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Cambridge University v Somerset Men's First-Class Records

Number of Matches 26 From: 13 May 1895 To: 15 April 1999
Cambridge University won 7
Somerset won 9
Draws 10
Ties 0

Cambridge University

Highest Team Total 445 for 7 declared FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge 1921
Lowest All-Out Team Total 54 FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge 1957
Most Runs in innings 191 F Mitchell FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge 1895
Best Bowling in innings 7-24 CEM Wilson FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge 1895
Best Bowling in match 10-117 CEM Wilson FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge 1895
1st Wkt 198 RM Prideaux (102) AR Lewis (106) County Ground, Taunton 1960
2nd Wkt 218 RP Nelson (91) M Tindall (117) FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge 1935
3rd Wkt 129 SP Coverdale (66) PM Roebuck (89) FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge 1976
4th Wkt 214* AR Lewis (100*) NSK Reddy (113*) County Ground, Taunton 1961
5th Wkt 66 H Ashton (152*) AG Doggart (34) FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge 1921
6th Wkt 152 F Mitchell (191) WG Druce (67) FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge 1895
7th Wkt† 62 BCG Wilenkin (69) GW Cook (38) County Ground, Taunton 1956
8th Wkt† 89 PB Datta (38) NM Mischler (76) Recreation Ground, Bath 1947
9th Wkt† 55 JH Pawle (38) JM Brocklebank (23) County Ground, Taunton 1936
10th Wkt 38 GA Rotherham (71) CH Gibson (6*) FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge 1920
Most Runs
Name Matches Innings Not Outs Runs HS Average
AR Lewis 3 6 1 475 148 95.00
Most Wickets
Name Matches Balls Maidens Runs Wickets Average BB
RJO Meyer 2 518 9 307 16 19.18 5/61
Most Catches
Name Matches Catches
DL Hays 2 6
BT Swift 1 6
Most Stumpings
Name Matches Stumpings
SC Griffith 1 3
NB Sherwell 2 3

Somerset

Highest Team Total 467 for 8 declared County Ground, Taunton 1956
Lowest All-Out Team Total 66 FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge 1935
Most Runs in innings 180 SMJ Woods FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge 1895
Best Bowling in innings 7-28 CL McCool FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge 1959
Best Bowling in match 13-97 AW Wellard Recreation Ground, Bath 1946
1st Wkt 278 J Cox (139) PD Bowler (140*) FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge 1999
2nd Wkt 119 DJS Taylor (136) PW Denning (61) FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge 1976
3rd Wkt 121 RJ Turner (79) GD Rose (48*) FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge 1999
4th Wkt 92 CHM Greetham (64) MJ Kitchen (45) County Ground, Taunton 1961
5th Wkt 177 RE Hayward (100*) RJ Harden (107) County Ground, Taunton 1985
6th Wkt 177 HW Stephenson (100) JG Lomax (99) County Ground, Taunton 1956
7th Wkt† 90 TC Lowry (81) GE Hunt (40) FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge 1921
8th Wkt† 81 CCC Case (90) AW Wellard (47) FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge 1930
9th Wkt† 128 EC Baker (63*) C Fairbanks-Smith (0) FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge 1921
10th Wkt 57 WT Luckes (62*) GB Burrough (27) County Ground, Taunton 1936
Note: A total of 158 was added for the 3rd wicket
37* PCL Holloway (62*) RJ Turner (79) FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge 1999
121 RJ Turner (79) GD Rose (48*) FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge 1999
Most Runs
Name Matches Innings Not Outs Runs HS Average
G Atkinson 6 11 1 533 103 53.30
Most Wickets
Name Matches Balls Maidens Runs Wickets Average BB
AW Wellard 4 995 41 368 23 16.00 7/35
Most Catches
Name Matches Catches
HW Stephenson 6 13
Most Stumpings
Name Matches Stumpings
WT Luckes 4 6

† The partnership record for the marked wickets may have been exceeded in other matches for which we don't have fall of wickets data.

Kevin Jones, Denis Moore

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