First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

LEICESTERSHIRE v SOMERSET Played at Grace Road, Leicester, August 20, 21, 22, 1947. Somerset won by six wickets. (Points: Leicestershire 4, Somerset 12) LEICESTERSHIRE 1 *G.L.Berry c Luckes b Lawrence 46 c sub b Buse 1 2 A.Riddington c Hazell b Buse 3 absent hurt 0 3 G.S.Watson b Buse 10 c Watts b Hazell 47 4 M.Tompkin st Luckes b Meyer 122 b Buse 8 5 V.E.Jackson c Mitchell-Innes b Hazell 35 c Mitchell-Innes b Meyer 6 6 F.T.Prentice c Luckes b Buse 30 b Hazell 27 7 G.Lester not out 106 (2) c Lawrence b Meyer 4 8 H.G.Pickering c Lawrence b Meyer 57 (7) c Luckes b Lawrence 6 9 J.E.Walsh c Watts b Hazell 2 (8) b Meyer 4 10 †P.Corrall b Meyer 26 (9) c Coope b Meyer 3 11 J.Sperry run out 6 (10) not out 3 Extras b 7, lb 3, w 1 11 b 6, lb 4, w 1 11 —— —— 454 120 FoW (1): 1-6, 2-20, 3-138, 4-203, 5-235, 6-269, 7-375, 8-382, 9-446, 10-454 FoW (2): 1-4, 2-21, 3-38, 4-47, 5-88, 6-100, 7-108, 8-116, 9-120 SOMERSET 1 H.Gimblett c Berry b Jackson 2 2 M.M.Walford c Corrall b Sperry 12 (1) c sub b Sperry 81 3 H.F.T.Buse c Corrall b Sperry 52 4 H.E.Watts c Corrall b Sperry 0 (3) c and b Walsh 51 5 G.E.S.Woodhouse c Walsh b Riddington 109 6 N.S.Mitchell-Innes c Riddington b Prentice 74 (4) run out 62 7 J.Lawrence lbw b Riddington 0 8 *R.J.O.Meyer c Riddington b Prentice 3 (2) run out 19 9 M.Coope c Corrall b Prentice 1 (5) not out 35 10 †W.T.Luckes c Corrall b Sperry 10 (6) not out 4 11 H.L.Hazell not out 26 Extras b 19, lb 1 20 b 11, lb 6 17 —— —— 309 (4 wickets) 269 FoW (1): 1-5, 2-27, 3-27, 4-124, 5-261, 6-262, 7-267, 8-268, 9-273, 10-309 FoW (2): 1-27, 2-128, 3-187, 4-247 Somerset Bowling O M R W O M R W Meyer 38 4 118 3 (2) 17 3 39 4 1w Buse 22 9 69 3 (1) 13 2 47 2 Hazell 37 5 96 2 8 3 13 2 Lawrence 20.2 1 104 1 (5) 2 1 5 1 Coope 8 0 54 0 1w (4) 1 0 5 0 Gimblett 1 0 2 0 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Sperry 26.1 6 77 4 25 2 80 1 Jackson 21 6 32 1 17 1 72 0 Riddington 21 7 30 2 Walsh 26 1 74 0 5 0 41 1 Lester 10 3 26 0 Prentice 22 5 50 3 (3) 14.2 1 59 0 Umpires: G.P.Heaton and C.N.Woolley. Toss: Leicestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Somerset (1) 11-1 (Walford 3*, Buse 5*); 2nd day: Leicestershire (2) 101-6 (Prentice 19*, Walsh 0*). M.Tompkin’s 122 included 14 fours and 2 sixes. 367