First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

SOMERSET v ESSEX Played at Recreation Ground, Bath, June 23, 25, 1951. Essex won by an innings and 13 runs. (Points: Somerset 0, Essex 12) ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds c Angell b Redman 77 2 A.V.Avery b Redman 76 3 †P.A.Gibb lbw b Redman 0 4 R.Horsfall b Buse 31 5 *D.J.Insole c Angell b Buse 4 6 T.E.Bailey c Angell b Hazell 48 7 R.Smith c Smith b Redman 8 8 S.C.Eve b Hazell 13 9 T.P.B.Smith c Tremlett b Robinson 0 10 W.T.Greensmith b Robinson 2 11 K.C.Preston not out 7 Extras b 27, lb 4 31 —— 297 FoW (1): 1-163, 2-163, 3-174, 4-179, 5-214, 6-245, 7-270, 8-271, 9-275, 10-297 SOMERSET 1 H.Gimblett b Bailey 4 lbw b Bailey 9 2 F.L.Angell b Preston 0 c Horsfall b Preston 5 3 J.Lawrence c Gibb b Bailey 9 (7) b Preston 2 4 M.F.Tremlett c Horsfall b Preston 5 c Dodds b T.P.B.Smith 87 5 H.F.T.Buse b Bailey 0 not out 58 6 †H.W.Stephenson b Bailey 12 b Bailey 22 7 *S.S.Rogers c Dodds b R.Smith 10 (3) c and b T.P.B.Smith 20 8 R.Smith b Bailey 0 st Gibb b T.P.B.Smith 14 9 J.Redman c Avery b R.Smith 0 st Gibb b T.P.B.Smith 1 10 E.P.Robinson c Preston b R.Smith 4 c Avery b R.Smith 9 11 H.L.Hazell not out 0 c R.Smith b T.P.B.Smith 3 Extras b 2, lb 1, w 1 4 b 2, lb 3, w 1 6 —— —— 48 236 FoW (1): 1-1, 2-7, 3-20, 4-20, 5-26, 6-43, 7-43, 8-43, 9-47, 10-48 FoW (2): 1-14, 2-14, 3-55, 4-151, 5-179, 6-186, 7-212, 8-214, 9-231, 10-236 Somerset Bowling O M R W Redman 29 11 52 4 Buse 30 9 60 2 Robinson 28 7 58 2 Hazell 31.2 13 56 2 Lawrence 10 2 40 0 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Bailey 14 8 17 5 21 7 51 2 Preston 10 4 21 2 17 4 36 2 R.Smith 3.1 1 6 3 26 6 52 1 T.P.B.Smith (4) 28.5 6 74 5 Greensmith (5) 7 4 13 0 Insole (6) 2 1 4 0 Umpires: H.L.Palmer and A.E.Pothecary. Toss: Somerset Close of Play: 1st day: Somerset (1) 2-1 (Gimblett 0*, Lawrence 1*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. 265