First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

SOMERSET v KENT Played at County Ground, Taunton, August 23, 25, 26, 1947. Match drawn. (Points: Somerset 0, Kent 4) KENT 1 L.J.Todd c Meyer b Hazell 173 run out 71 2 A.E.Fagg c Watts b Tremlett 82 c Luckes b Buse 4 3 H.A.Pawson c and b Hazell 27 b Tremlett 5 4 *B.H.Valentine c Lawrence b Hazell 37 c Woodhouse b Meyer 33 5 G.F.Anson b Hazell 21 c Watts b Hazell 5 6 †T.G.Evans c and b Hazell 21 not out 49 7 W.Murray-Wood run out 1 c Meyer b Hazell 11 8 D.V.P.Wright not out 6 not out 3 9 R.R.Dovey st Luckes b Meyer 13 10 F.Ridgway c Walford b Hazell 8 11 N.W.Harding not out 6 Extras b 5, lb 2 7 b 5, lb 5, w 1 11 —— —— (9 wickets, declared) 402 (6 wickets, declared) 192 FoW (1): 1-166, 2-238, 3-312, 4-344, 5-361, 6-364, 7-364, 8-379, 9-392 FoW (2): 1-11, 2-38, 3-89, 4-100, 5-161, 6-174 SOMERSET 1 M.M.Walford lbw b Dovey 30 lbw b Dovey 37 2 H.F.T.Buse c Evans b Wright 41 lbw b Harding 6 3 H.E.Watts c and b Wright 0 c Valentine b Wright 40 4 F.S.Lee c sub b Wright 9 c and b Wright 21 5 N.S.Mitchell-Innes lbw b Harding 58 c Pawson b Dovey 35 6 G.E.S.Woodhouse b Wright 0 7 †W.T.Luckes c Evans b Wright 26 (6) not out 36 8 *R.J.O.Meyer c Harding b Wright 8 (7) b Ridgway 3 9 M.F.Tremlett b Harding 17 (8) st Evans b Wright 5 10 J.Lawrence c Pawson b Wright 27 (9) not out 31 11 H.L.Hazell not out 6 Extras b 6, lb 15, nb 5 26 b 22, lb 6, nb 6 34 —— —— 248 (7 wickets) 248 FoW (1): 1-73, 2-73, 3-73, 4-83, 5-83, 6-144, 7-161, 8-206, 9-215, 10-248 FoW (2): 1-4, 2-86, 3-86, 4-127, 5-158, 6-176, 7-183 Somerset Bowling O M R W O M R W Buse 21 6 67 0 (2) 8 2 20 1 Tremlett 25 3 87 1 (1) 9 0 34 1 1w Meyer 19 3 56 1 (5) 9 0 59 1 Lawrence 15 2 66 0 3 0 16 0 Hazell 42 11 111 6 (3) 11 3 52 2 Walford 2 0 8 0 Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Harding 12 3 33 2 10 2 36 1 4nb Ridgway 16 3 41 0 14 4 34 1 Wright 31.3 12 103 7 5nb 27 6 86 3 2nb Dovey 28 13 32 1 21 6 37 2 Murray-Wood 7 1 13 0 7 1 21 0 Umpires: B.Flint and C.V.Tarbox. Toss: Kent Close of Play: 1st day: Somerset (1) 44-0 (Walford 15*, Buse 27*); 2nd day: Somerset (2) 24-1 (Mitchell-Innes 10*, Walford 5*). L.J.Todd’s 173 took 320 minutes and included 17 fours. 377