f24971 cc12494	Somerset v Lancashire
	County Championship 1963
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 24th, 26th, 27th August 1963 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to field
Result	Somerset won by 3 wickets
Points	Somerset 10; Lancashire 0
Umpires	JF Crapp, A Jepson
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 20/0 (Atkinson 7*, Roe 12*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 68/3 (Dyson 30*, Marner 17*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Pullar	c Stephenson b Rumsey	0
R Bennett	b Hall	24
J Dyson	lbw b Rumsey	14
*KJ Grieves	lbw b Greetham	42
PT Marner	b Rumsey	65
BJ Booth	run out	26
+G Clayton	c Rumsey b Hall	11
P Lever	c Stephenson b Langford	29
AM Beddow	run out	13
K Higgs	c Roe b Rumsey	18
T Greenhough	not out	4
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb, 3 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 94.3 overs)	261
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-44, 3-64, 4-135, 5-159, 6-182, 7-218, 8-232, 9-248, 10-261 (94.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	24.3	6	62	4	-	-
Palmer	22	6	56	0	-	-
Hall	16	2	59	2	-	-
Greetham	14	3	45	1	-	-
Langford	18	7	24	1	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	not out	123
B Roe	lbw b Higgs	41
PB Wight	b Greenhough	54
WE Alley	c Clayton b Greenhough	0
RT Virgin	c Dyson b Marner	29
CHM Greetham	b Marner	8
KE Palmer	not out	10
BA Langford	did not bat
*+HW Stephenson	did not bat
FE Rumsey	did not bat
GH Hall	did not bat
Extras	(10 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 87.3 overs)	276
Fall of wickets:
1-65, 2-146, 3-146, 4-222, 5-261

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	26.3	3	63	1	-	-
Lever	11	2	41	0	-	-
Greenhough	25	8	62	2	-	-
Beddow	11	1	45	0	-	-
Dyson	7	0	33	0	-	-
Marner	7	0	21	2	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Pullar	b Rumsey	0
R Bennett	b Palmer	20
J Dyson	c Stephenson b Palmer	32
*KJ Grieves	c Stephenson b Rumsey	0
PT Marner	c Stephenson b Rumsey	17
BJ Booth	c Wight b Rumsey	14
+G Clayton	c Greetham b Palmer	10
P Lever	c Greetham b Rumsey	36
AM Beddow	run out	0
K Higgs	not out	29
T Greenhough	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 75.1 overs)	162
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-36, 3-37, 4-39, 5-73, 6-89, 7-95, 8-95, 9-162 (75.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rumsey	28.1	9	42	5	-	-
Palmer	22	6	53	3	-	-
Hall	8	1	20	0	-	-
Langford	13	2	41	0	-	-
Wight	4	2	2	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Dyson b Marner	53
B Roe	c Marner b Higgs	9
PB Wight	b Marner	0
RT Virgin	b Marner	2
CHM Greetham	c sub b Higgs	14
KE Palmer	not out	29
BA Langford	lbw b Marner	1
WE Alley	c Booth b Higgs	14
*+HW Stephenson	not out	20
FE Rumsey	did not bat
GH Hall	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb)	8
Total	(7 wickets, 23.5 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-46, 3-66, 4-79, 5-86, 6-89, 7-108

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Higgs	12	0	73	3	-	-
Marner	11.5	1	69	4	-	-

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Notes
--> B Roe (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 21
--> PB Wight (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 17
--> PB Wight (1) passed 15000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 43
--> G Atkinson (2) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 37
--> PT Marner reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset second innings

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