First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

SOMERSET v WARWICKSHIRE Played at Rowdens Road, Wells, July 25, 26, 1951. Warwickshire won by an innings and 122 runs. (Points: Somerset 0, Warwickshire 12) WARWICKSHIRE 1 F.C.Gardner lbw b Robinson 28 2 †R.T.Spooner c Hill b Hazell 31 3 J.S.Ord b Lawrence 123 4 R.E.Hitchcock b Buse 80 5 *H.E.Dollery lbw b Buse 0 6 A.V.G.Wolton st Stephenson b Lawrence 94 7 A.Townsend c Hill b Hazell 20 8 T.L.Pritchard c Robinson b Lawrence 5 9 C.W.C.Grove not out 1 10 R.T.Weeks lbw b Hazell 4 11 W.E.Hollies Extras b 8, lb 3 11 —— (9 wickets, declared) 397 FoW (1): 1-59, 2-59, 3-195, 4-195, 5-332, 6-385, 7-387, 8-392, 9-397 SOMERSET 1 F.L.Angell c Gardner b Pritchard 4 c Spooner b Weeks 10 2 E.Hill b Weeks 27 c and b Pritchard 15 3 *S.S.Rogers b Pritchard 1 (7) c Townsend b Hollies 13 4 M.F.Tremlett c Townsend b Weeks 81 c and b Hollies 7 5 H.F.T.Buse c Townsend b Hollies 20 not out 23 6 R.Smith not out 16 (3) b Weeks 12 7 J.Lawrence st Spooner b Hollies 2 (6) c Dollery b Wolton 17 8 †H.W.Stephenson c Grove b Hollies 2 c Dollery b Hollies 0 9 J.Redman c Ord b Weeks 7 c Hitchcock b Weeks 1 10 H.L.Hazell b Hollies 9 hit wkt b Hollies 0 11 E.P.Robinson c Grove b Hollies 1 c Weeks b Hollies 0 Extras lb 3 3 b 1, lb 3 4 —— —— 173 102 FoW (1): 1-9, 2-15, 3-79, 4-122, 5-140, 6-143, 7-151, 8-162, 9-171, 10-173 FoW (2): 1-24, 2-36, 3-46, 4-48, 5-82, 6-99, 7-99, 8-102, 9-102, 10-102 Somerset Bowling O M R W Redman 24 4 63 0 Buse 33 6 75 2 Hazell 33 8 86 3 Robinson 30 8 102 1 Lawrence 23 6 60 3 Warwickshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Pritchard 9 1 43 2 8 2 16 1 Grove 11 4 21 0 6 1 9 0 Hollies 34.3 7 69 5 (4) 25.3 11 36 5 Weeks 33 17 36 3 (3) 26 14 26 3 Townsend 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 Wolton (6) 2 0 7 1 Umpires: H.G.Baldwin and J.J.Hills. Toss: Warwickshire Close of Play: 1st day: Warwickshire (1) 397-9 (Grove 1*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. J.S.Ord’s 123 took 260 minutes. 342