f5911	Somerset v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1902
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 17th, 18th, 19th July 1902 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	G Bean, VA Titchmarsh
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 128/2 (Duff 75*, Noble 27*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 159/5 (Martyn 7*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LCH Palairet	c Gregory b Saunders	44
LC Braund	c Trumble b Saunders	52
AE Lewis	c Kelly b Saunders	38
E Robson	c Noble b Jones	13
*SMJ Woods	c Kelly b Jones	9
H Martyn	b Trumble	52
GC Gill	lbw b Saunders	10
PR Johnson	b Jones	0
FP Hardy	c Trumper b Saunders	20
+AE Newton	b Armstrong	20
B Cranfield	not out	2
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb, 4 w)	14
Total	(all out, 71.5 overs)	274
Fall of wickets:
1-88, 2-101, 3-124, 4-156, 5-178, 6-188, 7-197, 8-220, 9-266, 10-274 (71.5 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	22	3	87	3	-	-
Armstrong	13.5	3	37	1	-	-
Trumble	14	5	27	1	-	-
Saunders	22	4	109	5	4	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VT Trumper	c Hardy b Gill	5
RA Duff	c and b Gill	183
*J Darling	c Palairet b Robson	20
MA Noble	c and b Braund	53
SE Gregory	c Newton b Gill	0
AJY Hopkins	c Braund b Palairet	52
WW Armstrong	b Gill	15
+JJ Kelly	b Gill	7
H Trumble	b Braund	1
E Jones	b Braund	1
JV Saunders	not out	2
Extras	(4 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	9
Total	(all out, 81.2 overs)	348
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-63, 3-199, 4-200, 5-319, 6-321, 7-322, 8-344, 9-346, 10-348 (81.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cranfield	10	0	65	0	-	-
Gill	24	4	80	5	1	3
Robson	14	3	56	1	-	-
Braund	23.2	4	80	3	-	-
Palairet	7	0	37	1	1	-
Hardy	3	1	21	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LCH Palairet	b Jones	90
LC Braund	b Jones	6
AE Lewis	run out	11
E Robson	b Hopkins	4
*SMJ Woods	lbw b Hopkins	30
H Martyn	c Hopkins b Jones	25
GC Gill	c Hopkins b Trumble	27
PR Johnson	c Saunders b Hopkins	62
FP Hardy	c and b Trumper	17
+AE Newton	not out	21
B Cranfield	b Jones	5
Extras	(13 b, 4 lb)	17
Total	(all out, 104.2 overs)	315
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-81, 3-97, 4-141, 5-159, 6-184, 7-220, 8-260, 9-302, 10-315 (104.2 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	25.2	2	104	4	-	-
Armstrong	13	6	18	0	-	-
Trumble	33	12	59	1	-	-
Saunders	15	3	52	0	-	-
Hopkins	15	2	46	3	-	-
Trumper	3	0	19	1	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VT Trumper	lbw b Gill	5
RA Duff	not out	11
*J Darling	did not bat
MA Noble	did not bat
SE Gregory	did not bat
AJY Hopkins	did not bat
WW Armstrong	did not bat
+JJ Kelly	did not bat
H Trumble	did not bat
E Jones	did not bat
JV Saunders	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 3.3 overs)	16
Fall of wickets:
1-16 (Trumper, 3.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cranfield	2	0	11	0	-	-
Gill	1.3	0	5	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 2 Lunch: Australians (1) ?/?
--> LC Braund (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 49
--> AE Newton (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> RA Duff (1) passed his previous highest score of 182 in First-Class matches
--> RA Duff (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 162
--> PR Johnson (2) passed his previous highest score of 55 in First-Class matches
--> E Jones reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> E Jones reached 600 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings

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Duff's 183 took 180 minutes