First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

SOMERSET v AUSTRALIANS Played at County Ground, Taunton, August 28, 30, 1948. Australians won by an innings and 374 runs. AUSTRALIANS 1 S.G.Barnes retired ill 42 2 W.A.Brown run out 0 3 *A.L.Hassett c Watts b Redman 103 4 R.N.Harvey c Luckes b Redman 126 5 R.A.Hamence st Luckes b Coope 99 6 C.L.McCool c Buse b Redman 6 7 I.W.G.Johnson not out 113 8 K.R.Miller not out 37 9 W.A.Johnston 10 †R.A.Saggers 11 D.T.Ring Extras b 7, lb 21, w 1, nb 5 34 —— (5 wickets, declared) 560 FoW (1): 1-0 (2), 2-256 (3), 3-298 (4), 4-306 (6), 5-501 (5) SOMERSET 1 H.Gimblett c McCool b Johnston 19 lbw b Johnston 0 2 M.M.Walford st Saggers b McCool 26 c Barnes b McCool 21 3 H.E.Watts st Saggers b Johnson 10 c Hassett b Miller 0 4 H.F.T.Buse c Hamence b McCool 4 c McCool b Johnston 21 5 *G.E.S.Woodhouse not out 33 b Johnston 3 6 M.Coope b Ring 2 c Hamence b McCool 8 7 M.F.Tremlett b McCool 0 c Miller b McCool 2 8 A.W.Wellard c Ring b McCool 0 c Johnston b McCool 5 9 †W.T.Luckes lbw b Ring 5 not out 1 10 J.Redman c Hassett b Johnston 8 c Ring b Johnston 5 11 H.L.Hazell b Johnston 0 lbw b Johnston 0 Extras b 4, lb 4 8 b 4, lb 1 5 —— —— 115 71 FoW (1): 1-34 (1), 2-50 (3), 3-63 (4), 4-64 (2), 5-67 (6), 6-68 (7), 7-68 (8), 8-84 (9), 9-115 (10), 10-115 (11) FoW (2): 1-0 (1), 2-1 (3), 3-35 (4), 4-49 (2), 5-57 (6), 6-58 (5), 7-65 (8), 8-66 (7), 9-71 (10), 10-71 (11) Somerset Bowling O M R W Wellard 25 2 103 0 Tremlett 21 0 106 0 4nb Hazell 27 3 114 0 Buse 27 5 88 0 1nb Coope 6 0 37 1 Redman 16 3 78 3 1w Australians Bowling O M R W O M R W Miller 5 1 20 0 3 1 5 1 Johnston 11.5 3 34 3 17.4 9 34 5 Johnson 9 5 15 1 1 0 4 0 McCool 11 0 21 4 14 4 23 4 Ring 9 4 17 2 Umpires: D.Hendren and F.S.Lee. Toss: Australians Close of Play: 1st day: Australians (1) 560-5 (Johnson 113*, Miller 37*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. R.N.Harvey’s 126 took 150 minutes and included 19 fours and 2 sixes. I.W.G.Johnson’s 113 included 2 sixes. S.G.Barnes retired ill in the Australians first innings having scored 42 (team score 69-1). 394