f22875 cc11448	Gloucestershire v Somerset
	County Championship 1959
Venue	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 1st, 3rd, 4th August 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by 163 runs
Points	Gloucestershire 14 (Batting 2); Somerset 0
Umpires	JB Bowes, DE Davies
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 19/0 (Atkinson 8*, Lomax 9*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 27/1 (Atkinson 14*, Whitehead 2*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	b Biddulph	25
CA Milton	c and b Greetham	52
RB Nicholls	lbw b Biddulph	12
*GM Emmett	b Alley	1
AS Brown	run out	25
JB Mortimore	run out	5
JR Bernard	c Alley b Whitehead	9
DA Allen	lbw b Biddulph	23
DR Smith	st Stephenson b Biddulph	19
+BJ Meyer	b Alley	7
C Cook	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 86.2 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-64, 3-65, 4-109, 5-118, 6-128, 7-135, 8-167, 9-182, 10-184 (86.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	29.2	5	55	4	-	-
Alley	23	4	50	2	-	-
Greetham	9	0	16	1	-	-
Lomax	3	0	10	0	-	-
Langford	11	4	23	0	-	-
Whitehead	11	4	24	1	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	lbw b Smith	16
JG Lomax	lbw b Brown	9
PB Wight	b Smith	4
CL McCool	b Smith	2
CHM Greetham	b Brown	8
WE Alley	b Smith	10
*MF Tremlett	b Brown	0
+HW Stephenson	not out	4
BA Langford	b Smith	3
KD Biddulph	b Brown	0
AGT Whitehead	lbw b Smith	0
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 38.5 overs)	61
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-25, 3-33, 4-34, 5-52, 6-52, 7-54, 8-59, 9-60, 10-61 (38.5 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	17.5	7	26	6	-	-
Brown	15	7	25	4	-	-
Allen	4	3	2	0	-	-
Mortimore	2	1	3	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	c and b Alley	99
CA Milton	b Greetham	121
RB Nicholls	not out	25
*GM Emmett	c Tremlett b Lomax	39
AS Brown	b Whitehead	0
JB Mortimore	c Wight b Lomax	2
JR Bernard	not out	2
DA Allen	did not bat
DR Smith	did not bat
+BJ Meyer	did not bat
C Cook	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 1 w)	9
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 86 overs)	297
Fall of wickets:
1-226, 2-228, 3-278, 4-286, 5-289

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	7	0	20	0	-	-
Alley	18	5	45	1	-	-
Greetham	10	2	41	1	-	-
Lomax	14	2	53	2	-	-
Langford	10	4	26	0	-	-
Whitehead	19	5	63	1	-	-
McCool	8	0	40	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Milton b Allen	54
JG Lomax	c Mortimore b Allen	5
AGT Whitehead	lbw b Brown	3
PB Wight	b Brown	10
CL McCool	b Smith	0
CHM Greetham	c Smith b Allen	36
WE Alley	c and b Allen	30
*MF Tremlett	c Milton b Smith	31
+HW Stephenson	c Mortimore b Smith	18
BA Langford	c and b Allen	37
KD Biddulph	not out	14
Extras	(12 b, 7 lb)	19
Total	(all out, 122.2 overs)	257
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-32, 3-46, 4-47, 5-111, 6-120, 7-149, 8-193, 9-208, 10-257 (122.2 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	33	9	64	3	-	-
Brown	30	11	53	2	-	-
Allen	27.2	10	56	5	-	-
Mortimore	10	3	28	0	-	-
Bernard	6	2	10	0	-	-
Cook	16	6	27	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CA Milton (1) passed 13000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 12
--> AS Brown (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> CL McCool (1) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> KD Biddulph reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> KD Biddulph reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> DR Smith reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> DA Allen reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings

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