First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

KENT v SOMERSET Played at Mote Park, Maidstone, July 23, 24, 25, 1947. Kent won by seven wickets. (Points: Kent 12, Somerset 0) SOMERSET 1 H.Gimblett c Evans b Harding 0 c Evans b Dovey 45 2 M.Coope c Evans b Wright 25 lbw b Wright 15 3 H.E.Watts lbw b Harding 5 b Wright 23 4 J.Lawrence b Mallett 6 c Evans b Harding 47 5 N.S.Mitchell-Innes b Wright 6 c Evans b Mallett 50 6 F.S.Lee lbw b Harding 42 c Evans b Wright 23 7 M.F.Tremlett b Mallett 24 run out 8 8 H.F.T.Buse b Harding 6 run out 22 9 †W.T.Luckes not out 20 c Evans b Davies 16 10 A.W.Wellard b Mallett 7 b Harding 5 11 W.H.R.Andrews lbw b Mallett 0 not out 2 Extras b 6, lb 3, w 1, nb 2 12 b 5, lb 16, w 1 22 —— —— 153 278 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-16, 3-27, 4-38, 5-68, 6-99, 7-107, 8-143, 9-153, 10-153 FoW (2): 1-36, 2-90, 3-92, 4-179, 5-197, 6-210, 7-239, 8-268, 9-274, 10-278 KENT 1 L.J.Todd b Tremlett 143 b Tremlett 29 2 A.E.Fagg lbw b Wellard 12 c Lawrence b Wellard 0 3 L.E.G.Ames c Luckes b Wellard 23 c Lawrence b Tremlett 39 4 *B.H.Valentine c Mitchell-Innes b Wellard 38 5 J.G.W.Davies c Luckes b Tremlett 13 (4) not out 7 6 H.A.Pawson c Wellard b Andrews 8 (5) not out 7 7 †T.G.Evans lbw b Tremlett 24 8 A.W.H.Mallett c Mitchell-Innes b Lawrence 6 9 R.R.Dovey c Mitchell-Innes b Buse 11 10 D.V.P.Wright not out 33 11 N.W.Harding c Andrews b Buse 9 Extras b 8, lb 7, w 2 17 b 11, lb 1, w 1 13 —— —— 337 (3 wickets) 95 FoW (1): 1-25, 2-68, 3-159, 4-181, 5-217, 6-275, 7-282, 8-284, 9-315, 10-337 FoW (2): 1-8, 2-76, 3-83 Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Harding 18 4 49 4 2nb 19.3 2 53 2 Mallett 24.2 9 45 4 1w 28 14 50 1 1w Todd 2 0 5 0 Wright 12 4 37 2 33 10 77 3 Dovey 7 3 5 0 (3) 14 3 36 1 Davies (5) 20 4 40 1 Somerset Bowling O M R W O M R W Wellard 29 4 87 3 2w 13.5 0 37 1 Andrews 21 2 63 1 8 2 21 0 1w Tremlett 23 2 71 3 7 0 17 2 Buse 9.2 0 36 2 2 0 7 0 Lawrence 19 1 63 1 Umpires: H.G.Baldwin and C.F.Root. Toss: Somerset Close of Play: 1st day: Kent (1) 195-4 (Todd 93*, Pawson 4*); 2nd day: Somerset (2) 240-7 (Buse 14*, Luckes 1*). L.J.Todd’s 143 included 16 fours. 299