minc5453	Gloucestershire Second XI v Somerset Second XI
	Minor Counties Championship 1959
Venue	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 29th, 30th June 1959 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire Second XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Gloucestershire Second XI 3; Somerset Second XI 1
Umpires	EH Bryant, EV Hazell
Scorers	S Howlett, R Palmer
Close of play day 1	Somerset Second XI (1) 58/2 (Tripp 16*, Eele 2*)

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Gloucestershire Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Carpenter	lbw b Biddulph	18
DG A'Court	c Tripp b Lobb	4
DC Mills	c Lobb b Herting	16
DG Hawkins	b Lobb	44
JD Currie	b Herting	6
+RJ Etheridge	c Sully b Bryant	69
KWF Wilcox	c Tripp b Sully	12
*GM Emmett	c Virgin b Biddulph	41
GGM Wiltshire	b Lobb	13
BD Wells	c Biddulph b Lobb	15
FJ Andrew	not out	6
Extras	(8 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 79.4 overs)	261
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (A'Court), 2-39 (Carpenter), 3-49 (Mills), 4-61 (Currie), 5-120 (Hawkins), 6-186 (Wilcox), 7-190 (Etheridge), 8-240 (Emmett), 9-255 (Wells), 10-261 (Wiltshire, 79.4 ov)

Somerset Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	17	2	62	2	-	-
Lobb	16.4	3	50	4	-	2
Herting	11	2	26	2	-	-
Sully	15	1	64	1	-	-
Bryant	20	8	42	1	-	-

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Somerset Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Emmett b Wells	28
MJ Kitchen	b Andrew	11
GM Tripp	b Wells	16
+PJ Eele	lbw b Andrew	2
GL Keith	b Wiltshire	7
GEE Lambert	b Wells	17
FJ Herting	c Mills b Hawkins	14
LE Bryant	c Etheridge b Hawkins	15
KD Biddulph	b Andrew	19
H Sully	c Etheridge b Wells	11
B Lobb	not out	5
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 76 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-25 (Kitchen), 2-49 (Virgin), 3-58 (Eele), 4-58 (Tripp), 5-82 (Keith), 6-84 (Lambert), 7-114 (Bryant), 8-115 (Herting), 9-136 (Biddulph), 10-150 (Sully, 76 ov)

Gloucestershire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wiltshire	13	6	21	1	-	-
A'Court	4	1	8	0	-	-
Wells	33	14	45	4	-	-
Andrew	22	4	62	3	-	-
Hawkins	4	2	9	2	-	-

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Somerset Second XI second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Etheridge b A'Court	8
MJ Kitchen	c Emmett b A'Court	5
GM Tripp	c Hawkins b Andrew	23
GL Keith	lbw b Hawkins	37
+PJ Eele	st Etheridge b Hawkins	55
GEE Lambert	not out	59
FJ Herting	did not bat
LE Bryant	did not bat
KD Biddulph	did not bat
H Sully	did not bat
B Lobb	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(5 wickets, 89.2 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Kitchen), 2-19 (Virgin), 3-43 (Tripp), 4-94 (Keith), 5-197 (Eele, 89.2 ov)

Gloucestershire Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wiltshire	13	3	39	0	-	-
A'Court	14	4	31	2	-	1
Wells	29	18	37	0	-	-
Andrew	7	2	17	1	-	-
Hawkins	15.2	4	34	2	-	-
Carpenter	2	0	2	0	-	-
Emmett	8	1	24	0	-	-
Mills	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DC Mills made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> KWF Wilcox made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> RJ Etheridge (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 26
--> KWF Wilcox (1) equalled his previous highest score of 12 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> GEE Lambert (2) passed his previous highest score of 41 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BD Wells reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches when he dismissed RT Virgin, his 1st wicket in the Somerset Second XI first innings

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