f21917 cc10983	Gloucestershire v Somerset
	County Championship 1957
Venue	Ashley Down Ground, Bristol on 3rd, 5th August 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gloucestershire won by an innings and 5 runs
Points	Gloucestershire 14 (Batting 2); Somerset 0
Umpires	D Davies, WE Phillipson
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 54/2 (Silk 12*, Wight 0*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GM Emmett	c Langford b Biddulph	27
DM Young	b Langford	50
RB Nicholls	st Stephenson b McCool	61
TW Graveney	b Langford	134
CA Milton	lbw b McCool	4
AS Brown	c Pickles b McCool	37
JB Mortimore	c Langford b McMahon	9
DA Allen	b Langford	9
DR Smith	c McCool b Langford	0
+RJ Etheridge	st Stephenson b McCool	12
C Cook	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 109.5 overs)	352
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-110, 3-184, 4-188, 5-276, 6-305, 7-337, 8-337, 9-342, 10-352 (109.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	11	0	53	1	-	-
Alley	9	1	31	0	-	-
McMahon	24	3	76	1	-	-
Langford	32	10	80	4	-	-
McCool	31.5	4	102	4	-	-
Wight	2	1	1	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Pickles	b Smith	5
WE Alley	b Mortimore	35
DRW Silk	not out	48
PB Wight	b Smith	0
CL McCool	b Smith	5
*MF Tremlett	c and b Smith	0
KE Palmer	c Brown b Smith	0
+HW Stephenson	b Mortimore	26
BA Langford	b Mortimore	0
JWJ McMahon	c and b Mortimore	0
KD Biddulph	b Mortimore	2
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 57 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-50, 3-55, 4-73, 5-73, 6-75, 7-115, 8-119, 9-119, 10-125 (57 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	17	6	25	5	-	-
Brown	7	2	31	0	-	-
Cook	15	6	31	0	-	-
Mortimore	11	6	16	5	-	-
Allen	7	2	18	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Pickles	c Allen b Mortimore	27
WE Alley	c Graveney b Cook	35
DRW Silk	c Etheridge b Mortimore	12
PB Wight	b Cook	40
CL McCool	c Milton b Allen	14
*MF Tremlett	c Mortimore b Cook	46
KE Palmer	c Brown b Cook	5
+HW Stephenson	not out	25
BA Langford	lbw b Cook	6
JWJ McMahon	b Mortimore	0
KD Biddulph	b Mortimore	0
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 68.5 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-67, 2-73, 3-86, 4-125, 5-182, 6-188, 7-195, 8-209, 9-222, 10-222 (68.5 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	12	1	42	0	-	-
Brown	3	0	10	0	-	-
Cook	21	8	34	5	-	-
Mortimore	28.5	10	93	4	-	-
Allen	4	0	31	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> RB Nicholls (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 48
--> WE Alley (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> L Pickles (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> BA Langford reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> BA Langford reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> JB Mortimore reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> JB Mortimore reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> C Cook reached 1150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> JB Mortimore reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings

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