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County Championship, 1955Somerset v Yorkshire
 County Ground, Taunton
 20,21,22 July 1955 (3-day match)
 
Result: Yorkshire won by 8 wicketsPoints:
 
Toss:Umpires: Harry Elliott and WT Jones
 
Close of play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Somerset 1st innings
*GG Tordoff                              b Cowan               57
FL Angell             lbw                b Trueman             90
J Lawrence                               b Trueman             58
MF Tremlett                              b Cowan                6
PB Wight              not out                                  33
JG Lomax                                 b Illingworth          8
CF Davey                                 b Cowan                0
+HW Stephenson        c Binks            b Trueman             10
Yawar Saeed                              b Trueman              0
JWJ McMahon                              b Cowan                0
B Lobb                                   b Cowan                0
Extras                (b 5, lb 12, w 8, nb 1)                  26
Total                 (all out, 119 overs)                    288
FoW: 1-109, 2-211, 3-228, 4-242, 5-259,
     6-260, 7-275, 8-275, 9-288, 10-288.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Trueman                     30     11     39      4
Cowan                       39      8     75      5
Appleyard                   18      2     75      0
Illingworth                 25      9     51      1
Close                        7      2     22      0
Yorkshire 1st innings
WHH Sutcliffe                            b Lobb                 4
DEV Padgett                              b Lobb                 6
JV Wilson             c Tremlett         b Lawrence            31
EI Lester             c Tordoff          b Lobb                39
DB Close              st Stephenson      b Lawrence            32
*NWD Yardley                             b Lawrence            17
R Illingworth                        c & b Lawrence            10
FS Trueman                               b Lawrence             5
+JG Binks             c Lomax            b Lawrence             1
R Appleyard                              b Lobb                 4
MJ Cowan              not out                                   1
Extras                (lb 6, w 1)                               7
Total                 (all out, 50 overs)                     157
FoW: 1-11, 2-16, 3-78, 4-83, 5-136,
     6-137, 7-143, 8-145, 9-149, 10-157.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lobb                        16      3     60      4
Yawar Saeed                  9      1     33      0
Lawrence                    16      4     39      6
McMahon                      9      2     18      0
Somerset 2nd innings
*GG Tordoff                              b Trueman             28
FL Angell             c Wilson           b Cowan                8
J Lawrence            run out                                   5
MF Tremlett                              b Illingworth         42
PB Wight                                 b Illingworth         25
JG Lomax              c sub              b Trueman             18
CF Davey              c Wilson           b Illingworth         14
+HW Stephenson        c Illingworth      b Close                6
Yawar Saeed           lbw                b Trueman              0
JWJ McMahon                              b Cowan                2
B Lobb                not out                                   1
Extras                (nb 3)                                    3
Total                 (all out, 49 overs)                     152
FoW: 1-33, 2-38, 3-42, 4-87, 5-94,
     6-116, 7-141, 8-141, 9-144, 10-152.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Trueman                     15      1     49      3
Cowan                       18      4     53      2
Illingworth                 10      1     31      3
Close                        6      2     16      1
Yorkshire 2nd innings (target: 284 runs)
DB Close              c Davey            b Lobb               143
*NWD Yardley          c Davey            b Lobb                11
JV Wilson             not out                                 109
DEV Padgett           not out                                  12
Extras                (b 10)                                   10
Total                 (2 wickets, 69.4 overs)                 285
DNB: WHH Sutcliffe, EI Lester, R Illingworth, FS Trueman,
     +JG Binks, R Appleyard, MJ Cowan.
FoW: 1-21, 2-212.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lobb                        11      3     38      2
Yawar Saeed                  7      0     37      0
Lawrence                    22      5     68      0
McMahon                     22.4    5    102      0
Wight                        7      0     30      0
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