f23687 cc11790	Warwickshire v Somerset
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Griff and Coton Ground, Nuneaton on 13th, 15th, 16th May 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Warwickshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Warwickshire won by 47 runs
Points	Warwickshire 14 (Batting 2); Somerset 0
Umpires	JS Buller, D Davies
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 50/6 (G Atkinson 24*, Palmer 0*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 42/2 (G Atkinson 17*, Alley 12*)

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Khalid Ibadulla	lbw b Palmer	50
DP Ratcliffe	b Palmer	3
WJP Stewart	c G Atkinson b Lomax	95
*MJK Smith	c Greetham b Palmer	92
TW Cartwright	c G Atkinson b Lomax	0
RE Hitchcock	c Stephenson b Lomax	4
+AC Smith	b Biddulph	5
WB Bridge	b Palmer	5
JD Bannister	b Palmer	2
RG Carter	c Stephenson b Biddulph	0
RG Thompson	not out	4
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 97.2 overs)	265
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-118, 3-204, 4-210, 5-222, 6-243, 7-250, 8-259, 9-260, 10-265 (97.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	22	3	70	2	-	-
Palmer	20.2	5	47	5	-	-
CRM Atkinson	10	2	32	0	-	-
Alley	18	6	38	0	-	-
Lomax	23	7	50	3	-	-
Greetham	4	0	23	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	lbw b Bannister	37
JG Lomax	c Cartwright b Thompson	6
PB Wight	b Thompson	5
WE Alley	c Cartwright b Bannister	9
GL Keith	b Thompson	4
CHM Greetham	b Thompson	0
BA Langford	c Bannister b Thompson	0
KE Palmer	c MJK Smith b Bannister	5
CRM Atkinson	b Bridge	32
*+HW Stephenson	c Hitchcock b Bridge	39
KD Biddulph	not out	5
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(all out, 64.1 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-26, 3-41, 4-46, 5-50, 6-50, 7-59, 8-80, 9-140, 10-148 (64.1 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bannister	26	8	43	3	-	-
Thompson	27	5	56	5	-	-
Cartwright	7	1	28	0	-	-
Bridge	4.1	0	15	2	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Khalid Ibadulla	c CRM Atkinson b Langford	68
DP Ratcliffe	c Keith b Lomax	62
WJP Stewart	c Lomax b Langford	10
*MJK Smith	st Stephenson b Langford	82
TW Cartwright	b Langford	21
RE Hitchcock	not out	4
+AC Smith	not out	11
WB Bridge	did not bat
JD Bannister	did not bat
RG Carter	did not bat
RG Thompson	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 5 lb)	13
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 74 overs)	271
Fall of wickets:
1-136, 2-136, 3-162, 4-243, 5-254

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	7	1	28	0	-	-
Palmer	7	1	20	0	-	-
CRM Atkinson	4	1	11	0	-	-
Alley	12	1	57	0	-	-
Lomax	14	3	38	1	-	-
Langford	30	4	104	4	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c MJK Smith b Bridge	27
JG Lomax	b Thompson	7
PB Wight	b Bannister	6
WE Alley	not out	221
GL Keith	c and b Carter	6
CHM Greetham	c AC Smith b Bridge	1
KE Palmer	lbw b Hitchcock	13
CRM Atkinson	c AC Smith b Bridge	33
*+HW Stephenson	c Ratcliffe b Bannister	18
BA Langford	lbw b Thompson	1
KD Biddulph	c Hitchcock b Bannister	5
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 96.4 overs)	341
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-23, 3-89, 4-112, 5-143, 6-176, 7-275, 8-325, 9-326, 10-341 (96.4 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bannister	26.4	5	88	3	-	-
Thompson	17	8	35	2	-	-
Cartwright	3	1	7	0	-	-
Bridge	33	9	121	3	-	-
Carter	14	1	67	1	-	-
Hitchcock	3	1	20	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 3 Lunch: Somerset (2) ?/? (Alley 146*, [unknown] ?*)
--> DP Ratcliffe (2) passed his previous highest score of 27 in County Championship matches
--> MJK Smith (2) passed 16000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 38
--> WE Alley (2) passed his previous highest score of 155 in County Championship matches
--> WE Alley (2) passed his previous highest score of 209 in First-Class matches
--> WE Alley (2) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 66
--> WE Alley (2) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 44

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