f16658	Somerset v West Indians
	West Indies in England 1939
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 2nd, 3rd August 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	West Indians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by an innings and 72 runs
Umpires	G Beet, JA Newman
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 255/6 (Luckes 40*, Bennett 39*)

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West Indians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Stollmeyer	not out	45
VH Stollmeyer	lbw b Andrews	2
GA Headley	lbw b Wellard	0
KH Weekes	b Andrews	4
JED Sealy	b Andrews	0
LN Constantine	c Buse b Andrews	4
*JH Cameron	b Wellard	17
+IM Barrow	c Luckes b Andrews	4
EAV Williams	b Wellard	3
CB Clarke	b Wellard	4
TF Johnson	b Andrews	0
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(all out, 32 overs)	84
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-12, 3-19, 4-25, 5-29, 6-50, 7-55, 8-68, 9-81, 10-84 (32 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	16	3	43	4	-	-
Andrews	16	4	40	6	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	b Johnson	7
H Gimblett	lbw b Williams	11
HFT Buse	lbw b Clarke	21
RJO Meyer	c Barrow b Clarke	78
*EF Longrigg	c Williams b Clarke	16
FM McRae	lbw b Constantine	34
+WT Luckes	not out	71
GM Bennett	c Barrow b Clarke	56
WHR Andrews	c sub (GE Gomez) b Clarke	18
AW Wellard	c Sealy b Constantine	18
HL Hazell	b Clarke	1
Extras	(11 b, 3 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 71.2 overs)	345
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-33, 3-49, 4-97, 5-164, 6-176, 7-289, 8-321, 9-343, 10-345 (71.2 ov)

West Indians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Constantine	23	2	98	2	-	-
Johnson	11	2	38	1	-	-
Williams	11	1	44	1	-	-
Clarke	24.2	4	138	6	-	-
Sealy	2	0	13	0	-	-

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West Indians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Stollmeyer	c Gimblett b Meyer	8
VH Stollmeyer	b Wellard	14
GA Headley	lbw b Wellard	31
JED Sealy	c Bennett b Meyer	1
KH Weekes	c and b Hazell	54
LN Constantine	b Hazell	10
+IM Barrow	c Hazell b Meyer	29
EAV Williams	not out	29
CB Clarke	c Gimblett b Hazell	4
TF Johnson	b Hazell	2
*JH Cameron	absent hurt
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 53.4 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-22, 3-24, 4-88, 5-119, 6-124, 7-170, 8-175, 9-189 (53.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	22	3	78	2	-	-
Andrews	4	0	10	0	-	-
Meyer	12	5	20	3	-	-
Hazell	15.4	1	74	4	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> GM Bennett made his last appearance in First-Class matches

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