First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

SOMERSET v ESSEX Played at County Ground, Taunton, July 30, 31, August 1, 1952. Essex won by eight wickets. (Points: Somerset 0, Essex 12) SOMERSET 1 H.Gimblett lbw b Kenny 34 c Gibb b Smith 51 2 G.G.Tordoff c Gibb b Bailey 9 c Vigar b Preston 0 3 M.M.Walford b Smith 14 b Preston 15 4 M.F.Tremlett c Vigar b Kenny 26 c Bailey b Greensmith 49 5 H.E.Watts c Smith b Kenny 3 c Vigar b Smith 0 6 †H.W.Stephenson c Vigar b Bailey 35 c Gibb b Smith 4 7 *S.S.Rogers c Insole b Kenny 1 c sub b Bailey 20 8 R.Smith c and b Vigar 58 not out 18 9 J.Lawrence c Avery b Preston 111 not out 73 10 J.Redman not out 12 11 E.P.Robinson c and b Bailey 1 Extras b 11, lb 8, w 1, nb 1 21 b 2, lb 1, w 1, nb 1 5 —— —— 325 (7 wickets, declared) 235 FoW (1): 1-18, 2-46, 3-81, 4-86, 5-97, 6-109, 7-139, 8-260, 9-324, 10-325 FoW (2): 1-8, 2-66, 3-68, 4-68, 5-85, 6-141, 7-144 ESSEX 1 A.V.Avery b Redman 6 2 T.C.Dodds c and b Robinson 150 c Watts b Robinson 38 3 †P.A.Gibb c and b Smith 21 not out 50 4 R.Horsfall c Stephenson b Robinson 75 5 *D.J.Insole st Stephenson b Smith 1 (1) st Gimblett b Smith 79 6 T.E.Bailey c Stephenson b Redman 31 7 R.Smith lbw b Lawrence 63 (4) not out 2 8 F.H.Vigar c Walford b Redman 4 9 W.T.Greensmith not out 10 10 C.J.M.Kenny 11 K.C.Preston Extras b 20, lb 3, w 1 24 b 4, lb 4 8 —— —— (8 wickets, declared) 385 (2 wickets) 177 FoW (1): 1-9, 2-102, 3-264, 4-265, 5-271, 6-353, 7-358, 8-385 FoW (2): 1-57, 2-163 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Bailey 25.1 4 69 3 10 0 56 1 Preston 20 4 59 1 12 1 45 2 Smith 34 10 67 1 18 5 51 3 Kenny 29 11 65 4 (5) 5 1 38 0 Greensmith 10 3 28 0 (4) 11 0 40 1 Vigar 4 0 16 1 Somerset Bowling O M R W O M R W Tordoff 13 1 48 0 3 0 23 0 Redman 19.1 4 59 3 2 0 16 0 Robinson 27 6 80 2 8 0 48 1 Lawrence 31 3 103 1 13 0 58 0 Smith 25 5 71 2 5 0 24 1 Umpires: J.S.Buller and D.Davies. Toss: Somerset Close of Play: 1st day: Somerset (1) 325 all out; 2nd day: Somerset (2) 28-1 (Gimblett 21*, Walford 7*). J.Lawrence’s 111 took 150 minutes and included 16 fours. T.C.Dodds’s 150 took 230 minutes and included 21 fours. 350