f23868 cc11924	Somerset v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Imperial Athletic Ground, Bristol on 19th, 20th, 21st July 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Somerset won by 2 wickets
Points	Somerset 12; Worcestershire 2
Umpires	HG Baldwin, CS Elliott
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 63/4 (Baig 2*, Lomax 0*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 188/6 (Broadbent 61*, Standen 3*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*D Kenyon	b Palmer	9
MJ Horton	b Greetham	37
RGA Headley	run out	6
DW Richardson	c Stephenson b Greetham	14
RG Broadbent	c Palmer b Greetham	24
G Dews	b Palmer	33
+R Booth	lbw b Palmer	6
JA Standen	c Stephenson b Pearson	37
FE Rumsey	b Atkinson	12
N Gifford	b Palmer	27
LJ Coldwell	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 10 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 91.1 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-35, 3-59, 4-88, 5-105, 6-139, 7-140, 8-173, 9-220, 10-220 (91.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	27	4	69	4	-	-
Pearson	25.1	5	55	1	-	-
Lomax	6	4	9	0	-	-
Greetham	18	7	40	3	-	-
Langford	6	3	10	0	-	-
Atkinson	9	1	22	1	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Headley b Coldwell	9
B Roe	c Booth b Standen	23
PB Wight	c Richardson b Standen	26
BA Langford	b Coldwell	1
AA Baig	b Standen	18
JG Lomax	lbw b Coldwell	20
KE Palmer	c and b Gifford	34
CHM Greetham	b Coldwell	11
*+HW Stephenson	lbw b Coldwell	46
CRM Atkinson	lbw b Coldwell	6
AJG Pearson	not out	2
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 75.1 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-52, 3-55, 4-63, 5-84, 6-133, 7-139, 8-187, 9-202, 10-205 (75.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coldwell	32.1	8	69	6	-	-
Rumsey	19	3	53	0	-	-
Standen	18	1	51	3	-	-
Gifford	6	2	23	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*D Kenyon	c Virgin b Pearson	47
MJ Horton	c Stephenson b Pearson	3
RGA Headley	c Stephenson b Palmer	13
DW Richardson	b Pearson	11
RG Broadbent	lbw b Palmer	63
G Dews	c Lomax b Pearson	9
+R Booth	lbw b Atkinson	39
JA Standen	c Stephenson b Pearson	12
FE Rumsey	b Pearson	0
N Gifford	b Pearson	0
LJ Coldwell	not out	1
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 70 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-63, 3-69, 4-88, 5-104, 6-183, 7-202, 8-202, 9-202, 10-203 (70 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	15	2	61	2	-	-
Pearson	19	2	63	7	-	-
Lomax	12	2	36	0	-	-
Greetham	9	2	19	0	-	-
Langford	8	4	12	0	-	-
Atkinson	7	2	7	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Richardson b Coldwell	39
B Roe	c Booth b Horton	42
PB Wight	b Coldwell	16
AA Baig	b Horton	25
JG Lomax	c Richardson b Coldwell	39
KE Palmer	c Headley b Gifford	14
CHM Greetham	b Coldwell	15
*+HW Stephenson	not out	21
CRM Atkinson	lbw b Coldwell	0
BA Langford	not out	8
AJG Pearson	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 1 w)	3
Total	(8 wickets, 91.5 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-65, 2-86, 3-117, 4-136, 5-159, 6-188, 7-193, 8-193

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coldwell	26	7	52	5	-	-
Rumsey	14	3	26	0	-	-
Standen	17.5	4	53	0	-	-
Gifford	14	3	41	1	-	-
Horton	20	1	47	2	-	-

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Notes
--> AJG Pearson made his debut in County Championship matches
--> MJ Horton (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 18
--> D Kenyon (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 22
--> D Kenyon (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 32
--> AJG Pearson made his debut for Somerset in First-Class matches
--> AJG Pearson achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Worcestershire second innings
--> MJ Horton reached 450 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset second innings

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