f20639 cc10309	Somerset v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1954
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 18th, 19th, 20th August 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by 5 wickets
Points	Somerset 4; Northamptonshire 12
Umpires	HG Baldwin, K McCanlis
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 266/7 (Lomax 97*, Yawar Saeed 17*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (1) 260/8 (Tyson 10*, Clarke 9*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Angell	st Andrew b Tribe	61
*BG Brocklehurst	b Tyson	2
PB Wight	b Tyson	7
MF Tremlett	lbw b Tribe	10
J Lawrence	c Andrew b Tyson	9
JG Lomax	b Tribe	101
R Smith	c Andrew b Tyson	20
+HW Stephenson	c Andrew b Tyson	32
Yawar Saeed	b Tribe	31
J Hilton	not out	0
JWJ McMahon	not out	1
Extras	(6 b, 7 lb)	13
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 105 overs)	287
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-19, 3-45, 4-67, 5-101, 6-170, 7-235, 8-279, 9-286

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyson	30	6	82	5	-	-
Clarke	21	3	70	0	-	-
Barrick	9	0	27	0	-	-
Tribe	25	9	53	4	-	-
Broderick	12	5	29	0	-	-
Starkie	8	2	13	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*D Brookes	c Wight b McMahon	24
AP Arnold	c Lawrence b McMahon	42
L Livingston	c Stephenson b Yawar Saeed	83
DW Barrick	c Tremlett b Yawar Saeed	43
E Davis	c Tremlett b Yawar Saeed	18
GE Tribe	c Hilton b Yawar Saeed	1
V Broderick	c Stephenson b Tremlett	13
FH Tyson	not out	27
S Starkie	b Yawar Saeed	6
RW Clarke	st Stephenson b Lawrence	15
+KV Andrew	b Lawrence	2
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 99 overs)	285
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-86, 3-188, 4-212, 5-214, 6-234, 7-236, 8-248, 9-281, 10-285 (99 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tremlett	34	7	101	1	-	-
Yawar Saeed	29	8	79	5	-	-
McMahon	29	7	67	2	-	-
Lawrence	7	0	27	2	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Angell	c Clarke b Tribe	31
J Lawrence	not out	58
*BG Brocklehurst	st Andrew b Tribe	22
+HW Stephenson	not out	34
PB Wight	did not bat
MF Tremlett	did not bat
JG Lomax	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
Yawar Saeed	did not bat
J Hilton	did not bat
JWJ McMahon	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 39 overs)	147
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-80

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyson	4	0	16	0	-	-
Clarke	6	0	20	0	-	-
Barrick	13	2	37	0	-	-
Tribe	15	0	70	2	-	-
Starkie	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*D Brookes	lbw b Lawrence	8
AP Arnold	c McMahon b Lomax	25
FH Tyson	st Stephenson b Lawrence	33
L Livingston	b Lomax	27
DW Barrick	b McMahon	8
GE Tribe	not out	43
V Broderick	not out	3
S Starkie	did not bat
E Davis	did not bat
RW Clarke	did not bat
+KV Andrew	did not bat
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(5 wickets, 18.3 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-59, 3-81, 4-105, 5-139

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tremlett	4	0	40	0	-	-
McMahon	5	0	45	1	-	-
Lawrence	4.3	0	33	2	-	-
Lomax	5	0	29	2	-	-

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Notes
--> FL Angell (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 43
--> JG Lomax (1) passed his previous highest score of 95 in First-Class matches
--> JG Lomax (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> JG Lomax (1) passed his previous highest score of 95 in County Championship matches
--> JG Lomax (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> JG Lomax (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 50
--> DW Barrick (1) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 37
--> RW Clarke (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> GE Tribe (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 23
--> FH Tyson reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> Yawar Saeed achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 4-54)
--> Yawar Saeed achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> Yawar Saeed achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 4-70)
--> Yawar Saeed achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> GE Tribe reached 650 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings

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