First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

SOMERSET v LANCASHIRE Played at County Ground, Taunton, July 7, 8, 9, 1948. Lancashire won by nine wickets. (Points: Somerset 0, Lancashire 12) LANCASHIRE 1 †T.L.Brierley c Hill b Tremlett 18 not out 27 2 W.Place c and b Meyer 200 b Tremlett 2 3 G.A.Edrich c Tremlett b Lawrence 31 not out 19 4 J.T.Ikin b Buse 32 5 N.D.Howard b Lawrence 18 6 A.Wharton b Hazell 2 7 *K.Cranston lbw b Meyer 32 8 E.H.Edrich b Lawrence 0 9 P.Greenwood st Luckes b Hazell 42 10 M.J.Hilton lbw b Hazell 18 11 W.B.Roberts not out 1 Extras b 3, lb 1, nb 1 5 lb 1, nb 2 3 —— —— 399 (1 wicket) 51 FoW (1): 1-37, 2-110, 3-189, 4-220, 5-239, 6-319, 7-320, 8-366, 9-392, 10-399 FoW (2): 1-5 SOMERSET 1 H.Gimblett c Cranston b Roberts 37 c Cranston b Hilton 41 2 E.Hill c and b Roberts 21 c Place b Cranston 0 3 R.J.O.Meyer c and b Cranston 0 b Cranston 30 4 M.Coope run out 9 c Cranston b Hilton 42 5 A.T.M.Jones b Cranston 3 st Brierley b Hilton 2 6 H.F.T.Buse c Howard b Roberts 7 lbw b Greenwood 38 7 J.Lawrence c G.A.Edrich b Roberts 3 c and b Ikin 62 8 M.F.Tremlett b Roberts 30 c Howard b Hilton 11 9 *J.W.Seamer c G.A.Edrich b Roberts 0 c sub b Greenwood 23 10 †W.T.Luckes not out 36 not out 27 11 H.L.Hazell b Ikin 2 c G.A.Edrich b Greenwood 4 Extras b 3, lb 5, w 2 10 b 7, lb 2 9 —— —— 158 289 FoW (1): 1-63, 2-63, 3-65, 4-73, 5-78, 6-82, 7-91, 8-91, 9-153, 10-158 FoW (2): 1-10, 2-53, 3-103, 4-111, 5-128, 6-210, 7-231, 8-241, 9-279, 10-289 Somerset Bowling O M R W O M R W Tremlett 21 6 65 1 6 2 18 1 1nb Buse 29 6 72 1 4 0 11 0 1nb Meyer 21 2 110 2 1nb 3 0 13 0 Hazell 29.5 9 63 3 Lawrence 20 0 84 3 Seamer (4) 1.3 0 6 0 Lancashire Bowling O M R W O M R W Greenwood 16 6 23 0 2w 33 15 46 3 Cranston 29 12 50 2 29 8 75 2 Wharton 12 3 19 0 6 2 16 0 Roberts 32 13 34 6 1 0 3 0 Ikin 7 3 11 1 (6) 23 6 47 1 Hilton 7 2 11 0 (5) 52 18 93 4 Umpires: H.Cruice and F.S.Lee. Toss: Lancashire Close of Play: 1st day: Somerset (1) 22-0 (Gimblett 17*, Hill 4*); 2nd day: Somerset (2) 141-5 (Buse 13*, Lawrence 7*). W.Place’s 200 took 315 minutes and included 19 fours. 270