First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

WARWICKSHIRE v SOMERSET Played at Edgbaston, Birmingham, July 4, 5, 1951. Warwickshire won by an innings and 115 runs. (Points: Warwickshire 12, Somerset 0) SOMERSET 1 H.Gimblett c Hitchcock b Pritchard 5 c Spooner b Pritchard 0 2 F.L.Angell c Townsend b Hollies 26 c Hitchcock b Pritchard 2 3 *S.S.Rogers c Spooner b Grove 8 c Townsend b Pritchard 0 4 M.F.Tremlett c Gardner b Townsend 39 c Townsend b Grove 3 5 H.F.T.Buse lbw b Hollies 13 c Hitchcock b Grove 5 6 E.Hill c Gardner b Hollies 0 b Grove 0 7 †H.W.Stephenson c Weeks b Hollies 4 c Spooner b Pritchard 7 8 J.Lawrence c Townsend b Hollies 2 c Gardner b Pritchard 1 9 J.Redman b Hollies 2 st Spooner b Hollies 25 10 E.P.Robinson b Pritchard 1 c Gardner b Grove 3 11 H.L.Hazell not out 4 not out 1 Extras lb 9 9 b 2, lb 1 3 —— —— 113 50 FoW (1): 1-10, 2-23, 3-82, 4-86, 5-86, 6-90, 7-98, 8-100, 9-101, 10-113 FoW (2): 1-0, 2-0, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 6-12, 7-13, 8-30, 9-39, 10-50 WARWICKSHIRE 1 F.C.Gardner run out 14 2 †R.T.Spooner b Lawrence 63 3 J.S.Ord c Gimblett b Lawrence 54 4 A.V.G.Wolton st Stephenson b Lawrence 5 5 *H.E.Dollery c Angell b Redman 47 6 R.E.Hitchcock b Buse 38 7 A.Townsend lbw b Lawrence 29 8 T.L.Pritchard b Redman 4 9 R.T.Weeks c and b Lawrence 6 10 C.W.C.Grove c Stephenson b Buse 4 11 W.E.Hollies not out 0 Extras b 13, nb 1 14 —— 278 FoW (1): 1-39, 2-99, 3-111, 4-157, 5-226, 6-240, 7-250, 8-271, 9-278, 10-278 Warwickshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Pritchard 16 1 42 2 14 7 26 5 Grove 10 2 21 1 10 2 19 4 Hollies 17.4 7 23 6 3.4 2 2 1 Townsend 3 0 11 1 Weeks 9 6 7 0 Somerset Bowling O M R W Redman 21 4 57 2 Buse 19 4 56 2 Hazell 24 12 39 0 Lawrence 32.4 4 80 5 Robinson 10 1 32 0 Umpires: A.Skelding and L.J.Todd. Toss: Somerset Close of Play: 1st day: Warwickshire (1) 196-4 (Dollery 39*, Hitchcock 16*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. 295