First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

SOMERSET v ESSEX Played at County Ground, Taunton, June 2, 3, 1948. Essex won by nine wickets. (Points: Somerset 0, Essex 12) SOMERSET 1 S.S.Rogers b Smith 0 b Preston 1 2 E.Hill b Preston 1 c Horsfall b Smith 1 3 M.Coope b Preston 3 c Horsfall b Preston 3 4 J.Lawrence b Smith 0 c Avery b Preston 0 5 A.Vickery b Smith 3 b Smith 14 6 H.F.T.Buse b Preston 41 b Price 18 7 M.F.Tremlett c Vigar b Smith 44 b Smith 4 8 *J.W.Seamer lbw b Smith 1 c Greensmith b Smith 8 9 †W.T.Luckes not out 27 b Smith 5 10 A.W.Wellard c Avery b Smith 33 not out 10 11 H.L.Hazell b Price 0 b Price 3 Extras b 17, lb 2 19 b 2 2 —— —— 172 69 FoW (1): 1-2, 2-5, 3-6, 4-6, 5-12, 6-100, 7-101, 8-110, 9-152, 10-172 FoW (2): 1-1, 2-5, 3-5, 4-7, 5-26, 6-30, 7-44, 8-56, 9-58, 10-69 ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds c and b Wellard 75 lbw b Tremlett 0 2 A.V.Avery lbw b Tremlett 15 not out 9 3 †F.H.Rist b Tremlett 0 not out 5 4 F.H.Vigar st Luckes b Hazell 21 5 R.Horsfall c Tremlett b Hazell 12 6 *T.N.Pearce c Rogers b Hazell 62 7 R.Smith c Seamer b Lawrence 3 8 W.T.Greensmith b Tremlett 5 9 W.B.Morris not out 26 10 E.J.Price c Hill b Hazell 7 11 K.C.Preston st Luckes b Lawrence 0 Extras b 1, w 1 2 —— —— 228 (1 wicket) 14 FoW (1): 1-74, 2-74, 3-96, 4-121, 5-146, 6-151, 7-172, 8-218, 9-228, 10-228 FoW (2): 1-1 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Smith 26 8 50 6 19 5 35 5 Preston 22 7 39 3 6 2 14 3 Price 13.3 1 43 1 12.4 5 18 2 Morris 10 3 21 0 Somerset Bowling O M R W O M R W Wellard 30 7 67 1 3 1 6 0 Tremlett 26 5 89 3 1w 2.2 0 8 1 Buse 5 1 13 0 Hazell 23 12 26 4 Lawrence 15.1 3 31 2 Umpires: H.G.Baldwin and H.Cruice. Toss: Somerset Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 156-6 (Pearce 25*, Greensmith 3*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. 187