First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

ESSEX v SOMERSET Played at Valentine’s Park, Ilford, May 21, 22, 23, 1947. Essex won by 89 runs. (Points: Essex 12, Somerset 0) ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds b Tremlett 67 c Luckes b Buse 28 2 S.J.Cray b Tremlett 18 c Lawrence b Buse 21 3 F.H.Rist st Luckes b Lawrence 29 c Lawrence b Tremlett 10 4 F.H.Vigar lbw b Tremlett 9 lbw b Buse 5 5 L.S.Clark b Tremlett 5 b Buse 0 6 *T.N.Pearce c and b Wellard 83 b Wellard 11 7 T.P.B.Smith b Tremlett 7 lbw b Wellard 41 8 R.Smith c Lawrence b Andrews 9 c Luckes b Andrews 55 9 W.J.Dines c Wellard b Tremlett 23 c Gimblett b Wellard 3 10 W.B.Morris c Meyer b Lawrence 2 not out 14 11 †T.H.Wade not out 0 c Wellard b Buse 3 Extras b 8 8 b 6, lb 12, w 1 19 —— —— 260 210 FoW (1): 1-61, 2-102, 3-122, 4-128, 5-128, 6-137, 7-153, 8-256, 9-260, 10-260 FoW (2): 1-42, 2-59, 3-67, 4-67, 5-70, 6-108, 7-163, 8-179, 9-193, 10-210 SOMERSET 1 F.S.Lee c Morris b Vigar 24 b R.Smith 16 2 H.Gimblett b R.Smith 14 c Dodds b T.P.B.Smith 63 3 H.F.T.Buse c Wade b Vigar 5 not out 1 4 G.E.S.Woodhouse b T.P.B.Smith 3 lbw b Vigar 0 5 J.Lawrence c and b R.Smith 31 c and b T.P.B.Smith 9 6 E.Hill c Vigar b R.Smith 38 c Wade b Vigar 9 7 †W.T.Luckes c Clark b Dines 28 lbw b Morris 19 8 *R.J.O.Meyer b R.Smith 6 st Wade b Vigar 29 9 M.F.Tremlett not out 17 b Morris 34 10 A.W.Wellard b R.Smith 10 b Morris 0 11 W.H.R.Andrews c Wade b Dines 10 c Vigar b T.P.B.Smith 3 Extras b 3, lb 2, w 1 6 b 3, lb 3 6 —— —— 192 189 FoW (1): 1-22, 2-42, 3-46, 4-50, 5-92, 6-142, 7-148, 8-156, 9-177, 10-192 FoW (2): 1-34, 2-68, 3-68, 4-96, 5-131, 6-133, 7-185, 8-186, 9-186, 10-189 Somerset Bowling O M R W O M R W Andrews 16 5 36 1 (2) 5 0 18 1 Wellard 16 5 31 1 (1) 24 6 58 3 Buse 14 2 45 0 (4) 20.1 6 43 5 Tremlett 30 2 84 6 (3) 18 2 54 1 1w Meyer 3 0 11 0 (6) 2 0 5 0 Lawrence 18.5 3 45 2 (5) 3 0 13 0 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W R.Smith 28 9 71 5 11 2 48 1 Dines 19.2 4 50 2 8 3 21 0 Vigar 12 3 24 2 (4) 16 1 51 3 T.P.B.Smith 19 6 41 1 1w (3) 27.1 10 59 3 Morris (5) 3 1 4 3 Umpires: C.A.R.Coleman and J.A.Smart. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Somerset (1) 98-5 (Hill 15*, Luckes 4*); 2nd day: Somerset (2) 82-3 (Gimblett 31*, Lawrence 1*). 144