FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

SOMERSET v MIDDLESEX Played at County Ground, Taunton, July 13, 15, 16, 1946. Somerset won by an innings and 52 runs. (Points: Somerset 12, Middlesex 0) SOMERSET 1 F.S.Lee c Price b Gray 16 2 H.Gimblett c Robertson b Robins 231 3 J.Lawrence c Price b Gray 1 4 C.J.P.Barnwell c Thompson b Gray 0 5 G.E.S.Woodhouse b Edrich 70 6 H.F.T.Buse c Price b Robins 40 7 *E.F.Longrigg not out 72 8 A.W.Wellard c Robertson b Robins 56 9 W.H.R.Andrews c Price b Edrich 1 10 †W.T.Luckes b Gray 14 11 H.L.Hazell not out 1 Extras b 12, lb 9 21 —— (9 wickets, declared) 523 FoW (1): 1-34, 2-46, 3-46, 4-246, 5-371, 6-383, 7-445, 8-448, 9-501 MIDDLESEX 1 J.D.B.Robertson b Wellard 44 c Hazell b Buse 79 2 S.M.Brown b Wellard 60 b Wellard 13 3 W.J.Edrich st Luckes b Buse 4 b Andrews 8 4 D.C.S.Compton c Longrigg b Wellard 7 lbw b Buse 42 5 *R.W.V.Robins b Buse 5 c Gimblett b Wellard 0 6 A.W.Thompson run out 0 c Luckes b Wellard 5 7 B.L.Muncer st Luckes b Buse 13 c Lee b Buse 18 8 †W.F.F.Price c Barnwell b Lawrence 24 b Lawrence 26 9 J.M.Sims st Luckes b Hazell 21 c Buse b Hazell 10 10 L.H.Gray st Luckes b Lawrence 0 c Wellard b Hazell 26 11 J.A.Young not out 13 not out 30 Extras b 8, lb 6 14 b 1, lb 7, nb 1 9 —— —— 205 266 FoW (1): 1-105, 2-108, 3-116, 4-120, 5-124, 6-124, 7-159, 8-181, 9-181, 10-205 FoW (2): 1-30, 2-43, 3-110, 4-113, 5-121, 6-168, 7-175, 8-189, 9-218, 10-266 Middlesex Bowling O M R W Gray 39 8 110 4 Edrich 28 5 100 2 Sims 20 1 80 0 Robins 29 4 86 3 Young 44 13 99 0 Compton 3 0 24 0 Robertson 2 0 3 0 Somerset Bowling O M R W O M R W Wellard 26 2 85 3 24 4 84 3 Andrews 5 0 23 0 13 0 57 1 Buse 25 9 55 3 11 3 24 3 Lawrence 7 2 16 2 (5) 14 4 55 1 Hazell 3.4 0 12 1 (4) 18 7 37 2 Umpires: E.Robinson and C.N.Woolley. Toss: Somerset Close of Play: 1st day: Somerset (1) 472-8 (Longrigg 29*, Luckes 9*); 2nd day: Middlesex (2) 110-3 (Robertson 44*, Robins 0*). H.Gimblett’s 231 took 320 minutes and included 31 fours and 1 six. 254