f21077 cc10549	Lancashire v Somerset
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 20th, 22nd, 23rd August 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by an innings and 79 runs
Points	Lancashire 12; Somerset 0
Umpires	H Elliott, WFF Price
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 215/4 (Pullar 49*, Collins 8*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 28/1 (Angell 8*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JT Ikin	c Stephenson b Lobb	11
A Wharton	c Tremlett b Lawrence	123
GA Edrich	run out	16
*C Washbrook	st Stephenson b Lawrence	5
G Pullar	c McMahon b Lawrence	76
R Collins	c Tordoff b Lawrence	38
RW Barber	b Lawrence	6
CS Smith	st Stephenson b Lomax	27
F Moore	st Stephenson b Lomax	1
+A Wilson	not out	16
R Tattersall	st Stephenson b Lawrence	28
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 121.5 overs)	354
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-62, 3-81, 4-196, 5-264, 6-275, 7-279, 8-282, 9-313, 10-354 (121.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	25	9	53	1	-	-
Yawar Saeed	24	5	63	0	-	-
Hilton	2	0	5	0	-	-
Lomax	28	9	69	2	-	-
Tordoff	2	0	15	0	-	-
Lawrence	40.5	6	142	6	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GG Tordoff	st Wilson b Collins	34
FL Angell	b Tattersall	35
J Lawrence	c Edrich b Smith	20
MF Tremlett	b Ikin	26
PB Wight	c Edrich b Tattersall	11
JG Lomax	lbw b Smith	11
+HW Stephenson	lbw b Tattersall	7
Yawar Saeed	run out	11
J Hilton	not out	8
JWJ McMahon	b Ikin	2
B Lobb	c Wilson b Ikin	0
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 68.2 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-72, 3-109, 4-124, 5-134, 6-138, 7-148, 8-156, 9-171, 10-171 (68.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	16	6	32	2	-	-
Wharton	5	1	22	0	-	-
Moore	5	1	20	0	-	-
Tattersall	26	11	41	3	-	-
Collins	7	1	27	1	-	-
Ikin	9.2	3	23	3	-	-

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Somerset second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GG Tordoff	c Washbrook b Ikin	9
FL Angell	c Wilson b Tattersall	14
J Lawrence	b Smith	0
MF Tremlett	c Edrich b Smith	3
PB Wight	b Tattersall	3
JG Lomax	c Wilson b Smith	0
+HW Stephenson	not out	45
Yawar Saeed	c Edrich b Smith	1
J Hilton	c Wharton b Ikin	7
JWJ McMahon	run out	3
B Lobb	c Barber b Tattersall	2
Extras	(9 b, 8 lb)	17
Total	(all out, 51.2 overs)	104
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-30, 3-36, 4-44, 5-44, 6-44, 7-46, 8-76, 9-94, 10-104 (51.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	13	3	22	4	-	-
Moore	5	3	5	0	-	-
Tattersall	16.2	6	26	3	-	-
Collins	4	2	15	0	-	-
Ikin	13	5	19	2	-	-

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Notes
--> G Pullar (1) passed his previous highest score of 48 in First-Class matches
--> G Pullar (1) passed his previous highest score of 48 in County Championship matches
--> CS Smith (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> GG Tordoff (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 10

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