f21407 cc10691	Somerset v Middlesex
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Morlands Athletic Ground, Glastonbury on 7th, 9th, 10th July 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 4; Middlesex 0
Umpires	JG Langridge, FW Shipston
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 287 all out
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 0/2 (Robertson 0*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	lbw b Lomax	7
DA Bick	b McCool	27
*WJ Edrich	c McCool b Lobb	89
DCS Compton	st Stephenson b McCool	110
RW Hooker	c Wight b Lobb	3
+JT Murray	lbw b Lobb	0
FJ Titmus	b Lobb	8
D Bennett	lbw b Palmer	5
PH Parfitt	c Stephenson b McCool	5
JJ Warr	st Stephenson b Lomax	19
RJ Hurst	not out	3
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 121.4 overs)	287
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-94, 3-179, 4-191, 5-191, 6-229, 7-246, 8-260, 9-269, 10-287 (121.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	27	10	55	4	-	-
Lomax	23.4	6	58	2	-	-
McMahon	16	4	39	0	-	-
Langford	4	0	20	0	-	-
McCool	40	13	73	3	-	-
Palmer	11	1	31	1	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Pickles	lbw b Compton	32
JG Lomax	c Edrich b Bennett	71
CL McCool	b Hurst	54
PB Wight	c Compton b Warr	12
G Atkinson	lbw b Warr	1
+HW Stephenson	c Hooker b Hurst	40
*MF Tremlett	lbw b Hurst	41
BA Langford	lbw b Hurst	5
KE Palmer	b Bennett	8
JWJ McMahon	not out	3
B Lobb	not out	1
Extras	(10 b, 10 lb)	20
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 133.5 overs)	288
Fall of wickets:
1-63, 2-148, 3-173, 4-179, 5-187, 6-235, 7-271, 8-274, 9-286

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	21	8	35	2	-	-
Bennett	30.5	8	54	2	-	-
Titmus	32	10	87	0	-	-
Hurst	31	18	39	4	-	-
Compton	16	5	48	1	-	-
Hooker	3	0	5	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Tremlett b Lobb	23
DA Bick	lbw b Lobb	0
RJ Hurst	lbw b Lobb	0
*WJ Edrich	b Lobb	50
DCS Compton	lbw b Langford	40
RW Hooker	lbw b McCool	30
+JT Murray	not out	47
FJ Titmus	not out	14
D Bennett	did not bat
PH Parfitt	did not bat
JJ Warr	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	4
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 65 overs)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-37, 4-105, 5-127, 6-166

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	15	4	49	4	-	-
Lomax	9	2	37	0	-	-
McMahon	9	1	35	0	-	-
Langford	15	7	28	1	-	-
McCool	16	3	54	1	-	-
Palmer	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Pickles	run out	36
JG Lomax	c Edrich b Hurst	29
CL McCool	b Bennett	44
*MF Tremlett	b Warr	3
+HW Stephenson	b Warr	13
PB Wight	c and b Warr	17
G Atkinson	st Murray b Hurst	15
BA Langford	not out	15
KE Palmer	not out	9
JWJ McMahon	did not bat
B Lobb	did not bat
Extras	(14 b, 8 lb)	22
Total	(7 wickets, 49 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-113, 3-116, 4-122, 5-149, 6-168, 7-182

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	21	5	47	3	-	-
Bennett	13	2	46	1	-	-
Titmus	2	0	10	0	-	-
Hurst	13	1	78	2	-	-

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Notes
--> L Pickles (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> CL McCool (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 14
--> B Lobb reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> CL McCool reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> B Lobb reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> JJ Warr reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings

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