f21352 cc10652	Somerset v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Recreation Ground, Bath on 16th, 18th, 19th June 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to field
Result	Worcestershire won by 76 runs
Points	Somerset 0; Worcestershire 12
Umpires	D Davies, AE Pothecary
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 102/8 (Booth 12*, Coldwell 0*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 107/5 (Horton 0*, Coldwell 0*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	c McCool b McMahon	23
*PE Richardson	c Tremlett b Langford	10
LF Outschoorn	lbw b Langford	2
G Dews	b Langford	24
DW Richardson	lbw b Lobb	14
MJ Horton	c McMahon b Langford	2
RO Jenkins	b Langford	1
+R Booth	c Stephenson b Lobb	12
JA Flavell	b Langford	9
LJ Coldwell	not out	9
R Berry	c Lomax b Langford	0
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 68.1 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-27, 3-41, 4-75, 5-77, 6-79, 7-82, 8-100, 9-106, 10-113 (68.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	18	6	29	2	-	-
Lomax	7	3	10	0	-	-
McMahon	17	6	41	1	-	-
Langford	26.1	16	26	7	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Angell	c DW Richardson b Berry	14
M Walker	b Coldwell	4
CL McCool	b Horton	2
PB Wight	not out	39
+HW Stephenson	c Dews b Horton	3
*MF Tremlett	c DW Richardson b Horton	12
G Atkinson	lbw b Horton	1
JG Lomax	c Dews b Horton	13
BA Langford	c DW Richardson b Horton	0
JWJ McMahon	lbw b Berry	0
B Lobb	b Coldwell	2
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 58.5 overs)	90
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-16, 3-30, 4-33, 5-47, 6-49, 7-75, 8-75, 9-84, 10-90 (58.5 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flavell	4	2	5	0	-	-
Coldwell	3.5	0	10	2	-	-
Horton	26	14	38	6	-	-
Berry	25	12	37	2	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	b Lobb	0
*PE Richardson	lbw b Langford	63
LF Outschoorn	c McCool b McMahon	20
G Dews	st Stephenson b McMahon	4
DW Richardson	c Stephenson b Walker	14
LJ Coldwell	c Stephenson b Lobb	9
MJ Horton	c and b Lobb	1
RO Jenkins	c Tremlett b Lobb	6
+R Booth	not out	5
JA Flavell	b Lobb	5
R Berry	c Stephenson b Lobb	0
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 68.2 overs)	133
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-58, 3-76, 4-107, 5-107, 6-109, 7-118, 8-123, 9-131, 10-133 (68.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	12.2	5	19	6	-	-
McMahon	27	7	44	2	-	-
Langford	28	9	64	1	-	-
Walker	1	1	0	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Angell	lbw b Flavell	4
M Walker	b Flavell	0
CL McCool	c Outschoorn b Horton	12
PB Wight	b Horton	0
G Atkinson	c PE Richardson b Horton	5
+HW Stephenson	b Horton	37
*MF Tremlett	c Kenyon b Horton	0
JG Lomax	st Booth b Berry	7
BA Langford	b Horton	5
JWJ McMahon	b Horton	10
B Lobb	not out	0
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 35.1 overs)	80
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-16, 3-16, 4-16, 5-57, 6-57, 7-58, 8-64, 9-80, 10-80 (35.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flavell	14	4	23	2	-	-
Coldwell	2	0	8	0	-	-
Horton	15.1	5	29	7	-	-
Berry	4	1	20	1	-	-

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Notes
--> FL Angell (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> B Lobb achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Worcestershire second innings (previous best was 6-70)
--> B Lobb achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Worcestershire second innings (previous best was 6-70)
--> MJ Horton completed a hat-trick in the Somerset second innings (Stephenson, Tremlett, Atkinson)

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