First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

SOMERSET v MIDDLESEX Played at County Ground, Taunton, July 16, 17, 18, 1947. Somerset won by 24 runs. (Points: Somerset 12, Middlesex 0) SOMERSET 1 H.Gimblett c Compton b Gray 34 c Compton b Gray 7 2 M.Coope lbw b Young 113 c Compton b Gray 19 3 H.E.Watts lbw b Gray 51 c and b Sims 64 4 H.F.T.Buse c Compton b Gray 19 (10) run out 14 5 J.Lawrence c Young b Gray 5 b Young 7 6 D.P.T.Deshon lbw b Young 21 (4) c Fairbairn b Young 14 7 M.F.Tremlett not out 62 (6) c Thompson b Sims 10 8 A.W.Wellard c Brown b Gray 7 (7) c Compton b Sims 27 9 †W.T.Luckes lbw b Young 13 c and b Young 0 10 *R.J.O.Meyer c White b Gray 10 (8) lbw b Young 55 11 H.L.Hazell c Compton b Young 0 not out 3 Extras b 12, lb 7, nb 2 21 b 4, lb 4, w 1 9 —— —— 356 229 FoW (1): 1-59, 2-193, 3-230, 4-239, 5-240, 6-303, 7-312, 8-341, 9-353, 10-356 FoW (2): 1-11, 2-50, 3-107, 4-107, 5-125, 6-133, 7-161, 8-169, 9-220, 10-229 MIDDLESEX 1 S.M.Brown c Luckes b Wellard 28 lbw b Buse 25 2 F.G.Mann b Buse 0 (4) b Tremlett 1 3 A.Fairbairn b Lawrence 7 (2) c Luckes b Hazell 108 4 †L.H.Compton lbw b Lawrence 5 (3) b Tremlett 59 5 *R.W.V.Robins c Lawrence b Hazell 45 c Wellard b Tremlett 4 6 A.W.Thompson c Tremlett b Lawrence 71 st Luckes b Hazell 69 7 L.R.White c Deshon b Hazell 9 c Luckes b Lawrence 0 8 J.M.Sims c Buse b Tremlett 6 c Wellard b Lawrence 31 9 L.H.Gray c Coope b Lawrence 24 (10) c Tremlett b Lawrence 12 10 J.A.Young run out 29 (9) b Tremlett 10 11 N.G.Hever not out 0 not out 0 Extras b 1, lb 2 3 b 4, lb 10, nb 1 15 —— —— 227 334 FoW (1): 1-12, 2-30, 3-40, 4-45, 5-140, 6-158, 7-174, 8-174, 9-221, 10-227 FoW (2): 1-28, 2-119, 3-121, 4-125, 5-254, 6-255, 7-310, 8-314, 9-334, 10-334 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Gray 41 10 96 6 2nb 13 3 47 2 1w Hever 7 3 6 0 Robins 12 0 48 0 Sims 19 1 86 0 16 2 73 3 Young 40 12 99 4 (3) 22.2 4 84 4 Compton (2) 4 0 16 0 Somerset Bowling O M R W O M R W Wellard 21 0 106 1 18 2 73 0 1nb Buse 6 0 13 1 16 1 57 1 Lawrence 8.5 2 29 4 12.2 1 37 3 Tremlett 10 1 46 1 22 3 61 4 Hazell 11 4 30 2 22 8 39 2 Coope (6) 4 0 24 0 Meyer (7) 7 0 28 0 Umpires: G.M.Lee and P.T.Mills. Toss: Somerset Close of Play: 1st day: Somerset (1) 341-8 (Tremlett 58*); 2nd day: Somerset (2) 212-8 (Meyer 46*, Buse 10*). 285