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SOM flag SOMWon toss. Elected to bat
205 & 157 Series badge WI
405-8d WI flag
Overs: 57.5 RR: 2.71 vs spin: 2.79
vs seam: 2.56
 Overs: 122.0 RR: 3.32 vs spin: 5.00
vs seam: 2.84
Wed 29/05/63 Somerset v West Indians at Bath, Recreation Ground, Bath
WEST INDIES WIN West Indies won by an innings and 43 runs
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Somerset - 1st Inns 205 (114.2; RR: 1.79)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Atkinson c Griffith b Gibbs 33 0 0 0
B Roe c Allan b Worrell 50 0 0 0
RT Virgin b Gibbs 2 0 0 0
WE Alley c Sobers b Gibbs 40 0 0 0
PB Wight b Gibbs 0 0 0 0
MJ Kitchen run out 12 0 0 0
CHM Greetham b Griffith 28 0 0 0
KE Palmer c Butcher b Griffith 8 0 0 0
HW Stephenson b Griffith 0 0 0 0
BA Langford lbw b King 21 0 0 0
FE Rumsey not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (4b, 7lb, 0w, 0nb) 11  
TOTAL 205 all out (114.2 overs; RR: 1.79)

Fall of wickets

81-1 (0.0 ov), 88-2 (0.0 ov), 107-3 (0.0 ov), 107-4 (0.0 ov), 134-5 (0.0 ov), 163-6 (0.0 ov), 176-7 (0.0 ov), 176-8 (0.0 ov), 197-9 (0.0 ov), 205-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
CC Griffith 17.0 8 15 3 0.88 0 0
GS Sobers 15.0 5 30 0 2.00 0 0
LA King 15.2 3 43 1 2.87 0 0
FMM Worrell 37.0 14 47 1 1.27 0 0
LR Gibbs 30.0 8 59 4 1.97 0 0

West Indies - 1st Inns 405-8 (122.0; RR: 3.32)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
EDAS McMorris lbw b Alley 22 0 0 0
CC Hunte c Atkinson b Alley 48 0 0 0
RB Kanhai lbw b Palmer 0 0 0 0
BF Butcher c Kitchen b Langford 130 0 0 0
GS Sobers b Palmer 112 0 0 0
JS Solomon b Rumsey 4 0 0 0
FMM Worrell lbw b Langford 12 0 0 0
DW Allan lbw b Langford 1 0 0 0
CC Griffith not out 27 0 0 0
LA King not out 27 0 0 0
LR Gibbs  
Extras (14b, 8lb, 0w, 0nb) 22  
TOTAL 405-8 (122.0 overs; RR: 3.32)

Fall of wickets

45-1 (0.0 ov), 52-2 (0.0 ov), 102-3 (0.0 ov), 284-4 (0.0 ov), 289-5 (0.0 ov), 343-6 (0.0 ov), 350-7 (0.0 ov), 363-8 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
FE Rumsey 29.0 6 99 1 3.41 0 0
KE Palmer 31.0 14 56 2 1.81 0 0
BA Langford 16.0 3 75 3 4.69 0 0
WE Alley 28.0 8 70 2 2.50 0 0
CHM Greetham 17.0 1 73 0 4.29 0 0
PB Wight 1.0 0 10 0 10.00 0 0

Somerset - 2nd Inns 157 (57.5; RR: 2.71)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Atkinson b Griffith 4 0 0 0
B Roe c Allan b Worrell 25 0 0 0
RT Virgin b Worrell 13 0 0 0
WE Alley b Gibbs 35 0 0 0
PB Wight lbw b Worrell 6 0 0 0
MJ Kitchen c Hunte b Gibbs 1 0 0 0
CHM Greetham b Griffith 35 0 0 0
KE Palmer b Griffith 21 0 0 0
HW Stephenson run out 0 0 0 0
BA Langford not out 5 0 0 0
FE Rumsey b Griffith 2 0 0 0
Extras (2b, 8lb, 0w, 0nb) 10  
TOTAL 157 all out (57.5 overs; RR: 2.71)

Fall of wickets

4-1 (0.0 ov), 39-2 (0.0 ov), 44-3 (0.0 ov), 62-4 (0.0 ov), 65-5 (0.0 ov), 88-6 (0.0 ov), 145-7 (0.0 ov), 145-8 (0.0 ov), 149-9 (0.0 ov), 157-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
CC Griffith 11.5 3 20 4 1.82 0 0
GS Sobers 8.0 3 20 0 2.50 0 0
LA King 10.0 0 36 0 3.60 0 0
FMM Worrell 14.0 4 32 3 2.29 0 0
LR Gibbs 14.0 3 39 2 2.79 0 0

Match Info

Match

Somerset v West Indians at Bath

Date

Wednesday May 29, 1963

Toss

Somerset won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Recreation Ground, Bath

Umpires

OW Herman, H Yarnold

Somerset Team

Playing XI

FE Rumsey, KE Palmer, WE Alley, G Atkinson, CHM Greetham, MJ Kitchen, BA Langford, B Roe, HW Stephenson, RT Virgin, PB Wight

West Indies Team

Playing XI

FMM Worrell, GS Sobers, RB Kanhai, CC Hunte, LR Gibbs, EDAS McMorris, BF Butcher, JS Solomon, CC Griffith, DW Allan, LA King