First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

ESSEX v SOMERSET Played at Vista Road Recreation Ground, Clacton-on-Sea, August 20, 22, 23, 1949. Somerset won by an innings and 50 runs. (Points: Essex 0, Somerset 12) ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds c Gimblett b Tremlett 56 b Lawrence 57 2 S.J.Cray lbw b Buse 5 c Hazell b Tremlett 25 3 F.H.Vigar b Tremlett 24 c Stephenson b Hazell 1 4 R.Horsfall lbw b Buse 3 c Stephenson b Tremlett 38 5 D.J.Insole b Buse 4 absent ill 0 6 T.E.Bailey c Stephenson b Tremlett 16 not out 21 7 S.C.Eve b Tremlett 0 absent hurt 0 8 *T.N.Pearce lbw b Lawrence 18 (5) c Tremlett b Wellard 35 9 R.Smith b Tremlett 0 (7) c Stephenson b Tremlett 2 10 T.P.B.Smith not out 64 (8) c Wellard b Hazell 7 11 †T.H.Wade c Lawrence b Tremlett 45 (9) c Buse b Lawrence 1 Extras b 8, w 1 9 b 4, lb 2, w 1 7 —— —— 244 194 FoW (1): 1-49, 2-69, 3-76, 4-80, 5-115, 6-116, 7-117, 8-117, 9-145, 10-244 FoW (2): 1-62, 2-75, 3-89, 4-163, 5-171, 6-180, 7-191, 8-194 SOMERSET 1 H.Gimblett b Bailey 156 2 M.M.Walford c Wade b Vigar 40 3 H.E.Watts b Vigar 1 4 H.F.T.Buse run out 53 5 *G.E.S.Woodhouse lbw b Vigar 59 6 M.F.Tremlett st Wade b T.P.B.Smith 104 7 †H.W.Stephenson c and b Vigar 14 8 S.S.Rogers c Dodds b Vigar 9 9 J.Lawrence c Bailey b Vigar 12 10 A.W.Wellard b Vigar 9 11 H.L.Hazell not out 0 Extras b 9, lb 17, w 1, nb 4 31 —— 488 FoW (1): 1-116, 2-118, 3-242, 4-292, 5-395, 6-425, 7-441, 8-475, 9-479, 10-488 Somerset Bowling O M R W O M R W Buse 28 9 44 3 7 0 29 0 Wellard 13 1 62 0 17 2 50 1 Tremlett 25 6 78 6 (4) 16 2 58 3 Lawrence 12 1 32 1 (5) 6.4 1 16 2 Hazell 6 1 19 0 (3) 13 3 34 2 Essex Bowling O M R W Bailey 36 2 133 1 R.Smith 39 8 118 0 T.P.B.Smith 31 3 104 1 Vigar 27.2 0 102 7 Umpires: K.McCanlis and C.N.Woolley. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Somerset (1) 165-2 (Gimblett 102*, Buse 14*); 2nd day: Essex (2) 118-3 (Horsfall 12*, Pearce 19*). H.Gimblett’s 156 took 270 minutes. 349