f15712 cc7594	Leicestershire v Somerset
	County Championship 1937
Venue	Aylestone Road, Leicester on 22nd, 24th, 25th May 1937 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 3; Somerset 5
Umpires	HG Baldwin, W Bestwick
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 87/3 (Buse 44*, Molyneux 16*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 132/4 (Berry 78*, Riley 19*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	b Andrews	6
FT Prentice	lbw b Andrews	4
NF Armstrong	b Buse	8
*CS Dempster	b Buse	17
GS Watson	c and b Wellard	1
H Riley	not out	25
G Geary	c Lee b Wellard	1
WE Astill	c Bennett b Buse	12
FJ Bowley	b Buse	0
HA Smith	c Bennett b Buse	0
+P Corrall	c Linney b Hazell	16
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 55 overs)	92
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-11, 3-26, 4-27, 5-49, 6-50, 7-65, 8-65, 9-65, 10-92 (55 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	18	5	34	2	-	-
Andrews	17	4	28	2	-	-
Buse	18	6	18	5	-	-
Hazell	2	1	10	1	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	c Armstrong b Smith	10
HFT Buse	c Watson b Smith	51
CK Linney	c Watson b Smith	9
*GM Bennett	b Geary	1
PSM Molyneux	lbw b Smith	25
WHR Andrews	c Corrall b Smith	10
WN Bunce	c Berry b Astill	26
AW Wellard	c Corrall b Astill	11
R Southcombe	hit wkt b Geary	9
+WT Luckes	not out	11
HL Hazell	c Smith b Geary	10
Extras	(6 b, 7 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 95.1 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-49, 3-63, 4-104, 5-105, 6-133, 7-147, 8-158, 9-164, 10-186 (95.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	31	4	84	5	-	-
Geary	38.1	13	57	3	-	-
Astill	19	8	21	2	-	-
Bowley	7	1	11	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	b Wellard	84
FT Prentice	lbw b Wellard	5
NF Armstrong	st Luckes b Hazell	13
*CS Dempster	c Luckes b Buse	0
GS Watson	run out	6
H Riley	c Luckes b Wellard	30
G Geary	c and b Andrews	28
WE Astill	b Andrews	26
FJ Bowley	b Wellard	2
HA Smith	c Luckes b Andrews	23
+P Corrall	not out	6
Extras	(14 b, 9 lb)	23
Total	(all out, 127.2 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-45, 3-46, 4-60, 5-138, 6-163, 7-207, 8-210, 9-216, 10-246 (127.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	46	12	68	4	-	-
Andrews	30.2	9	60	3	-	-
Buse	28	8	45	1	-	-
Hazell	23	7	50	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	c Armstrong b Smith	10
HFT Buse	c Corrall b Smith	9
CK Linney	c Geary b Smith	0
*GM Bennett	not out	45
PSM Molyneux	c and b Smith	1
WHR Andrews	c Watson b Smith	9
WN Bunce	c Smith b Astill	4
AW Wellard	run out	41
R Southcombe	b Smith	0
+WT Luckes	not out	1
HL Hazell	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(8 wickets, 71 overs)	123
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-16, 3-19, 4-21, 5-27, 6-45, 7-119, 8-119

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	27	13	34	6	-	-
Geary	29	11	35	0	-	-
Astill	7	1	17	1	-	-
Bowley	4	0	24	0	-	-
Prentice	4	1	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PSM Molyneux made his debut in First-Class matches
--> PSM Molyneux made his debut in County Championship matches
--> R Southcombe made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> R Southcombe made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> P Corrall (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 8
--> HFT Buse (1) passed his previous highest score of 42 in First-Class matches
--> HFT Buse (1) passed his previous highest score of 42 in County Championship matches
--> WN Bunce (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in First-Class matches
--> WN Bunce (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in County Championship matches
--> GL Berry (2) passed 16500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 37
--> H Riley (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> HFT Buse achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 4-27)
--> HFT Buse achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire first innings
--> HFT Buse achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 4-27)
--> HFT Buse achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings
--> HA Smith reached 750 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings

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