First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

SOMERSET v NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Played at Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare, August 16, 18, 1947. Somerset won by five wickets. (Points: Somerset 12, Northamptonshire 4) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 C.P.Davis c Lawrence b Buse 5 c Lawrence b Meyer 11 2 †K.Fiddling c Woodhouse b Meyer 11 hit wkt b Lawrence 16 3 A.L.Cox c Mitchell-Innes b Meyer 6 lbw b Hazell 20 4 J.E.Timms b Meyer 52 lbw b Lawrence 49 5 W.Barron c Gimblett b Hazell 27 st Luckes b Lawrence 5 6 E.Davis lbw b Meyer 33 lbw b Hazell 3 7 V.Broderick b Meyer 23 b Hazell 5 8 J.Webster b Buse 4 b Hazell 2 9 W.M.E.White c Walford b Meyer 25 b Meyer 14 10 *A.W.Childs-Clarke c Gimblett b Meyer 1 st Luckes b Hazell 12 11 C.B.Clarke not out 19 not out 1 Extras b 20, lb 4 24 b 4, lb 6 10 —— —— 230 148 FoW (1): 1-15, 2-16, 3-30, 4-85, 5-129, 6-175, 7-178, 8-186, 9-191, 10-230 FoW (2): 1-19, 2-56, 3-58, 4-78, 5-103, 6-113, 7-121, 8-121, 9-144, 10-148 SOMERSET 1 H.Gimblett c Clarke b White 12 lbw b Broderick 49 2 M.M.Walford c Fiddling b White 4 not out 72 3 N.S.Mitchell-Innes c and b White 0 c Fiddling b Clarke 23 4 G.E.S.Woodhouse c Webster b Broderick 24 lbw b White 8 5 J.Lawrence c Cox b Webster 1 lbw b White 0 6 M.Coope hit wkt b Broderick 62 b White 0 7 J.H.Cameron c Broderick b Clarke 3 8 H.F.T.Buse run out 23 (7) not out 8 9 *R.J.O.Meyer c White b Webster 56 10 †W.T.Luckes c and b Webster 17 11 H.L.Hazell not out 4 Extras b 1, lb 4, nb 1 6 b 8 8 —— —— 212 (5 wickets) 168 FoW (1): 1-9, 2-9, 3-16, 4-22, 5-93, 6-102, 7-124, 8-148, 9-191, 10-212 FoW (2): 1-92, 2-134, 3-150, 4-150, 5-152 Somerset Bowling O M R W O M R W Buse 23 5 55 2 5 0 22 0 Meyer 31.3 11 74 7 8.2 3 21 2 Hazell 22 9 51 1 19 5 42 5 Lawrence 11 1 26 0 15 1 53 3 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Webster 21.1 10 25 3 1nb 7 1 28 0 White 29 6 86 3 10 1 44 3 Clarke 15 1 52 1 (4) 10.5 1 56 1 Broderick 14 3 39 2 (3) 8 0 32 1 Cox 3 2 4 0 Umpires: C.V.Tarbox and J.Tranter. Toss: Northamptonshire Close of Play: 1st day: Somerset (1) 164-8 (Meyer 26*, Luckes 4*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. 360