f19963 cc9878	Northamptonshire v Somerset
	County Championship 1953
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 13th, 14th, 15th May 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 0; Somerset 0
Umpires	H Elliott, LH Gray
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 445/8 (Nutter 10*, Starkie 1*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (1) 214/3 (Gimblett 123*, Smith 41*)

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Brookes	c Rogers b Walker	80
N Oldfield	c Stephenson b Smith	68
L Livingston	c Stephenson b Tremlett	112
DW Barrick	b Lawrence	40
F Jakeman	b Tremlett	6
GE Tribe	lbw b Tremlett	14
*FR Brown	c Stephenson b Tremlett	97
AE Nutter	not out	16
RW Clarke	run out	2
S Starkie	not out	1
+K Fiddling	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 122 overs)	445
Fall of wickets:
1-132, 2-167, 3-282, 4-303, 5-308, 6-329, 7-435, 8-439

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mitchell	19	4	72	0	-	-
Buse	20	7	38	0	-	-
Tremlett	23	2	90	4	-	-
Smith	29	6	107	1	-	-
Walker	13	2	63	1	-	-
Lawrence	18	0	66	1	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	c Clarke b Brown	151
DL Kitson	b Nutter	2
J Lawrence	b Clarke	35
MF Tremlett	c Brown b Clarke	2
R Smith	not out	86
+HW Stephenson	b Brown	4
HFT Buse	not out	18
*BG Brocklehurst	did not bat
SS Rogers	did not bat
M Walker	did not bat
CG Mitchell	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(5 wickets, 96 overs)	310
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-95, 3-105, 4-261, 5-271

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nutter	27	7	66	1	-	-
Clarke	26	4	87	2	-	-
Brown	25	6	72	2	-	-
Starkie	11	1	50	0	-	-
Tribe	7	0	23	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RW Clarke (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> R Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 58 in First-Class matches
--> R Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 58 in County Championship matches
--> R Smith (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> R Smith (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 65
--> AE Nutter reached 500 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings

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