f20092 cc9968	Somerset v Yorkshire
	County Championship 1953
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 1st, 2nd, 3rd July 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Yorkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 0; Yorkshire 4
Umpires	D Davies, GS Mobey
Close of play day 1	Yorkshire (1) 198/7 (Illingworth 39*, Brennan 0*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (1) 245/8 (Davey 17*, Langford 10*)

---

Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FA Lowson	c Stephenson b Mitchell	24
H Halliday	c Lawrence b Buse	10
WHH Sutcliffe	lbw b Hall	38
EI Lester	c Evans b Hall	15
W Watson	c Smith b Buse	3
*NWD Yardley	c Smith b Mitchell	21
R Illingworth	st Stephenson b Lawrence	79
JH Wardle	c Lawrence b Langford	27
+DV Brennan	not out	23
WEN Holdsworth	c Hall b Lawrence	5
CW Foord	b Langford	4
Extras	(22 b, 8 lb, 1 nb)	31
Total	(all out, 88.3 overs)	280
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-35, 3-65, 4-92, 5-106, 6-133, 7-188, 8-266, 9-272, 10-280 (88.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	28	5	88	2	-	-
Mitchell	26	4	64	2	-	-
Buse	26	6	68	2	-	-
Langford	5.3	1	18	2	-	-
Lawrence	3	1	11	2	-	-

---

Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	c Halliday b Wardle	33
J Lawrence	b Foord	7
R Smith	c Watson b Wardle	52
HFT Buse	c Brennan b Holdsworth	70
+HW Stephenson	c Wardle b Holdsworth	35
GHD Evans	c Lester b Wardle	3
*BG Brocklehurst	b Wardle	1
CF Davey	c Sutcliffe b Holdsworth	30
CG Mitchell	c Foord b Wardle	0
BA Langford	not out	29
TA Hall	run out	2
Extras	(9 b, 6 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 115 overs)	279
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-65, 3-141, 4-213, 5-216, 6-217, 7-217, 8-217, 9-273, 10-279 (115 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Foord	14	1	60	1	-	-
Holdsworth	26	9	53	3	-	-
Wardle	43	16	82	5	-	-
Illingworth	22	7	48	0	-	-
Yardley	9	2	15	0	-	-
Halliday	1	0	4	0	-	-

---

Yorkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FA Lowson	b Buse	6
H Halliday	st Stephenson b Smith	54
WHH Sutcliffe	c Gimblett b Buse	0
EI Lester	c Evans b Mitchell	11
W Watson	not out	92
JH Wardle	not out	13
*NWD Yardley	did not bat
R Illingworth	did not bat
+DV Brennan	did not bat
WEN Holdsworth	did not bat
CW Foord	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 44 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-8, 3-33, 4-150

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	6	0	26	0	-	-
Mitchell	8	1	39	1	-	-
Buse	12	1	31	2	-	-
Langford	4	1	19	0	-	-
Lawrence	10	1	33	0	-	-
Smith	4	0	28	1	-	-

---

Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	not out	38
J Lawrence	c Brennan b Foord	4
R Smith	not out	23
HFT Buse	did not bat
+HW Stephenson	did not bat
GHD Evans	did not bat
*BG Brocklehurst	did not bat
CF Davey	did not bat
CG Mitchell	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
TA Hall	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	4
Total	(1 wicket, 30 overs)	69
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Lawrence)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Foord	9	3	17	1	-	-
Holdsworth	5	0	13	0	-	-
Wardle	3	1	6	0	-	-
Illingworth	4	2	6	0	-	-
Yardley	8	0	21	0	-	-
Watson	1	0	2	0	-	-

---

Notes
--> WHH Sutcliffe (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 37
--> HW Stephenson (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 34
--> CF Davey (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in First-Class matches
--> CF Davey (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in County Championship matches
--> BA Langford (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in County Championship matches
--> BA Langford (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in First-Class matches
--> HFT Buse reached 600 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Yorkshire first innings
--> J Lawrence reached 550 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Yorkshire first innings

---

 

 

 

 

This page was created by the CricketArchive Oracles