f22904 cc11474	Somerset v Warwickshire
	County Championship 1959
Venue	Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare on 12th, 13th, 14th August 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Warwickshire won by 8 wickets
Points	Somerset 2; Warwickshire 12
Umpires	HG Baldwin, DJ Wood
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 98/3 (Tremlett 46*, Greetham 21*)
Close of play day 2	Warwickshire (1) 107/4 (Wolton 38*, Cartwright 9*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Stewart b Thompson	8
JG Lomax	b Bannister	7
RT Virgin	c Townsend b Bridge	14
*MF Tremlett	b Bannister	60
CHM Greetham	c Thompson b Carter	21
WE Alley	c Smith b Bannister	23
+HW Stephenson	c Bridge b Carter	12
KE Palmer	c Smith b Carter	0
BA Langford	c Fox b Bannister	4
LE Bryant	c Fox b Bannister	4
KD Biddulph	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 71.5 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-20, 3-32, 4-98, 5-113, 6-144, 7-144, 8-149, 9-152, 10-156 (71.5 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	13	6	20	1	-	-
Bannister	28.5	15	37	5	-	-
Bridge	8	2	39	1	-	-
Cartwright	5	3	7	0	-	-
Carter	17	7	50	3	-	-

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NF Horner	c Stephenson b Biddulph	22
WJP Stewart	c Virgin b Biddulph	5
A Townsend	c Virgin b Biddulph	0
*MJK Smith	c Stephenson b Biddulph	29
AVG Wolton	c Virgin b Biddulph	45
TW Cartwright	c Tremlett b Alley	13
JD Bannister	c Virgin b Biddulph	4
WB Bridge	lbw b Alley	0
+JG Fox	c Greetham b Alley	6
RG Carter	not out	8
RG Thompson	b Alley	1
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 49.5 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-9, 3-46, 4-87, 5-120, 6-124, 7-124, 8-130, 9-131, 10-139 (49.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	22	5	67	6	-	-
Alley	16.5	7	23	4	-	-
Langford	8	1	41	0	-	-
Bryant	2	2	0	0	-	-
Palmer	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Bridge b Bannister	0
JG Lomax	hit wkt b Thompson	15
RT Virgin	c Smith b Bannister	0
*MF Tremlett	c Smith b Thompson	17
CHM Greetham	c Stewart b Bannister	2
WE Alley	b Bannister	6
+HW Stephenson	c Smith b Thompson	0
KE Palmer	b Thompson	4
BA Langford	c Smith b Thompson	12
LE Bryant	b Thompson	0
KD Biddulph	not out	0
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 22.3 overs)	59
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-28, 4-35, 5-35, 6-35, 7-43, 8-57, 9-57, 10-59 (22.3 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	11	4	35	6	-	-
Bannister	11.3	4	21	4	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NF Horner	c Biddulph b Bryant	25
WJP Stewart	c Langford b Biddulph	15
A Townsend	not out	16
*MJK Smith	not out	23
AVG Wolton	did not bat
TW Cartwright	did not bat
JD Bannister	did not bat
WB Bridge	did not bat
+JG Fox	did not bat
RG Carter	did not bat
RG Thompson	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 23.1 overs)	79
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-48

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	6	0	18	1	-	-
Alley	6	2	7	0	-	-
Langford	5	1	15	0	-	-
Bryant	5.1	1	30	1	-	-
Lomax	1	0	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> MJK Smith (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 8
--> JD Bannister reached 450 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> KD Biddulph reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Warwickshire first innings
--> JD Bannister reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Somerset second innings

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