f17246 cc8402	Somerset v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1946
Venue	Rowdens Road, Wells on 20th, 22nd, 23rd July 1946 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 4 wickets
Points	Somerset 12; Leicestershire 4
Umpires	HW Lee, CN Woolley
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 101/2 (Gimblett 71*, Longrigg 6*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 67/2 (Gimblett 32*, Barnwell 11*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	b Wellard	53
G Lester	c Gimblett b Andrews	17
FT Prentice	c Luckes b Wellard	23
M Tompkin	c Luckes b Meyer	41
GS Watson	st Luckes b Lawrence	21
VE Jackson	lbw b Lawrence	13
A Riddington	c Luckes b Andrews	41
TA Chapman	not out	29
JE Walsh	c Gimblett b Meyer	21
+P Corrall	b Meyer	0
J Sperry	b Meyer	0
Extras	(9 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 86 overs)	275
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-94, 3-97, 4-154, 5-162, 6-198, 7-238, 8-270, 9-270, 10-275 (86 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	24	2	75	2	-	-
Andrews	20	4	57	2	-	-
Buse	10	1	33	0	-	-
Meyer	19	3	47	4	-	-
Lawrence	13	3	47	2	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	b Riddington	12
H Gimblett	c and b Jackson	118		210	11	-
J Lawrence	lbw b Jackson	7
*EF Longrigg	lbw b Walsh	11
RJO Meyer	c Walsh b Lester	28
HE Watts	b Lester	13
HFT Buse	b Walsh	13
CJP Barnwell	b Walsh	25
AW Wellard	b Walsh	16
WHR Andrews	not out	0
+WT Luckes	b Walsh	2
Extras	(12 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 103 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-70, 3-124, 4-179, 5-195, 6-199, 7-238, 8-256, 9-257, 10-259 (103 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	6	2	17	0	-	-
Jackson	26	8	53	2	-	-
Prentice	4	1	10	0	-	-
Riddington	27	9	40	1	-	-
Walsh	25	3	80	5	-	-
Lester	15	2	45	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	c Lee b Buse	5
G Lester	c Wellard b Meyer	8
FT Prentice	b Meyer	28
M Tompkin	lbw b Buse	16
GS Watson	c Luckes b Meyer	36
VE Jackson	c Luckes b Lawrence	3
A Riddington	run out	7
TA Chapman	b Wellard	4
JE Walsh	c Luckes b Wellard	0
+P Corrall	lbw b Wellard	10
J Sperry	not out	0
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 52.2 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-26, 3-49, 4-67, 5-72, 6-94, 7-110, 8-113, 9-116, 10-125 (52.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buse	15	2	40	2	-	-
Andrews	6	1	14	0	-	-
Meyer	20	7	44	3	-	-
Lawrence	4	0	13	1	-	-
Wellard	7.2	4	6	3	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	lbw b Jackson	14
H Gimblett	lbw b Riddington	43
J Lawrence	b Walsh	7
CJP Barnwell	b Jackson	20
RJO Meyer	c Corrall b Walsh	12
HE Watts	not out	15
HFT Buse	c Corrall b Jackson	12
AW Wellard	not out	10
*EF Longrigg	did not bat
WHR Andrews	did not bat
+WT Luckes	did not bat
Extras	(9 b)	9
Total	(6 wickets, 66.3 overs)	142
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-45, 3-82, 4-101, 5-101, 6-119

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	5	2	11	0	-	-
Jackson	24	10	37	3	-	-
Walsh	28.3	7	71	2	-	-
Riddington	7	1	8	1	-	-
Lester	2	1	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GL Berry (1) passed 22000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> CJP Barnwell (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> AW Wellard reached 1150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> JE Walsh reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> VE Jackson reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> VE Jackson reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset second innings

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