f20450 cc10156	Gloucestershire v Somerset
	County Championship 1954
Venue	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 5th, 7th, 8th June 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 41 runs
Points	Gloucestershire 12; Somerset 4
Umpires	HG Baldwin, D Davies
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 134/2 (Wight 76*, Lomax 23*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 189/7 (Mortimore 40*, Cook 4*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	lbw b Hilton	36
CA Milton	lbw b Lomax	18
TW Graveney	c Stephenson b Lawrence	57
*GM Emmett	st Stephenson b Hilton	0
+AE Wilson	c Lomax b McMahon	9
GEE Lambert	c Stephenson b Lawrence	15
JB Mortimore	b Hilton	2
JVC Griffiths	not out	18
C Cook	b Tremlett	19
BD Wells	b Lawrence	7
FP McHugh	st Stephenson b Lawrence	2
Extras	(6 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 67.1 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-86, 3-86, 4-102, 5-140, 6-143, 7-143, 8-179, 9-188, 10-190 (67.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lomax	11	3	19	1	-	-
Yawar Saeed	4	0	13	0	-	-
McMahon	18	5	46	1	-	-
Tremlett	6	0	23	1	-	-
Lawrence	12.1	1	42	4	-	-
Hilton	16	5	40	3	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Angell	c Wilson b Lambert	6
R Smith	run out	23
PB Wight	lbw b Cook	81
JG Lomax	c Young b Cook	29
MF Tremlett	c Wilson b Mortimore	10
J Lawrence	c Milton b Mortimore	15
+HW Stephenson	c Lambert b Mortimore	18
*BG Brocklehurst	c Milton b Cook	0
J Hilton	st Wilson b Cook	4
Yawar Saeed	not out	44
JWJ McMahon	lbw b Cook	10
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 86.4 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-74, 3-143, 4-148, 5-158, 6-176, 7-176, 8-192, 9-196, 10-250 (86.4 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	15	1	54	1	-	-
McHugh	11	1	24	0	-	-
Wells	9	5	14	0	-	-
Cook	22.4	8	53	5	-	-
Mortimore	24	6	77	3	-	-
Graveney	5	1	18	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	c Hilton b McMahon	4
CA Milton	st Stephenson b McMahon	13
TW Graveney	b McMahon	62
*GM Emmett	c Lomax b Wight	27
+AE Wilson	c Lawrence b Wight	9
GEE Lambert	c Lomax b Lawrence	14
JB Mortimore	b Lawrence	41
JVC Griffiths	st Stephenson b Lawrence	4
C Cook	not out	5
BD Wells	lbw b McMahon	6
FP McHugh	b McMahon	0
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 98 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-23, 3-81, 4-93, 5-128, 6-138, 7-147, 8-190, 9-197, 10-197 (98 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lomax	2	0	10	0	-	-
McMahon	39	14	65	5	-	-
Lawrence	19	5	44	3	-	-
Hilton	24	5	47	0	-	-
Wight	14	6	19	2	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Angell	c Milton b Cook	4
PB Wight	b Cook	9
JG Lomax	b Wells	1
Yawar Saeed	st Wilson b Wells	0
+HW Stephenson	c Mortimore b Wells	37
MF Tremlett	b Wells	3
*BG Brocklehurst	b Wells	24
J Lawrence	b Wells	4
R Smith	c Graveney b Wells	11
J Hilton	not out	1
JWJ McMahon	c Milton b Wells	0
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 32 overs)	96
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-16, 3-16, 4-26, 5-40, 6-65, 7-78, 8-94, 9-96, 10-96 (32 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wells	16	5	37	8	-	-
Cook	16	4	57	2	-	-

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Notes
--> DM Young (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> PB Wight (1) passed his previous highest score of 74 in County Championship matches
--> PB Wight (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 56
--> HW Stephenson (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> JB Mortimore (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> J Hilton achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Gloucestershire first innings (previous best was 2-17)
--> J Hilton achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Gloucestershire first innings (previous best was 2-17)
--> C Cook reached 800 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings

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