FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

SOMERSET v NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Played at County Ground, Taunton, July 10, 11, 12, 1946. Somerset won by 239 runs. (Points: Somerset 12, Northamptonshire 0) SOMERSET 1 F.S.Lee lbw b Nevell 56 lbw b Partridge 7 2 H.Gimblett lbw b Clark 13 c Partridge b Clark 50 3 J.Lawrence c Greenwood b Clark 0 c Robinson b Merritt 25 4 C.J.P.Barnwell c Nevell b Clark 50 c Robinson b Merritt 0 5 H.E.Watts c Robinson b Clark 0 c Barron b Merritt 45 6 H.F.T.Buse lbw b Merritt 13 c Merritt b Timms 50 7 *E.F.Longrigg b Nevell 13 lbw b Nevell 54 8 A.W.Wellard b Partridge 13 c and b Nevell 6 9 W.H.R.Andrews b Clark 18 not out 14 10 †W.T.Luckes not out 34 not out 13 11 H.L.Hazell lbw b Merritt 9 Extras b 6, lb 12, w 1 19 b 14, lb 10 24 —— —— 238 (8 wickets, declared) 288 FoW (1): 1-26, 2-33, 3-113, 4-113, 5-132, 6-153, 7-172, 8-174, 9-217, 10-238 FoW (2): 1-38, 2-75, 3-75, 4-114, 5-152, 6-254, 7-261, 8-262 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 C.P.Davis run out 15 b Wellard 9 2 *P.E.Murray-Willis c Luckes b Buse 0 (4) b Wellard 13 3 E.W.Whitfield b Wellard 14 (2) b Andrews 1 4 J.E.Timms c Luckes b Andrews 6 (3) lbw b Wellard 20 5 W.Barron b Andrews 33 c Wellard b Andrews 8 6 †H.W.Greenwood c Luckes b Andrews 50 not out 36 7 W.E.Merritt lbw b Wellard 3 b Andrews 1 8 W.T.Nevell b Wellard 6 c and b Wellard 16 9 R.J.Partridge b Wellard 3 b Wellard 1 10 E.W.Clark b Andrews 5 c Luckes b Wellard 4 11 A.G.Robinson not out 15 run out 7 Extras b 5, lb 3 8 b 4, lb 5, w 4 13 —— —— 158 129 FoW (1): 1-4, 2-26, 3-34, 4-36, 5-107, 6-110, 7-118, 8-122, 9-127, 10-158 FoW (2): 1-10, 2-24, 3-43, 4-52, 5-72, 6-80, 7-105, 8-113, 9-119, 10-129 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Clark 22 2 50 5 21 5 43 1 Partridge 19 3 53 1 18 2 47 1 Nevell 16 4 41 2 17 2 68 2 Merritt 14.4 1 54 2 17 2 56 3 Robinson 4 0 21 0 6 1 13 0 Timms (6) 6 0 37 1 Somerset Bowling O M R W O M R W Wellard 24 2 86 4 23 7 65 6 Andrews 23 5 46 4 19 7 42 3 Buse 7 1 14 1 3.5 2 9 0 Lawrence 2 0 4 0 Umpires: H.G.Baldwin and D.Davies. Toss: Somerset Close of Play: 1st day: Northamptonshire (1) 102-4 (Barron 28*, Greenwood 33*); 2nd day: Northamptonshire (2) 49-3 (Murray-Willis 11*, Barron 4*). 244