First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

SOMERSET v SURREY Played at County Ground, Taunton, August 30, September 1, 2, 1947. Surrey won by an innings and 73 runs. (Points: Somerset 0, Surrey 12) SURREY 1 L.B.Fishlock c Luckes b Buse 1 2 E.A.Bedser c and b Coope 73 3 H.S.Squires c Hazell b Buse 19 4 G.J.Whittaker b Buse 7 5 J.F.Parker st Luckes b Coope 23 6 H.T.Barling b Meyer 146 7 *E.R.T.Holmes b Tremlett 21 8 J.C.Laker b Tremlett 12 9 A.V.Bedser c Meyer b Lawrence 126 10 †G.A.Wheatley not out 37 11 A.R.Gover st Luckes b Lawrence 2 Extras b 4, lb 2 6 —— 473 FoW (1): 1-3, 2-39, 3-63, 4-116, 5-145, 6-178, 7-209, 8-406, 9-461, 10-473 SOMERSET 1 H.Gimblett b A.V.Bedser 1 c E.A.Bedser b A.V.Bedser 25 2 M.M.Walford b Gover 23 b Parker 56 3 H.F.T.Buse c Laker b A.V.Bedser 2 (10) not out 0 4 G.E.S.Woodhouse c Wheatley b A.V.Bedser 0 c Holmes b Laker 64 5 H.E.Watts b Gover 71 st Wheatley b Laker 11 6 *R.J.O.Meyer b Gover 3 (7) b Gover 44 7 †W.T.Luckes b Gover 0 (8) lbw b Laker 5 8 M.Coope b E.A.Bedser 45 (6) run out 19 9 J.Lawrence b A.V.Bedser 10 b Laker 0 10 M.F.Tremlett not out 1 (3) run out 1 11 H.L.Hazell b Gover 0 c Squires b Laker 0 Extras b 2, lb 3, nb 6 11 b 4, lb 2, nb 2 8 —— —— 167 233 FoW (1): 1-1, 2-7, 3-9, 4-37, 5-47, 6-47, 7-143, 8-165, 9-165, 10-167 FoW (2): 1-53, 2-59, 3-96, 4-121, 5-145, 6-212, 7-228, 8-228, 9-233, 10-233 Somerset Bowling O M R W Meyer 27 3 89 1 Buse 33 8 81 3 Tremlett 40 6 114 2 Hazell 37 10 73 0 Lawrence 12 0 46 2 Coope 9 0 56 2 Gimblett 2 1 8 0 Surrey Bowling O M R W O M R W Gover 16.5 3 38 5 4nb 13 0 60 1 1nb A.V.Bedser 16 7 27 4 1nb 21 1 67 1 1nb Laker 10 1 34 0 (5) 15 7 22 5 Squires 5 0 20 0 (6) 10 3 25 0 E.A.Bedser 8 1 26 1 (3) 12 4 32 0 Parker 5 0 11 0 1nb (4) 7 3 14 1 Barling (7) 1 0 5 0 Umpires: H.Cruice and N.Harris. Toss: Surrey Close of Play: 1st day: Surrey (1) 408-8 (A.V.Bedser 99*, Wheatley 1*); 2nd day: Somerset (2) 151-5 (Woodhouse 31*, Meyer 0*). A.V.Bedser’s 126 included 16 fours. 392