minc5046	Somerset Second XI v Dorset
	Minor Counties Championship 1956
Venue	Johnson Park, Yeovil on 24th, 25th August 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Dorset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset Second XI 1; Dorset 3
Close of play day 1

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Dorset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MM Walford	b Fussell	5
GES Woodhouse	b Biddulph	0
GWL Courtenay	c Harris b Biddulph	33
GGL Hebden	b Fussell	1
DJW Bridge	c Eele b Biddulph	6
DCPR Jowett	lbw b Palmer	17
M Hardwicke	not out	39
ME Doggrell	c Palmer b Biddulph	13
RR Dovey	c Fussell b Langford	0
APF Alexander	c Smith b Atkinson	30
+JL Aiken	lbw b Langford	0
Extras	(13 b, 7 lb, 2 nb, 4 w)	26
Total	(all out, 51.5 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-20, 3-32, 4-49, 5-58, 6-93, 7-111, 8-118, 9-170, 10-170 (51.5 ov)

Somerset Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	20	3	62	4	-	1
Fussell	10	3	20	2	-	1
Langford	10.5	2	29	2	-	-
Mitchell	4	1	13	0	-	-
Palmer	4	2	5	1	-	-
Atkinson	3	0	15	1	-	-

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Somerset Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Atkinson	c Aiken b Doggrell	4
PJ Eele	b Alexander	18
GM Tripp	b Alexander	27
KE Palmer	c Hardwicke b Alexander	15
R Smith	c Hardwicke b Bridge	25
BA Langford	c and b Jowett	29
JH Harris	c Bridge b Jowett	7
RT Virgin	b Jowett	12
PH Fussell	st Aiken b Jowett	18
CG Mitchell	b Jowett	2
KD Biddulph	not out	5
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 55.4 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-54, 3-69, 4-74, 5-111, 6-125, 7-139, 8-160, 9-164, 10-169 (55.4 ov)

Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Doggrell	5	1	20	1	-	-
Alexander	14	2	44	3	-	2
Dovey	17	4	46	0	-	-
Jowett	13.4	3	28	5	-	-
Bridge	6	0	24	1	-	-

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Dorset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MM Walford	not out	25
GES Woodhouse	c Mitchell b Biddulph	2
GWL Courtenay	not out	29
GGL Hebden	did not bat
DJW Bridge	did not bat
DCPR Jowett	did not bat
M Hardwicke	did not bat
ME Doggrell	did not bat
RR Dovey	did not bat
APF Alexander	did not bat
+JL Aiken	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 21 overs)	56
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Woodhouse)

Somerset Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biddulph	11	2	37	1	-	-
Fussell	10	2	19	0	-	-

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Notes
--> M Hardwicke (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> MM Walford (2) passed 2500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 10
--> APF Alexander achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Minor Counties Championship matches in the Somerset Second XI first innings (previous best was 3-66)

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