First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

LEICESTERSHIRE v SOMERSET Played at Grace Road, Leicester, May 16, 17, 18, 1951. Leicestershire won by 65 runs. (Points: Leicestershire 12, Somerset 0) LEICESTERSHIRE 1 G.L.Berry c Gimblett b Tremlett 5 c Gimblett b Redman 7 2 V.S.Munden st Stephenson b Lawrence 25 c Rogers b Lawrence 29 3 M.Tompkin c Robinson b Lawrence 54 b Redman 7 4 *C.H.Palmer st Stephenson b Redman 144 c Redman b Buse 55 5 V.E.Jackson c Robinson b Lawrence 11 not out 36 6 G.A.Smithson c Smith b Redman 17 7 K.D.Smith c Tremlett b Buse 15 8 †J.Firth c Stephenson b Buse 71 9 J.E.Walsh not out 10 (6) not out 8 10 J.Sperry c Robinson b Redman 1 11 T.J.Goodwin b Buse 2 Extras b 8, lb 2, w 1, nb 1 12 b 13 13 —— —— 367 (4 wickets, declared) 155 FoW (1): 1-6, 2-66, 3-97, 4-119, 5-161, 6-195, 7-352, 8-359, 9-360, 10-367 FoW (2): 1-8, 2-18, 3-85, 4-146 SOMERSET 1 H.Gimblett c Firth b Sperry 25 c Smithson b Jackson 46 2 F.L.Angell lbw b Goodwin 84 b Munden 26 3 E.Hill b Jackson 15 b Munden 19 4 J.Lawrence b Munden 20 b Munden 21 5 H.F.T.Buse c Firth b Munden 3 lbw b Jackson 16 6 M.F.Tremlett c Jackson b Walsh 42 b Palmer 22 7 R.Smith lbw b Jackson 24 c sub b Munden 0 8 *S.S.Rogers lbw b Sperry 9 (9) b Jackson 10 9 †H.W.Stephenson lbw b Munden 14 (10) not out 1 10 E.P.Robinson b Jackson 9 (8) b Jackson 13 11 J.Redman not out 9 b Munden 1 Extras b 12, lb 11 23 b 4, lb 1 5 —— —— 277 180 FoW (1): 1-37, 2-83, 3-124, 4-130, 5-190, 6-215, 7-228, 8-257, 9-266, 10-277 FoW (2): 1-73, 2-73, 3-112, 4-117, 5-140, 6-147, 7-152, 8-174, 9-179, 10-180 Somerset Bowling O M R W O M R W Tremlett 6 1 15 1 Buse 27 10 41 3 15 5 37 1 Lawrence 52 10 118 3 8 0 36 1 Robinson 50 9 123 0 9 0 41 0 Redman 20 4 53 3 (1) 12 2 28 2 Rogers 1 0 5 0 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Goodwin 20 6 54 1 5 0 29 0 Sperry 25 7 46 2 3 0 24 0 Jackson 38.3 19 60 3 15 0 70 4 Walsh 17 3 50 1 Palmer 5 2 6 0 5 2 19 1 Munden 20 6 38 3 (4) 18.2 8 33 5 Umpires: E.Cooke and J.J.Hills. Toss: Leicestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Leicestershire (1) 353-7 (Firth 71*, Walsh 0*); 2nd day: Leicestershire (2) 7-0 (Berry 7*, Munden 0*). C.H.Palmer’s 144 took 300 minutes and included 10 fours. 167