County Championship, 1956
Somerset v Essex
County Ground, Taunton
5,7,8 May 1956 (3-day match)
Result: Somerset won by 43 runs
Points:
Toss:
Umpires: HG Baldwin and AE Pothecary
Close of play:
Day 1:
Day 2:
Somerset 1st innings
L Pickles c Bailey b Preston 45
JG Lomax c Insole b Smith 43
PB Wight c & b Smith 43
*MF Tremlett c Bear b Greensmith 12
G Atkinson lbw b Smith 0
CL McCool b Bailey 31
+HW Stephenson run out 65
BA Langford lbw b Ralph 3
KD Biddulph c & b Greensmith 10
JWJ McMahon not out 2
Extras (b 12, lb 3, nb 2) 17
Total (9 wickets declared, 111.4 overs) 271
DNB: B Lobb.
FoW: 1-81, 2-115, 3-142, 4-150, 5-161,
6-215, 7-226, 8-268, 9-271.
Bowling O M R W
Bailey 23 3 50 1
Preston 21 5 53 1
Smith 28 10 54 3
Ralph 16 8 23 1
Greensmith 23.4 5 74 2
Essex 1st innings
TC Dodds c Stephenson b Lobb 16
G Barker b Lomax 17
+PA Gibb c Stephenson b Lobb 4
*DJ Insole lbw b Lobb 44
TE Bailey not out 111
LA Savill c Stephenson b Lobb 6
MJ Bear b Lobb 37
WT Greensmith lbw b Lobb 31
R Smith not out 1
Extras (b 2, lb 2, w 2) 6
Total (7 wickets declared, 119 overs) 273
DNB: LHR Ralph, KC Preston.
FoW: 1-27, 2-33, 3-45, 4-93, 5-107, 6-182, 7-270.
Bowling O M R W
Lobb 28 6 75 6
Lomax 21 6 41 1
Biddulph 16 4 41 0
McMahon 22 8 44 0
McCool 11 2 31 0
Langford 12 6 7 0
Tremlett 9 1 28 0
Somerset 2nd innings
L Pickles b Dodds 45
JG Lomax st Gibb b Smith 29
PB Wight not out 81
*MF Tremlett not out 12
G Atkinson st Gibb b Dodds 27
Extras (b 3, lb 13, w 1) 17
Total (3 wickets declared, 79 overs) 211
DNB: CL McCool, +HW Stephenson, BA Langford, KD Biddulph,
JWJ McMahon, B Lobb.
FoW: 1-58, 2-116, 3-172.
Bowling O M R W
Bailey 7 5 10 0
Preston 11 6 7 0
Smith 10 3 22 1
Ralph 15 5 32 0
Greensmith 16 2 52 0
Insole 8 1 35 0
Dodds 12 1 36 2
Essex 2nd innings (target: 210 runs)
TC Dodds run out 45
G Barker b Lobb 23
+PA Gibb b Tremlett 2
*DJ Insole b Lobb 43
TE Bailey c Atkinson b Lobb 6
LA Savill not out 14
MJ Bear lbw b McMahon 1
WT Greensmith b Tremlett 0
R Smith run out 18
LHR Ralph c McCool b Lobb 0
KC Preston b McCool 8
Extras (b 1, lb 4, nb 1) 6
Total (all out, 32 overs) 166
FoW: 1-45, 2-67, 3-130, 4-130, 5-139,
6-142, 7-146, 8-146, 9-150, 10-166.
Bowling O M R W
Lobb 10 2 45 4
Lomax 2 0 14 0
Biddulph 5 0 32 0
McMahon 3 0 21 1
McCool 2 1 8 1
Tremlett 8 3 34 2
Atkinson 2 1 6 0
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