FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

SOMERSET v ESSEX Played at County Ground, Taunton, May 11, 13, 14, 1946. Essex won by two wickets. (Points: Somerset 4, Essex 12) SOMERSET 1 F.S.Lee c Avery b Taylor 29 b T.P.B.Smith 80 2 H.Gimblett c Pearce b T.P.B.Smith 52 c Avery b Paterson 25 3 N.S.Mitchell-Innes c Pearce b Taylor 36 lbw b T.P.B.Smith 25 4 J.Lawrence b Taylor 0 c and b T.P.B.Smith 4 5 R.J.O.Meyer c Paterson b Taylor 52 b T.P.B.Smith 94 6 H.F.T.Buse lbw b Taylor 51 lbw b Taylor 13 7 *E.F.Longrigg lbw b Taylor 0 c Appleyard b T.P.B.Smith 20 8 W.H.R.Andrews c Wade b T.P.B.Smith 33 c Tedder b T.P.B.Smith 0 9 A.W.Wellard lbw b T.P.B.Smith 3 b Taylor 12 10 †W.T.Luckes not out 22 b T.P.B.Smith 6 11 H.L.Hazell c Pearce b Taylor 0 not out 3 Extras b 4, lb 3, nb 2 9 b 7, lb 2, w 1 10 —— —— 287 292 FoW (1): 1-70, 2-96, 3-101, 4-132, 5-187, 6-187, 7-235, 8-241, 9-247, 10-287 FoW (2): 1-50, 2-109, 3-133, 4-158, 5-209, 6-254, 7-254, 8-278, 9-283, 10-292 ESSEX 1 A.V.Avery lbw b Andrews 9 b Lawrence 23 2 †T.H.Wade b Wellard 8 (10) not out 4 3 T.P.B.Smith b Andrews 0 c Luckes b Wellard 40 4 F.H.Vigar c Wellard b Hazell 71 c Hazell b Lawrence 0 5 R.M.Taylor lbw b Wellard 7 st Luckes b Lawrence 22 6 *T.N.Pearce c Longrigg b Andrews 1 not out 166 7 R.F.T.Paterson c Meyer b Buse 17 c Luckes b Buse 30 8 E.C.Tedder c Luckes b Wellard 47 c Gimblett b Lawrence 26 9 R.Smith c Hazell b Lawrence 18 c Wellard b Buse 50 10 L.F.Parslow lbw b Lawrence 5 (2) b Andrews 4 11 F.Appleyard not out 1 Extras b 4, lb 8, nb 1 13 b 7, lb 12, nb 1 20 —— —— 197 (8 wickets) 385 FoW (1): 1-14, 2-17, 3-24, 4-31, 5-32, 6-76, 7-146, 8-191, 9-191, 10-197 FoW (2): 1-7, 2-51, 3-51, 4-76, 5-109, 6-166, 7-247, 8-340 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W R.Smith 20 2 76 0 7 2 34 0 Appleyard 16 4 72 0 9 0 28 0 Taylor 24.3 4 99 7 (4) 23 2 76 2 T.P.B.Smith 28 11 31 3 (5) 28 8 91 7 Paterson (3) 7 1 17 1 Vigar (6) 6 0 36 0 Somerset Bowling O M R W O M R W Wellard 20 8 32 3 30 5 83 1 Andrews 20 5 67 3 14 3 48 1 Meyer 13 6 17 0 (4) 20 3 54 0 Lawrence 15.4 4 43 2 (5) 28.2 8 71 4 Buse 11 3 25 1 (3) 28 7 73 2 Hazell 2 2 0 1 15 5 32 0 Gimblett (7) 2 1 4 0 Umpires: H.Cruice and J.Tranter. Toss: Somerset Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 130-6 (Vigar 40*, Tedder 38*); 2nd day: Essex (2) 59-3 (Vigar 30*, Taylor 1*). T.N.Pearce’s 166 took 274 minutes and included 15 fours. 103