FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

SOMERSET v INDIANS Played at County Ground, Taunton, July 31, August 1, 2, 1946. Somerset won by an innings and 11 runs. INDIANS 1 V.M.Merchant c Luckes b Andrews 0 c Hazell b Buse 87 2 S.Mushtaq Ali b Andrews 20 run out 1 3 *Nawab of Pataudi c Walford b Buse 29 c Luckes b Meyer 76 4 L.Amarnath c Lawrence b Buse 1 (7) c Longrigg b Hazell 41 5 Abdul Hafeez b Andrews 0 (4) c Buse b Andrews 38 6 V.S.Hazare c Hazell b Buse 0 (5) c Gimblett b Hazell 43 7 Gul Mohammad c Walford b Buse 2 (6) lbw b Buse 0 8 M.H.Mankad b Buse 4 b Lawrence 8 9 S.W.Sohoni c Longrigg b Andrews 3 st Luckes b Lawrence 32 10 C.T.Sarwate not out 0 not out 66 11 †D.D.Hindlekar c Walford b Andrews 4 st Luckes b Buse 30 Extras nb 1 1 b 3, lb 5, nb 1 9 —— —— 64 431 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-24, 3-30, 4-31, 5-40, 6-44, 7-53, 8-60, 9-60, 10-64 FoW (2): 1-4, 2-155, 3-201, 4-201, 5-258, 6-263, 7-287, 8-314, 9-379, 10-431 SOMERSET 1 F.S.Lee run out 76 2 H.Gimblett c Merchant b Mankad 102 3 R.J.O.Meyer c Mushtaq Ali b Mankad 19 4 F.Castle b Sarwate 0 5 *E.F.Longrigg c Pataudi b Mankad 74 6 J.Lawrence b Sarwate 5 7 M.M.Walford not out 141 8 H.F.T.Buse not out 59 9 †W.T.Luckes 10 W.H.R.Andrews 11 H.L.Hazell Extras b 22, lb 6, nb 2 30 —— (6 wickets, declared) 506 FoW (1): 1-182, 2-191, 3-192, 4-214, 5-228, 6-344 Somerset Bowling O M R W O M R W Andrews 19 5 36 5 27 2 94 1 Buse 18 6 27 5 32.3 5 108 3 Meyer (3) 29 6 72 1 Lawrence (4) 20 3 83 2 Hazell (5) 17 3 52 2 Gimblett (6) 1 0 13 0 Indians Bowling O M R W Amarnath 48 17 87 0 Sohoni 31 7 119 0 Mankad 50 10 136 3 Hazare 15 4 32 0 Sarwate 39 8 95 2 Pataudi 1 0 7 0 Umpires: E.Cooke and H.Cruice. Toss: Indians Close of Play: 1st day: Somerset (1) 242-5 (Longrigg 18*, Walford 9*); 2nd day: Indians (2) 136-1 (Merchant 63*, Pataudi 69*). H.Gimblett’s 102 included 10 fours. M.M.Walford’s 141 included 16 fours and 1 five. 293