First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

SOMERSET v WORCESTERSHIRE Played at County Ground, Taunton, June 11, 12, 1952. Worcestershire won by an innings and 54 runs. (Points: Somerset 0, Worcestershire 12) WORCESTERSHIRE 1 D.Kenyon b Hazell 44 2 P.E.Richardson c Gimblett b Hazell 54 3 L.F.Outschoorn c Stephenson b Hazell 1 4 *R.E.Bird not out 158 5 G.Dews c Stephenson b Robinson 0 6 L.N.Devereux c Robinson b Hazell 1 7 R.O.Jenkins c Robinson b Hazell 39 8 M.J.Horton b Lawrence 23 9 †H.Yarnold c Stephenson b Buse 8 10 R.T.D.Perks st Stephenson b Buse 11 11 G.T.O.Wilson Extras b 9, lb 9, nb 1 19 —— (9 wickets, declared) 358 FoW (1): 1-104, 2-106, 3-109, 4-110, 5-111, 6-193, 7-308, 8-330, 9-358 SOMERSET 1 H.Gimblett b Perks 10 c Horton b Jenkins 40 2 J.Lawrence lbw b Perks 2 st Yarnold b Jenkins 34 3 †H.W.Stephenson c Kenyon b Jenkins 23 c Devereux b Wilson 8 4 M.F.Tremlett b Perks 22 b Devereux 40 5 H.F.T.Buse c Yarnold b Jenkins 37 c Dews b Jenkins 6 6 B.G.Brocklehurst b Perks 16 c Yarnold b Jenkins 0 7 *S.S.Rogers lbw b Devereux 1 b Wilson 31 8 D.L.Kitson c Bird b Jenkins 4 b Wilson 0 9 C.G.Mitchell not out 0 b Jenkins 0 10 E.P.Robinson c Perks b Jenkins 3 c Dews b Jenkins 2 11 H.L.Hazell c Kenyon b Devereux 9 not out 3 Extras b 2, lb 5, nb 3 10 lb 1, nb 2 3 —— —— 137 167 FoW (1): 1-5, 2-12, 3-58, 4-99, 5-120, 6-120, 7-125, 8-125, 9-128, 10-137 FoW (2): 1-0, 2-16, 3-89, 4-89, 5-90, 6-111, 7-135, 8-145, 9-157, 10-167 Somerset Bowling O M R W Mitchell 26 3 86 0 Buse 28.2 9 61 2 Tremlett 11 3 19 0 Robinson 25 7 54 1 Hazell 45 15 82 5 Lawrence 12 1 37 1 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Perks 18 5 47 4 6 3 9 0 Wilson 7 0 44 0 15 4 53 3 Jenkins 13 4 33 4 22.4 4 64 6 Devereux 2.1 1 3 2 13 4 38 1 Umpires: T.J.Bartley and E.Cooke. Toss: Worcestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Worcestershire (1) 298-6 (Bird 118*, Horton 22*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. R.E.Bird’s 158 took 265 minutes. 223