f21872	Somerset v West Indians
	West Indies in British Isles 1957
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 17th, 18th, 19th July 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	West Indians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	HG Baldwin, RSM Lay
Close of play day 1	West Indians (1) 51/3 (Sobers 13*, Weekes 0*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (1) 38/5 (Palmer 4*, Stephenson 2*)

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West Indians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BH Pairaudeau	c Alley b Lobb	16
RB Kanhai	c Greetham b Lobb	6
CL Walcott	b Lobb	14
GS Sobers	b Alley	13
ED Weekes	c McMahon b Lobb	12
DS Atkinson	c Stephenson b Alley	3
+FCM Alexander	b Alley	2
*JDC Goddard	b Alley	0
WW Hall	b Lobb	8
R Gilchrist	b Alley	0
AL Valentine	not out	1
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 32.1 overs)	78
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-29, 3-50, 4-52, 5-62, 6-68, 7-68, 8-68, 9-76, 10-78 (32.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	16.1	5	37	5	-	-
Alley	16	6	38	5	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Pickles	b Gilchrist	0
WE Alley	c Goddard b Gilchrist	11
GM Tripp	b Gilchrist	8
CL McCool	b Hall	0
CHM Greetham	c Kanhai b Gilchrist	5
KE Palmer	run out	23
*+HW Stephenson	c Valentine b Atkinson	18
JH Harris	not out	16
BA Langford	c Goddard b Atkinson	6
JWJ McMahon	b Gilchrist	0
B Lobb	b Atkinson	13
Extras	(11 lb, 3 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 34 overs)	114
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-18, 3-23, 4-27, 5-36, 6-72, 7-87, 8-96, 9-101, 10-114 (34 ov)

West Indians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gilchrist	17	5	33	5	-	-
Hall	7	0	33	1	-	-
Atkinson	10	3	34	3	-	-

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West Indians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BH Pairaudeau	c Stephenson b Harris	16
RB Kanhai	lbw b Lobb	0
CL Walcott	c Stephenson b McMahon	61
GS Sobers	st Stephenson b Palmer	104
DS Atkinson	c and b Harris	26
ED Weekes	c and b Harris	18
+FCM Alexander	not out	5
WW Hall	not out	15
*JDC Goddard	did not bat
R Gilchrist	did not bat
AL Valentine	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb, 1 w)	9
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 68 overs)	254
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-33, 3-143, 4-209, 5-227, 6-234

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lobb	10	2	21	1	-	-
Alley	8	1	31	0	-	-
Harris	17	3	59	3	-	-
Palmer	12	0	35	1	-	-
Langford	9	0	53	0	-	-
McMahon	11	1	41	1	-	-
McCool	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RB Kanhai (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> GS Sobers (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> B Lobb reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the West Indians first innings
--> WE Alley reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the West Indians first innings
--> R Gilchrist achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 5-41)
--> JH Harris achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the West Indians second innings (previous best was 2-59)

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