f19601 cc9691	Somerset v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1952
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 11th, 12th June 1952 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by an innings and 54 runs
Points	Somerset 0; Worcestershire 12
Umpires	TJ Bartley, E Cooke
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 298/6 (Bird 118*, Horton 22*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	b Hazell	44
PE Richardson	c Gimblett b Hazell	54
LF Outschoorn	c Stephenson b Hazell	1
*RE Bird	not out	158		265
G Dews	c Stephenson b Robinson	0
LN Devereux	c Robinson b Hazell	1
RO Jenkins	c Robinson b Hazell	39
MJ Horton	b Lawrence	23
+H Yarnold	c Stephenson b Buse	8
RTD Perks	st Stephenson b Buse	11
GTO Wilson	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 9 lb, 1 nb)	19
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 147.2 overs)	358
Fall of wickets:
1-104, 2-106, 3-109, 4-110, 5-111, 6-193, 7-308, 8-330, 9-358 (147.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
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	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	b Perks	10
J Lawrence	lbw b Perks	2
+HW Stephenson	c Kenyon b Jenkins	23
MF Tremlett	b Perks	22
HFT Buse	c Yarnold b Jenkins	37
BG Brocklehurst	b Perks	16
*SS Rogers	lbw b Devereux	1
DL Kitson	c Bird b Jenkins	4
CG Mitchell	not out	0
EP Robinson	c Perks b Jenkins	3
HL Hazell	c Kenyon b Devereux	9
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 3 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 40.1 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-12, 3-58, 4-99, 5-120, 6-120, 7-125, 8-125, 9-128, 10-137 (40.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	18	5	47	4	-	-
Wilson	7	0	44	0	-	-
Jenkins	13	4	33	4	-	-
Devereux	2.1	1	3	2	-	-

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Somerset second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	c Horton b Jenkins	40
J Lawrence	st Yarnold b Jenkins	34
+HW Stephenson	c Devereux b Wilson	8
MF Tremlett	b Devereux	40
HFT Buse	c Dews b Jenkins	6
BG Brocklehurst	c Yarnold b Jenkins	0
*SS Rogers	b Wilson	31
DL Kitson	b Wilson	0
CG Mitchell	b Jenkins	0
EP Robinson	c Dews b Jenkins	2
HL Hazell	not out	3
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 56.4 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-16, 3-89, 4-89, 5-90, 6-111, 7-135, 8-145, 9-157, 10-167 (56.4 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	6	3	9	0	-	-
Wilson	15	4	53	3	-	-
Jenkins	22.4	4	64	6	-	-
Devereux	13	4	38	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> RE Bird (1) passed his previous highest score of 129 in First-Class matches
--> RE Bird (1) passed his previous highest score of 129 in County Championship matches
--> MJ Horton (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in County Championship matches
--> HL Hazell (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 9
--> RO Jenkins reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Somerset second innings

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