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County Championship, 1956
Somerset v Leicestershire
County Ground, Taunton
9,10,11 May 1956 (3-day match)

Result: Match drawn
Points:

Toss:
Umpires: HG Baldwin and AE Pothecary

Close of play:

  • Day 1:
  • Day 2:
    Leicestershire 1st innings
    MR Hallam             c Lomax            b Lobb                49
    G Lester              c Wight            b Biddulph            79
    M Tompkin                                b Lobb                24
    *CH Palmer            c McMahon          b Biddulph            11
    VE Jackson            c McCool           b Biddulph            20
    GA Smithson           not out                                  79
    VS Munden             c McCool           b Langford            64
    J van Geloven         c McCool           b Langford             8
    JE Walsh              not out                                   7
    Extras                (b 2, lb 11)                             13
    Total                 (7 wickets declared, 122 overs)         354
    
    DNB: +J Firth, CT Spencer.
    
    FoW: 1-100, 2-147, 3-163, 4-180, 5-195, 6-305, 7-327.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lobb                        37     11    110      2
    Lomax                       23      4     56      0
    Tremlett                    20      1     75      0
    Biddulph                    14      1     30      3
    Langford                    17      5     40      2
    McMahon                     11      3     30      0
    
    Somerset 1st innings
    L Pickles                                b Jackson             23
    JG Lomax              c Firth            b Spencer              2
    PB Wight                                 b Walsh               48
    CL McCool                                b Jackson             38
    G Atkinson            lbw                b Palmer              71
    *MF Tremlett          c van Geloven      b Jackson              8
    BA Langford           lbw                b Palmer              41
    +FGK Day              st Firth           b Walsh               43
    KD Biddulph                              b Palmer               5
    JWJ McMahon           c Hallam           b Palmer               1
    B Lobb                not out                                   5
    Extras                (b 1, lb 9, nb 2)                        12
    Total                 (all out, 124.5 overs)                  297
    
    FoW: 1-3, 2-74, 3-94, 4-137, 5-153,
         6-239, 7-242, 8-258, 9-272, 10-297.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Spencer                     23      4     82      1
    van Geloven                 12      2     32      0
    Palmer                      17     13      9      4
    Walsh                       16.5    2     71      2
    Jackson                     35     21     50      3
    Munden                      21      9     41      0
    
    Leicestershire 2nd innings
    MR Hallam             not out                                  61
    G Lester              not out                                  17
    Extras                (b 1)                                     1
    Total                 (0 wickets declared, 21 overs)           79
    
    DNB: M Tompkin, *CH Palmer, VE Jackson, GA Smithson, VS Munden,
         J van Geloven, JE Walsh, +J Firth, CT Spencer.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Biddulph                     4      0     31      0
    McMahon                      5      0     21      0
    McCool                       7      4      8      0
    Pickles                      2      0      8      0
    Atkinson                     3      1     10      0
    


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