f21021 cc10496	Nottinghamshire v Somerset
	County Championship 1955
Venue	Trent Bridge, Nottingham on 27th, 28th, 29th July 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Nottinghamshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Nottinghamshire won by 261 runs
Points	Nottinghamshire 12; Somerset 0
Umpires	D Davies, WFF Price
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 28/2 (Lawrence 12*, McMahon 0*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 53/0 (Tordoff 21*, Angell 28*)

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Nottinghamshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JD Clay	c Lomax b McMahon	61
RJ Giles	lbw b Lawrence	24
EJ Martin	c and b Lawrence	4
*FW Stocks	c McMahon b Lawrence	44
CJ Poole	c Tordoff b Lawrence	70
G Goonesena	st Stephenson b Lawrence	2
PF Harvey	c Stephenson b Lawrence	0
J Kelly	b Yawar Saeed	38
K Smales	c Lawrence b Yawar Saeed	9
CS Matthews	not out	2
+EJ Rowe	b Yawar Saeed	2
Extras	(3 b, 11 lb, 5 w)	19
Total	(all out, 97.1 overs)	275
Fall of wickets:
1-83, 2-91, 3-127, 4-167, 5-193, 6-193, 7-236, 8-266, 9-271, 10-275 (97.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	12	1	32	0	-	-
Yawar Saeed	9.1	2	16	3	-	-
Lomax	4	1	7	0	-	-
Lawrence	37	7	97	6	-	-
McMahon	18	5	44	1	-	-
Walker	17	5	60	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Angell	c Poole b Matthews	0
M Walker	b Smales	14
J Lawrence	c Poole b Smales	61
JWJ McMahon	lbw b Smales	0
*GG Tordoff	b Goonesena	24
MF Tremlett	b Goonesena	19
PB Wight	c Harvey b Goonesena	0
JG Lomax	b Smales	3
+HW Stephenson	c Clay b Goonesena	14
Yawar Saeed	c Poole b Goonesena	1
B Lobb	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 59.4 overs)	146
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-24, 3-29, 4-56, 5-82, 6-82, 7-87, 8-104, 9-146, 10-146 (59.4 ov)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Matthews	10	6	13	1	-	-
Smales	29	13	75	4	-	-
Goonesena	20.4	3	48	5	-	-

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Nottinghamshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JD Clay	c Lomax b Walker	25
RJ Giles	lbw b McMahon	45
EJ Martin	c Lawrence b McMahon	2
*FW Stocks	c Tremlett b McMahon	69
CJ Poole	c and b Yawar Saeed	67
G Goonesena	c Wight b Lobb	14
PF Harvey	not out	25
J Kelly	not out	23
K Smales	did not bat
CS Matthews	did not bat
+EJ Rowe	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 68 overs)	275
Fall of wickets:
1-70, 2-70, 3-101, 4-187, 5-220, 6-228

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	6	1	40	1	-	-
Yawar Saeed	7	0	46	1	-	-
Lawrence	19	4	65	0	-	-
McMahon	21	6	55	3	-	-
Walker	10	2	36	1	-	-
Wight	5	0	28	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GG Tordoff	st Rowe b Smales	33
FL Angell	c Poole b Smales	37
J Lawrence	c Stocks b Smales	17
MF Tremlett	c Poole b Goonesena	0
PB Wight	c and b Goonesena	5
M Walker	c Goonesena b Smales	5
JG Lomax	st Rowe b Goonesena	4
+HW Stephenson	st Rowe b Goonesena	10
Yawar Saeed	st Rowe b Smales	15
JWJ McMahon	not out	0
B Lobb	b Smales	0
Extras	(13 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 45 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-80, 2-85, 3-92, 4-102, 5-106, 6-114, 7-124, 8-138, 9-143, 10-143 (45 ov)

Nottinghamshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Matthews	3	0	15	0	-	-
Smales	22	4	47	6	-	-
Goonesena	20	4	64	4	-	-

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Notes
--> JD Clay (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 56
--> JD Clay (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 10
--> JD Clay (2) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> FW Stocks (2) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32
--> CJ Poole (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 24
--> CJ Poole (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 49
--> PF Harvey (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> PB Wight (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 3
--> J Lawrence reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Nottinghamshire first innings
--> J Lawrence reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Nottinghamshire first innings
--> G Goonesena achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 5-76)
--> JWJ McMahon reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Nottinghamshire second innings
--> JWJ McMahon reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Nottinghamshire second innings
--> G Goonesena reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Somerset second innings

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