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SOM flag SOMWon toss. Elected to bowl
187 & 156-2 Series badge AUS
486 AUS flag
Overs: 60.0 RR: 2.60 vs spin: 2.97
vs seam: 1.70
 Overs: 94.3 RR: 5.14 vs spin: 5.26
vs seam: 4.78
Sat 22/08/53 Somerset v Australians at Taunton, The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton
match drawn Match Drawn
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Australia - 1st Inns 486 (94.3; RR: 5.14)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AL Hassett c Smith b Yawar Saeed 148 0 0 0
CC McDonald c Yawar Saeed b Wight 53 0 0 0
GB Hole c Smith b Hall 1 0 0 0
ID Craig lbw b Lawrence 3 0 0 0
JH de Courcy lbw b Mitchell 53 0 0 0
R Benaud lbw b Hall 19 0 0 0
AK Davidson not out 104 0 0 0
DT Ring c Smith b Yawar Saeed 25 0 0 0
D Tallon c Langford b Mitchell 11 0 0 0
RR Lindwall st Stephenson b Lawrence 45 0 0 0
JC Hill c Walford b Lawrence 7 0 0 0
Extras (11b, 4lb, 0w, 2nb) 17  
TOTAL 486 all out (94.3 overs; RR: 5.14)

Fall of wickets

120-1 (0.0 ov), 131-2 (0.0 ov), 138-3 (0.0 ov), 263-4 (0.0 ov), 268-5 (0.0 ov), 295-6 (0.0 ov), 327-7 (0.0 ov), 347-8 (0.0 ov), 452-9 (0.0 ov), 486-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
TA Hall 22.0 4 88 2 4.00 0 0
Yawar Saeed 17.0 0 94 2 5.53 0 0
CG Mitchell 19.0 3 95 2 5.00 0 0
BA Langford 11.0 1 47 0 4.27 0 0
J Lawrence 13.3 1 84 3 6.46 0 0
PB Wight 12.0 2 61 1 5.08 0 0

Somerset - 1st Inns 187 (66.0; RR: 2.83)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MM Walford b Benaud 2 0 0 0
DL Kitson c Davidson b Lindwall 6 0 0 0
J Lawrence b Lindwall 0 0 0 0
R Smith not out 77 0 0 0
PB Wight c Benaud b Ring 0 0 0 0
BG Brocklehurst lbw b Ring 24 0 0 0
HW Stephenson c Davidson b Benaud 6 0 0 0
Yawar Saeed c Lindwall b Davidson 48 0 0 0
BA Langford st Tallon b Ring 5 0 0 0
TA Hall c Tallon b Ring 5 0 0 0
CG Mitchell b Davidson 7 0 0 0
Extras (4b, 2lb, 1w, 0nb) 7  
TOTAL 187 all out (66.0 overs; RR: 2.83)

Fall of wickets

7-1 (0.0 ov), 7-2 (0.0 ov), 13-3 (0.0 ov), 19-4 (0.0 ov), 57-5 (0.0 ov), 68-6 (0.0 ov), 157-7 (0.0 ov), 164-8 (0.0 ov), 170-9 (0.0 ov), 187-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RR Lindwall 6.0 0 12 2 2.00 0 0
AK Davidson 12.0 3 19 2 1.58 0 0
JC Hill 6.0 2 9 0 1.50 0 0
DT Ring 24.0 4 88 4 3.67 0 0
R Benaud 16.0 2 48 2 3.00 0 0
GB Hole 2.0 1 4 0 2.00 0 0

Somerset - 2nd Inns 156-2 (60.0; RR: 2.60)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MM Walford c Ring b Davidson 3 0 0 0
R Smith c Hill b Benaud 24 0 0 0
PB Wight not out 109 0 0 0
J Lawrence not out 8 0 0 0
DL Kitson  
BG Brocklehurst  
HW Stephenson  
Yawar Saeed  
BA Langford  
TA Hall  
CG Mitchell  
Extras (4b, 8lb, 0w, 0nb) 12  
TOTAL 156-2 (60.0 overs; RR: 2.60)

Fall of wickets

7-1 (0.0 ov), 102-2 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RR Lindwall 5.0 3 6 0 1.20 0 0
AK Davidson 19.0 5 27 1 1.42 0 0
DT Ring 17.0 6 54 0 3.18 0 0
R Benaud 9.0 3 16 1 1.78 0 0
AL Hassett 3.0 0 13 0 4.33 0 0
D Tallon 7.0 3 28 0 4.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

Somerset v Australians at Taunton

Date

Saturday August 22, 1953

Toss

Somerset won the toss and elected to field

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton

Umpires

P Corrall, WFF Price

Somerset Team

Playing XI

BG Brocklehurst, TA Hall, DL Kitson, BA Langford, J Lawrence, CG Mitchell, R Smith, HW Stephenson, MM Walford, PB Wight, Yawar Saeed

Australia Team

Playing XI

AL Hassett, RR Lindwall, D Tallon, DT Ring, GB Hole, R Benaud, CC McDonald, ID Craig, AK Davidson, JC Hill, JH de Courcy