f24484 cc12259	Lancashire v Somerset
	County Championship 1962
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 25th, 27th August 1962 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 9 wickets
Points	Lancashire 0; Somerset 14 (Batting 2)
Umpires	WH Copson, N Oldfield
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (2) 15/3 (Clayton 11*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Pullar	lbw b Palmer	1
R Bennett	b Greetham	21
JD Bond	c Stephenson b Greetham	12
PT Marner	b Palmer	9
K Tebay	c Stephenson b Palmer	0
H Pilling	lbw b Greetham	14
+G Clayton	c Greetham b Palmer	2
*JB Statham	c Kerslake b Greetham	4
K Higgs	b Greetham	4
T Greenhough	c Palmer b Greetham	2
C Hilton	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 42 overs)	74
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-34, 3-41, 4-45, 5-48, 6-64, 7-68, 8-68, 9-73, 10-74 (42 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	8	2	9	0	-	-
Palmer	15	5	28	4	-	-
Greetham	16	4	19	6	-	-
Alley	3	1	13	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	lbw b Hilton	31
B Roe	c Bond b Hilton	4
PB Wight	b Statham	1
WE Alley	c Statham b Hilton	2
RC Kerslake	c Clayton b Statham	1
CHM Greetham	c Statham b Higgs	10
KE Palmer	c Clayton b Higgs	26
CRM Atkinson	c Greenhough b Hilton	7
BA Langford	b Higgs	3
*+HW Stephenson	b Higgs	19
GH Hall	not out	4
Extras	(3 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 51.3 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-5, 3-14, 4-23, 5-44, 6-63, 7-74, 8-85, 9-94, 10-113 (51.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	13	3	26	2	-	-
Hilton	19	8	38	4	-	-
Higgs	19.3	6	44	4	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Pullar	c Stephenson b Palmer	4
R Bennett	lbw b Alley	0
JD Bond	lbw b Alley	0
PT Marner	lbw b Greetham	15
K Tebay	b Greetham	10
H Pilling	c Stephenson b Palmer	28
+G Clayton	c Stephenson b Greetham	25
*JB Statham	b Greetham	0
K Higgs	c Stephenson b Palmer	1
T Greenhough	run out	0
C Hilton	not out	8
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 47 overs)	93
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-8, 3-15, 4-37, 5-40, 6-69, 7-75, 8-85, 9-85, 10-93 (47 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	3	0	15	0	-	-
Palmer	17	8	21	3	-	-
Greetham	13	3	29	4	-	-
Alley	14	2	26	2	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	lbw b Greenhough	18
B Roe	not out	30
PB Wight	not out	6
WE Alley	did not bat
RC Kerslake	did not bat
CHM Greetham	did not bat
KE Palmer	did not bat
CRM Atkinson	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
*+HW Stephenson	did not bat
GH Hall	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(1 wicket, 17.2 overs)	55
Fall of wickets:
1-42 (G Atkinson)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	6	0	13	0	-	-
Hilton	4	0	13	0	-	-
Higgs	2	0	8	0	-	-
Greenhough	2	0	11	1	-	-
Marner	2.2	0	6	0	-	-
Pilling	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> G Atkinson (1) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 24
--> H Pilling (2) passed his previous highest score of 20 in first-class matches
--> H Pilling (2) passed his previous highest score of 20 in County Championship matches
--> T Greenhough reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings

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