f20217	Somerset v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1953
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 22nd, 24th, 25th August 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	P Corrall, WFF Price
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 11/2 (Walford 2*, Smith 3*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 23/1 (Smith 5*, Wight 13*)

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AL Hassett	c Smith b Yawar Saeed	148
CC McDonald	c Yawar Saeed b Wight	53
GB Hole	c Smith b Hall	1
ID Craig	lbw b Lawrence	3
JH de Courcy	lbw b Mitchell	53
R Benaud	lbw b Hall	19
AK Davidson	not out	104
DT Ring	c Smith b Yawar Saeed	25
+D Tallon	c Langford b Mitchell	11
RR Lindwall	st Stephenson b Lawrence	45
JC Hill	c Walford b Lawrence	7
Extras	(11 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 94.3 overs)	486
Fall of wickets:
1-120, 2-131, 3-138, 4-263, 5-268, 6-295, 7-327, 8-347, 9-452, 10-486 (94.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	22	4	88	2	-	-
Yawar Saeed	17	0	94	2	-	-
Mitchell	19	3	95	2	-	-
Langford	11	1	47	0	-	-
Lawrence	13.3	1	84	3	-	-
Wight	12	2	61	1	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MM Walford	b Benaud	2
DL Kitson	c Davidson b Lindwall	6
J Lawrence	b Lindwall	0
R Smith	not out	77
PB Wight	c Benaud b Ring	0
*BG Brocklehurst	lbw b Ring	24
+HW Stephenson	c Davidson b Benaud	6
Yawar Saeed	c Lindwall b Davidson	48
BA Langford	st Tallon b Ring	5
TA Hall	c Tallon b Ring	5
CG Mitchell	b Davidson	7
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 66 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-7, 3-13, 4-19, 5-57, 6-68, 7-157, 8-164, 9-170, 10-187 (66 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	6	0	12	2	-	-
Davidson	12	3	19	2	-	-
Hill	6	2	9	0	-	-
Ring	24	4	88	4	-	-
Benaud	16	2	48	2	-	-
Hole	2	1	4	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MM Walford	c Ring b Davidson	3
R Smith	c Hill b Benaud	24
PB Wight	not out	109
J Lawrence	not out	8
DL Kitson	did not bat
*BG Brocklehurst	did not bat
+HW Stephenson	did not bat
Yawar Saeed	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
TA Hall	did not bat
CG Mitchell	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb)	12
Total	(2 wickets, 60 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-102

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	5	3	6	0	-	-
Davidson	19	5	27	1	-	-
Ring	17	6	54	0	-	-
Benaud	9	3	16	1	-	-
Hassett	3	0	13	0	-	-
Tallon	7	3	28	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Yawar Saeed made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AK Davidson (1) passed his previous highest score of 95 in First-Class matches
--> AK Davidson (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> AK Davidson (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 93
--> R Smith (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 62
--> PB Wight (2) passed his previous highest score of 39 in First-Class matches
--> PB Wight (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> PB Wight made his debut for Somerset in First-Class matches
--> PB Wight made his debut in England in First-Class matches

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