f21024 cc10502	Gloucestershire v Somerset
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 30th July, 1st, 2nd August 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Gloucestershire 4; Somerset 0
Umpires	JJ Hills, AE Pothecary
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 12/0 (Angell 2*, Walker 8*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 141/1 (Young 60*, Graveney 28*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	c Stephenson b Lomax	17
CA Milton	c Lomax b McMahon	84
TW Graveney	st Stephenson b McMahon	84
JF Crapp	b Hilton	19
*GM Emmett	c Tordoff b Hilton	61
GEE Lambert	run out	55
JB Mortimore	c Lawrence b Hilton	0
DA Allen	not out	2
BD Wells	b McMahon	0
+P Rochford	st Stephenson b Hilton	1
C Cook	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 119.1 overs)	326
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-166, 3-205, 4-209, 5-303, 6-310, 7-323, 8-323, 9-326 (119.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Yawar Saeed	6	1	21	0	-	-
Lomax	19	5	44	1	-	-
Lawrence	29	9	74	0	-	-
Hilton	28.1	5	88	4	-	-
McMahon	36	10	94	3	-	-
Walker	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Angell	b Cook	9
M Walker	lbw b Wells	14
*GG Tordoff	c Lambert b Cook	32
J Lawrence	c Allen b Cook	44
PB Wight	b Cook	11
MF Tremlett	c Cook b Wells	66
JG Lomax	c Milton b Lambert	20
Yawar Saeed	b Wells	25
+HW Stephenson	c Emmett b Mortimore	4
J Hilton	not out	1
JWJ McMahon	b Mortimore	6
Extras	(5 b, 10 lb, 1 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 116 overs)	248
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-46, 3-83, 4-100, 5-154, 6-188, 7-226, 8-241, 9-241, 10-248 (116 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	15	2	43	1	-	-
Wells	37	15	64	3	-	-
Cook	42	21	64	4	-	-
Allen	5	1	21	0	-	-
Mortimore	13	5	25	2	-	-
Graveney	2	0	7	0	-	-
Milton	2	1	8	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Young	c Hilton b Walker	75
CA Milton	c Angell b McMahon	48
TW Graveney	c Hilton b McMahon	34
JF Crapp	st Stephenson b Walker	1
*GM Emmett	b Walker	14
GEE Lambert	c Hilton b Walker	8
JB Mortimore	b Walker	0
DA Allen	not out	6
BD Wells	b McMahon	8
+P Rochford	not out	2
C Cook	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb)	9
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 57 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-84, 2-152, 3-157, 4-170, 5-181, 6-185, 7-188, 8-201

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Yawar Saeed	6	1	24	0	-	-
Lomax	6	0	17	0	-	-
Hilton	14	3	49	0	-	-
McMahon	22	6	61	3	-	-
Walker	9	0	45	5	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GG Tordoff	c Rochford b Lambert	4
FL Angell	c Graveney b Cook	33
J Lawrence	lbw b Cook	5
MF Tremlett	c Graveney b Cook	10
PB Wight	c Rochford b Wells	6
M Walker	b Wells	3
JG Lomax	b Lambert	45
Yawar Saeed	c Graveney b Wells	2
+HW Stephenson	lbw b Wells	35
J Hilton	not out	7
JWJ McMahon	not out	6
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(9 wickets, 91 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-33, 3-51, 4-58, 5-58, 6-70, 7-76, 8-144, 9-146

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	13	6	11	2	-	-
Wells	31	14	58	4	-	-
Cook	30	11	54	3	-	-
Allen	7	4	8	0	-	-
Mortimore	4	1	8	0	-	-
Graveney	3	1	8	0	-	-
Milton	3	1	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CA Milton (1) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 72
--> GG Tordoff (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> M Walker achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Gloucestershire second innings (previous best was 2-14)
--> M Walker achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Gloucestershire second innings
--> M Walker achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Gloucestershire second innings (previous best was 2-49)
--> M Walker achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Gloucestershire second innings
--> BD Wells reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset second innings

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