f21770 cc10870	Somerset v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1957
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 8th, 10th, 11th June 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 0; Gloucestershire 4 (Batting 2)
Umpires	JG Langridge, AE Pothecary
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 114/3 (McCool 8*, Atkinson 2*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (1) 234/3 (Graveney 89*, Nicholls 25*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Alley	b Lambert	5
PB Wight	b Smith	67
CHM Greetham	lbw b Cook	31
CL McCool	c and b Smith	33
G Atkinson	c Hawkins b Lambert	52
+HW Stephenson	c Graveney b Smith	0
*MF Tremlett	b Wells	11
JH Harris	b Smith	4
J Hilton	b Smith	2
B Lobb	b Smith	0
JWJ McMahon	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 89 overs)	207
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-91, 3-111, 4-153, 5-153, 6-175, 7-193, 8-203, 9-203, 10-207 (89 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	21	4	57	2	-	-
Smith	24	6	58	6	-	-
Wells	24	8	50	1	-	-
Cook	18	7	35	1	-	-
Graveney	2	0	5	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GM Emmett	c Harris b Alley	5
DM Young	lbw b Alley	45
W Knightley-Smith	b McMahon	55
TW Graveney	c McCool b Lobb	99
RB Nicholls	st Stephenson b McCool	65
DG Hawkins	run out	0
+BJ Meyer	c Stephenson b Lobb	0
GEE Lambert	c Alley b McCool	6
DR Smith	c Alley b McCool	2
C Cook	not out	12
BD Wells	b Lobb	14
Extras	(13 b, 9 lb, 2 w)	24
Total	(all out, 108 overs)	327
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-102, 3-132, 4-273, 5-273, 6-289, 7-295, 8-299, 9-299, 10-327 (108 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	27	8	79	3	-	-
Alley	23	5	47	2	-	-
Harris	19	3	48	0	-	-
Hilton	13	2	43	0	-	-
McMahon	15	2	46	1	-	-
McCool	11	2	40	3	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WE Alley	c Young b Smith	8
PB Wight	lbw b Smith	26
CHM Greetham	c Wells b Cook	15
CL McCool	not out	100
G Atkinson	c Young b Hawkins	31
+HW Stephenson	lbw b Smith	22
*MF Tremlett	not out	22
JH Harris	did not bat
J Hilton	did not bat
B Lobb	did not bat
JWJ McMahon	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb)	6
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 74 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-44, 3-64, 4-124, 5-161

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	6	2	12	0	-	-
Smith	16	5	45	3	-	-
Wells	15	1	62	0	-	-
Cook	16	3	35	1	-	-
Graveney	7	1	17	0	-	-
Hawkins	13	4	44	1	-	-
Nicholls	1	0	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CHM Greetham made his debut in County Championship matches
--> CHM Greetham made his debut in First-Class matches
--> J Hilton (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 2
--> TW Graveney (1) passed 22000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 67
--> RB Nicholls (1) passed his previous highest score of 63 in First-Class matches
--> RB Nicholls (1) passed his previous highest score of 63 in County Championship matches
--> RB Nicholls (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> DR Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 6-72)
--> DR Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 5-43)

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