FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

SURREY v SOMERSET Played at Kennington Oval, May 18, 20, 21, 1946. Surrey won by ten wickets. (Points: Surrey 12, Somerset 0) SOMERSET 1 F.S.Lee b A.V.Bedser 0 c Parker b A.V.Bedser 12 2 H.Gimblett lbw b Watts 101 c and b Watts 21 3 N.S.Mitchell-Innes b A.V.Bedser 7 lbw b Watts 0 4 J.Lawrence b Gregory 51 c Mobey b Watts 29 5 H.F.T.Buse b Parker 32 c Watts b Parker 9 6 C.J.P.Barnwell c Gregory b A.V.Bedser 6 b Watts 44 7 *E.F.Longrigg c E.A.Bedser b Parker 38 c Mobey b Parker 0 8 W.H.R.Andrews c and b Squires 9 c Mobey b A.V.Bedser 5 9 A.W.Wellard b Parker 4 b A.V.Bedser 4 10 †W.T.Luckes c Gregory b Squires 1 not out 2 11 H.L.Hazell not out 2 b A.V.Bedser 1 Extras b 1, lb 1, nb 4 6 nb 1 1 —— —— 257 128 FoW (1): 1-11, 2-19, 3-155, 4-174, 5-174, 6-210, 7-242, 8-249, 9-251, 10-257 FoW (2): 1-30, 2-30, 3-37, 4-46, 5-96, 6-103, 7-116, 8-124, 9-124, 10-128 SURREY 1 R.J.Gregory b Hazell 61 not out 7 2 L.B.Fishlock lbw b Wellard 68 not out 21 3 H.S.Squires st Luckes b Hazell 0 4 H.T.Barling b Buse 66 5 J.F.Parker b Wellard 3 6 A.J.W.McIntyre c Gimblett b Wellard 18 7 E.A.Bedser lbw b Lawrence 44 8 A.V.Bedser st Luckes b Lawrence 38 9 *N.H.Bennett c Luckes b Lawrence 23 10 E.A.Watts not out 23 11 †G.S.Mobey not out 2 Extras b 10, lb 3 13 —— —— (9 wickets, declared) 359 (no wicket) 28 FoW (1): 1-123, 2-124, 3-147, 4-162, 5-202, 6-246, 7-288, 8-321, 9-348 Surrey Bowling O M R W O M R W A.V.Bedser 40 12 74 3 22.1 7 30 4 Watts 29 6 69 1 21 3 51 4 Parker 28.3 6 52 3 (4) 9 1 20 2 E.A.Bedser 4 0 7 0 Squires 23 6 32 2 (3) 8 1 14 0 McIntyre 4 1 9 0 Gregory 6 1 8 1 (5) 7 2 12 0 Somerset Bowling O M R W O M R W Andrews 12 2 40 0 3.1 0 13 0 Wellard 47 11 109 3 Buse 11 1 44 1 (2) 3 0 15 0 Lawrence 17 2 79 3 Hazell 32 9 74 2 Umpires: C.A.R.Coleman and C.V.Tarbox. Toss: Surrey Close of Play: 1st day: Somerset (1) 185-4 (Buse 20*, Barnwell 3*); 2nd day: Surrey (1) 238-5 (Barling 62*, E.A.Bedser 20*). H.Gimblett’s 101 took 175 minutes and included 9 fours and 2 sixes. 117