1	45	1	-	-

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Notes
--> PB Wight (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 39
--> PB Wight (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 65
--> CL McCool (2) passed 12000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 10
--> BA Langford (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 10
--> KJ Grieves (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 11
--> R Tattersall made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> J Dyson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 6-35)
--> T Greenhough reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> J Dyson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 4-23)
--> J Dyson achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings
--> BA Langford reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> T Greenhough reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> WE Alley retired hurt in the Somerset second innings having scored 2 (team score 236/4)

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