First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

ESSEX v SOMERSET Played at County Ground, Chelmsford, August 14, 16, 17, 1948. Somerset won by six wickets. (Points: Essex 0, Somerset 12) ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds c and b Lawrence 46 lbw b Wellard 10 2 A.V.Avery lbw b Lawrence 71 run out 74 3 S.J.Cray c Luckes b Hazell 9 c Luckes b Tremlett 3 4 F.H.Vigar lbw b Tremlett 7 st Luckes b Hazell 99 5 R.Horsfall c Lawrence b Hazell 0 b Wellard 2 6 *T.N.Pearce c Gimblett b Hazell 20 b Wellard 0 7 T.E.Bailey c Lawrence b Hazell 1 b Wellard 46 8 W.B.Morris c Tremlett b Hazell 0 c Tremlett b Hazell 17 9 R.Smith c Luckes b Hazell 0 st Luckes b Lawrence 14 10 T.P.B.Smith b Hazell 12 c Wellard b Lawrence 13 11 †T.H.Wade not out 1 not out 2 Extras b 9, lb 1 10 lb 1, w 1 2 —— —— 177 282 FoW (1): 1-85, 2-110, 3-128, 4-129, 5-157, 6-158, 7-158, 8-158, 9-174, 10-177 FoW (2): 1-17, 2-26, 3-128, 4-134, 5-144, 6-233, 7-253, 8-260, 9-279, 10-282 SOMERSET 1 M.M.Walford b T.P.B.Smith 21 c and b R.Smith 24 2 H.Gimblett lbw b T.P.B.Smith 30 c Horsfall b R.Smith 31 3 M.Coope lbw b R.Smith 0 b Morris 36 4 H.E.Watts c Wade b Morris 22 not out 27 5 *G.E.S.Woodhouse b Bailey 35 c Vigar b Morris 6 6 F.Castle c Wade b R.Smith 30 not out 27 7 M.F.Tremlett c and b T.P.B.Smith 40 8 J.Lawrence c and b T.P.B.Smith 46 9 A.W.Wellard lbw b T.P.B.Smith 20 10 †W.T.Luckes c Bailey b R.Smith 5 11 H.L.Hazell not out 0 Extras b 23, lb 12, nb 2 37 b 20, lb 3 23 —— —— 286 (4 wickets) 174 FoW (1): 1-54, 2-57, 3-97, 4-97, 5-150, 6-172, 7-232, 8-273, 9-284, 10-286 FoW (2): 1-35, 2-88, 3-119, 4-127 Somerset Bowling O M R W O M R W Wellard 12 3 21 0 34 5 80 4 Tremlett 20 8 37 1 21 4 60 1 1w Lawrence 25 4 69 2 31.1 7 87 2 Hazell 32.3 14 40 7 24 5 53 2 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Bailey 20 3 71 1 2nb (2) 8 0 37 0 R.Smith 29 11 60 3 (1) 19 5 44 2 T.P.B.Smith 28.4 7 80 5 17 2 50 0 Morris 8 3 20 1 5 2 15 2 Avery 2 0 18 0 Pearce (5) 0.5 0 5 0 Umpires: D.Hendren and F.S.Lee. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Somerset (1) 187-6 (Tremlett 14*, Lawrence 6*); 2nd day: Somerset (2) 4-0 (Walford 4*, Gimblett 0*). 356