misc31751	Somerset v Royal Air Force
	Other matches in England 1953
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 17th, 18th, 19th June 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Royal Air Force won by 7 wickets
Umpires	CFD Buttle, RH Powell
Close of play day 1	Royal Air Force (1) 169/5
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 253/6

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	run out	15
J Lawrence	c Trueman b Wilson	20
R Smith	lbw b Wilson	25
GHD Evans	c Fenner b Trueman	34
+HW Stephenson	c Pressdee b Trueman	25
*BG Brocklehurst	b Trueman	0
JD Currie	b Smith	1
N Langfield	b Wilson	22
PAO Graham	c Pressdee b Trueman	0
BA Langford	c Shirreff b Trueman	0
CG Mitchell	not out	20
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 53.3 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-44, 3-75, 4-120, 5-120, 6-121, 7-139, 8-139, 9-139, 10-173 (53.3 ov)

Royal Air Force bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	20	3	60	5	-	1
Smith	15	3	37	1	-	-
Wilson	9.3	2	36	3	1	-
Shirreff	8	1	20	0	-	-
Hurst	1	0	9	0	-	-

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Royal Air Force first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Horton	b Mitchell	1
WEG Payton	c Gimblett b Langford	10
*AC Shirreff	c Stephenson b Mitchell	0
RG Wilson	b Graham	21
JS Pressdee	c Lawrence b Mitchell	85
+MD Fenner	b Graham	61
MJ Bear	st Stephenson b Lawrence	12
MD Willett	lbw b Langford	26
DJ Smith	not out	29
RJ Hurst	c Stephenson b Mitchell	21
FS Trueman	b Lawrence	17
Extras	(14 b, 10 lb)	24
Total	(all out, 108.3 overs)	307
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-10, 3-41, 4-45, 5-167, 6-204, 7-212, 8-246, 9-281, 10-307 (108.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mitchell	30	11	53	4	-	-
Graham	20	6	56	2	-	-
Langfield	13	4	18	0	-	-
Langford	26	5	83	2	-	-
Lawrence	19.3	2	73	2	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	st Fenner b Horton	111
R Smith	b Shirreff	15
GHD Evans	c Fenner b Shirreff	56
+HW Stephenson	c Wilson b Horton	10
*BG Brocklehurst	b Trueman	4
JD Currie	c Bear b Trueman	39
N Langfield	lbw b Smith	8
J Lawrence	c Bear b Shirreff	23
PAO Graham	lbw b Shirreff	6
BA Langford	not out	2
CG Mitchell	b Shirreff	5
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 81.2 overs)	288
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-159, 3-193, 4-206, 5-206, 6-222, 7-275, 8-275, 9-282, 10-288 (81.2 ov)

Royal Air Force bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	21	1	60	2	-	2
Smith	16	2	45	1	-	-
Wilson	2	0	10	0	-	-
Shirreff	27.2	9	93	5	-	-
Hurst	4	0	32	0	-	-
Horton	9	2	25	2	-	-
Bear	2	0	14	0	-	-

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Royal Air Force second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Horton	c Brocklehurst b Langford	53
WEG Payton	st Stephenson b Lawrence	37
+MD Fenner	c Gimblett b Mitchell	42
MD Willett	not out	19
RG Wilson	not out	3
*AC Shirreff	did not bat
JS Pressdee	did not bat
MJ Bear	did not bat
DJ Smith	did not bat
RJ Hurst	did not bat
FS Trueman	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(3 wickets, 49.3 overs)	155
Fall of wickets:
1-61, 2-97, 3-?

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mitchell	9	2	28	1	-	-
Graham	5	0	23	0	-	-
Langford	19.3	3	53	1	-	-
Lawrence	16	3	50	1	-	-

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