First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE v SOMERSET Played at County Ground, Northampton, July 12, 14, 15, 1947. Match drawn. (Points: Northamptonshire 4, Somerset 0) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 D.Brookes lbw b Wellard 84 2 C.P.Davis c Luckes b Wellard 237 3 A.L.Cox c Lawrence b Wellard 17 4 J.E.Timms c Buse b Lawrence 109 5 W.Barron c Lawrence b Wellard 27 6 V.Broderick c Andrews b Lawrence 14 7 *A.W.Childs-Clarke c Meyer b Lawrence 8 8 C.B.Clarke not out 1 9 †K.Fiddling c Buse b Lawrence 2 10 W.T.Nevell lbw b Wellard 0 11 E.W.Clark b Wellard 0 Extras b 1, lb 5, nb 1 7 —— 506 FoW (1): 1-171, 2-223, 3-436, 4-470, 5-486, 6-502, 7-504, 8-506, 9-506, 10-506 SOMERSET 1 H.Gimblett lbw b Clarke 88 not out 113 2 M.Coope lbw b Broderick 30 lbw b Clarke 33 3 H.E.Watts c Barron b Broderick 21 c sub b Clarke 64 4 H.F.T.Buse b Broderick 2 5 J.Lawrence b Cox 5 6 D.P.T.Deshon c Clarke b Nevell 13 (5) not out 5 7 *R.J.O.Meyer c sub b Clarke 41 8 †W.T.Luckes c Barron b Cox 7 9 M.F.Tremlett c Barron b Broderick 10 10 A.W.Wellard c and b Broderick 11 11 W.H.R.Andrews not out 0 (4) lbw b Cox 2 Extras b 7, lb 13 20 b 2, lb 1, nb 2 5 —— —— 248 (3 wickets) 222 FoW (1): 1-56, 2-88, 3-98, 4-103, 5-145, 6-204, 7-222, 8-231, 9-242, 10-248 FoW (2): 1-91, 2-201, 3-203 Somerset Bowling O M R W Wellard 41 10 105 6 Andrews 22 2 91 0 Tremlett 25 3 103 0 Buse 14 4 51 0 Lawrence 31 2 82 4 Meyer 17 1 65 0 1nb Coope 1 0 2 0 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Clark 19 5 40 0 6 1 19 0 Nevell 25 7 47 1 5 1 13 0 Broderick 38.1 16 61 5 14 4 36 0 Clarke 15 3 47 2 12 2 57 2 Cox 17 6 33 2 10 0 35 1 Childs-Clarke (6) 13 1 42 0 2nb Barron (7) 2 0 15 0 Umpires: F.Chester and J.A.Smart. Toss: Northamptonshire Close of Play: 1st day: Northamptonshire (1) 484-4 (Davis 235*, Broderick 6*); 2nd day: Somerset (1) 226-7 (Meyer 36*, Tremlett 4*). C.P.Davis’s 237 took 390 minutes and included 27 fours and 1 five. 275