f17263	Somerset v Indians
	India in British Isles 1946
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 31st July, 1st, 2nd August 1946 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Indians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by an innings and 11 runs
Umpires	E Cooke, H Cruice
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 242/5 (Longrigg 18*, Walford 9*)
Close of play day 2	Indians (2) 136/1 (Merchant 63*, Pataudi 69*)

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Indians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VM Merchant	c Luckes b Andrews	0
S Mushtaq Ali	b Andrews	20
*Nawab of Pataudi	c Walford b Buse	29
L Amarnath	c Lawrence b Buse	1
Abdul Hafeez	b Andrews	0
VS Hazare	c Hazell b Buse	0
Gul Mohammad	c Walford b Buse	2
MH Mankad	b Buse	4
SW Sohoni	c Longrigg b Andrews	3
CT Sarwate	not out	0
+DD Hindlekar	c Walford b Andrews	4
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(all out, 37 overs)	64
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-24, 3-30, 4-31, 5-40, 6-44, 7-53, 8-60, 9-60, 10-64 (37 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Andrews	19	5	36	5	-	-
Buse	18	6	27	5	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	run out	76
H Gimblett	c Merchant b Mankad	102			10	-
RJO Meyer	c Mushtaq Ali b Mankad	19
F Castle	b Sarwate	0
*EF Longrigg	c Pataudi b Mankad	74
J Lawrence	b Sarwate	5
MM Walford	not out	141			16	-
HFT Buse	not out	59
+WT Luckes	did not bat
WHR Andrews	did not bat
HL Hazell	did not bat
Extras	(22 b, 6 lb, 2 nb)	30
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 184 overs)	506
Fall of wickets:
1-182, 2-191, 3-192, 4-214, 5-228, 6-344

Indians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Amarnath	48	17	87	0	-	-
Sohoni	31	7	119	0	-	-
Mankad	50	10	136	3	-	-
Hazare	15	4	32	0	-	-
Sarwate	39	8	95	2	-	-
Pataudi	1	0	7	0	-	-

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Indians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VM Merchant	c Hazell b Buse	87
S Mushtaq Ali	run out	1
*Nawab of Pataudi	c Luckes b Meyer	76
Abdul Hafeez	c Buse b Andrews	38
VS Hazare	c Gimblett b Hazell	43
Gul Mohammad	lbw b Buse	0
L Amarnath	c Longrigg b Hazell	41
MH Mankad	b Lawrence	8
SW Sohoni	st Luckes b Lawrence	32
CT Sarwate	not out	66
+DD Hindlekar	st Luckes b Buse	30
Extras	(3 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 126.3 overs)	431
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-155, 3-201, 4-201, 5-258, 6-263, 7-287, 8-314, 9-379, 10-431 (126.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Andrews	27	2	94	1	-	-
Buse	32.3	5	108	3	-	-
Meyer	29	6	72	1	-	-
Lawrence	20	3	83	2	-	-
Hazell	17	3	52	2	-	-
Gimblett	1	0	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> FS Lee (1) passed 14500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> H Gimblett (1) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 96
--> MM Walford (1) 100 in 165 minutes
--> RJO Meyer reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Indians second innings
--> Abdul Hafeez retired not out in the Indians second innings (team score 160/2) - he returned when the score was 314/8

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MM Walford scored 1 five in the Somerset first innings

 

 

 

 

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