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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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