f24415 cc12196	Somerset v Lancashire
	County Championship 1962
Venue	Morlands Athletic Ground, Glastonbury on 28th, 30th, 31st July 1962 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 9 wickets
Points	Somerset 14 (Batting 2); Lancashire 0
Umpires	CS Elliott, WFF Price
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 80/3 (Wight 46*, Greetham 20*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 19/1 (Bennett 4*, Clayton 6*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Bennett	lbw b Alley	7
DM Green	b Alley	1
JD Bond	b Langford	73
RW Barber	c Stephenson b Alley	8
BJ Booth	c and b Langford	21
PT Marner	c Wight b Hall	21
+G Clayton	c and b Alley	54
*JF Blackledge	lbw b Langford	10
T Greenhough	b Langford	2
K Higgs	b Langford	7
C Hilton	not out	2
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 3 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 88.2 overs)	211
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-11, 3-25, 4-74, 5-100, 6-172, 7-200, 8-202, 9-204, 10-211 (88.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	16	4	40	1	-	-
Alley	19	5	37	4	-	-
Latham	12	2	32	0	-	-
Langford	23.2	9	45	5	-	-
Greetham	15	2	34	0	-	-
CRM Atkinson	3	0	18	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	lbw b Hilton	7
B Roe	b Hilton	3
PB Wight	c Barber b Hilton	77
JG Lomax	lbw b Higgs	3
CHM Greetham	lbw b Greenhough	54
WE Alley	not out	131
*+HW Stephenson	c Bennett b Marner	25
CRM Atkinson	not out	17
BA Langford	did not bat
ME Latham	did not bat
GH Hall	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 101 overs)	325
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-21, 3-55, 4-129, 5-186, 6-254

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hilton	22	1	98	3	-	-
Higgs	30	7	89	1	-	-
Marner	16	2	31	1	-	-
Greenhough	21	3	63	1	-	-
Barber	9	3	26	0	-	-
Green	3	0	10	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Bennett	c Stephenson b Alley	26
DM Green	c Stephenson b Hall	2
+G Clayton	b Alley	10
JD Bond	c G Atkinson b Greetham	36
RW Barber	lbw b Langford	18
BJ Booth	st Stephenson b Langford	11
PT Marner	b Greetham	1
*JF Blackledge	b Langford	28
T Greenhough	b Hall	19
K Higgs	not out	9
C Hilton	c Roe b Alley	36
Extras	(9 b, 4 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 79.3 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-34, 3-55, 4-85, 5-109, 6-110, 7-114, 8-163, 9-163, 10-209 (79.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	16	6	34	2	-	-
Alley	22.3	4	59	3	-	-
Langford	27	13	79	3	-	-
Greetham	12	4	14	2	-	-
CRM Atkinson	2	0	10	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	not out	40
B Roe	lbw b Higgs	0
PB Wight	not out	59
JG Lomax	did not bat
CHM Greetham	did not bat
WE Alley	did not bat
*+HW Stephenson	did not bat
CRM Atkinson	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
ME Latham	did not bat
GH Hall	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 23.1 overs)	99
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Roe)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hilton	4	0	20	0	-	-
Higgs	8	1	28	1	-	-
Marner	3	0	16	0	-	-
Greenhough	4	0	12	0	-	-
Booth	3	0	12	0	-	-
Blackledge	1	0	7	0	-	-
Bond	0.1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PT Marner (1) passed 7500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 11
--> G Clayton (1) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 13
--> CHM Greetham (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 35
--> C Hilton (2) passed his previous highest score of 22 in County Championship matches
--> C Hilton (2) passed his previous highest score of 29 in first-class matches
--> PB Wight (2) passed 15000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 6
--> K Higgs reached 400 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings

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