First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

LEICESTERSHIRE v SOMERSET Played at Grace Road, Leicester, August 27, 28, 29, 1952. Leicestershire won by an innings and 6 runs. (Points: Leicestershire 12, Somerset 0) SOMERSET 1 H.Gimblett c Firth b Spencer 27 b Goodwin 7 2 G.G.Tordoff c Jackson b Goodwin 13 b Goodwin 16 3 H.E.Watts c Spencer b Walsh 37 (7) b Palmer 0 4 M.F.Tremlett b Munden 29 (6) st Firth b Munden 0 5 M.M.Walford c Tompkin b Goodwin 21 c Jackson b Palmer 8 6 H.F.T.Buse c Jackson b Spencer 36 (4) c and b Palmer 36 7 †H.W.Stephenson b Goodwin 13 (3) lbw b Munden 12 8 *S.S.Rogers lbw b Jackson 27 (9) b Palmer 4 9 J.Lawrence lbw b Munden 55 (10) c Firth b Munden 0 10 R.Smith not out 44 (8) lbw b Munden 1 11 E.P.Robinson b Spencer 3 not out 0 Extras b 4, lb 1, nb 1 6 b 1, lb 2, nb 4 7 —— —— 311 91 FoW (1): 1-31, 2-49, 3-108, 4-108, 5-153, 6-175, 7-182, 8-217, 9-306, 10-311 FoW (2): 1-18, 2-40, 3-58, 4-79, 5-84, 6-84, 7-84, 8-85, 9-91, 10-91 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 G.A.Smithson c Stephenson b Tordoff 33 2 G.Lester c Gimblett b Tordoff 6 3 M.Tompkin c Tordoff b Smith 116 4 *C.H.Palmer c Tremlett b Buse 106 5 V.E.Jackson c Gimblett b Buse 79 6 V.S.Munden b Buse 19 7 J.E.Walsh b Smith 2 8 L.A.Spence c Lawrence b Smith 3 9 †J.Firth not out 15 10 C.T.Spencer c Gimblett b Smith 0 11 T.J.Goodwin b Buse 7 Extras b 17, lb 5 22 —— 408 FoW (1): 1-24, 2-74, 3-250, 4-331, 5-359, 6-368, 7-380, 8-382, 9-382, 10-408 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Goodwin 24 2 89 3 (2) 11 5 23 2 Spencer 26.1 2 70 3 (1) 6 2 20 0 Palmer 17 8 29 0 (5) 9.1 5 11 4 Walsh 18 4 62 1 Jackson 9 3 20 1 (3) 4 1 14 0 Munden 13 2 35 2 (4) 11 6 16 4 Somerset Bowling O M R W Buse 28.5 11 55 4 Tordoff 22 3 78 2 Lawrence 26 2 101 0 Robinson 24 6 50 0 Smith 36 6 91 4 Gimblett 3 0 11 0 Umpires: A.E.Boulton-Carter and T.W.Spencer. Toss: Somerset Close of Play: 1st day: Somerset (1) 252-8 (Lawrence 27*, Smith 16*); 2nd day: Leicestershire (1) 323-3 (Palmer 105*, Jackson 49*). M.Tompkin’s 116 took 180 minutes. C.H.Palmer’s 106 took 200 minutes. 415