f17566 cc8564	Somerset v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1947
Venue	Recreation Ground, Bath on 21st, 23rd, 24th June 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 100 runs
Points	Somerset 12; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	H Cruice, B Flint
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 143/8 (Howard 13*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 86/5 (Lester 1*, Riddington 3*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	c Riddington b Walsh	12
H Gimblett	c Jackson b Walsh	58
M Coope	b Walsh	5
AW Wellard	b Jackson	9
HFT Buse	c Lester b Walsh	47
J Lawrence	c Prentice b Walsh	31
FL Angell	b Walsh	4
+WT Luckes	c Corrall b Jackson	20
*RJO Meyer	c Walsh b Jackson	0
MF Tremlett	not out	29
WHR Andrews	c Berry b Walsh	18
Extras	(13 b)	13
Total	(all out, 91.1 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-63, 3-72, 4-92, 5-130, 6-145, 7-192, 8-192, 9-204, 10-246 (91.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	14	6	32	0	-	-
Riddington	7	0	24	0	-	-
Jackson	26	11	72	3	-	-
Walsh	31.1	6	75	7	-	-
Lester	10	4	24	0	-	-
Prentice	3	1	6	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	c Luckes b Wellard	15
FT Prentice	c Angell b Wellard	4
G Lester	b Andrews	7
M Tompkin	lbw b Tremlett	39
VE Jackson	b Wellard	2
GS Watson	c Gimblett b Buse	3
A Riddington	c Wellard b Buse	26
J Howard	not out	25
JE Walsh	c Gimblett b Tremlett	29
+P Corrall	lbw b Wellard	18
J Sperry	b Wellard	0
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 65.4 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-13, 3-43, 4-49, 5-55, 6-94, 7-104, 8-143, 9-176, 10-176 (65.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Andrews	10	2	28	1	-	-
Wellard	19.4	6	26	5	-	-
Buse	15	2	41	2	-	1
Tremlett	16	0	66	2	-	-
Meyer	5	2	7	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	c Jackson b Sperry	6
H Gimblett	c Howard b Walsh	35
M Coope	lbw b Jackson	3
HFT Buse	c Corrall b Sperry	65
J Lawrence	c Walsh b Lester	11
MF Tremlett	c Corrall b Sperry	1
+WT Luckes	lbw b Jackson	0
AW Wellard	c Howard b Jackson	4
*RJO Meyer	b Jackson	30
WHR Andrews	b Sperry	6
FL Angell	not out	2
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 72.3 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-26, 3-77, 4-98, 5-102, 6-103, 7-109, 8-161, 9-170, 10-175 (72.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	24.3	4	48	4	-	-
Jackson	24	10	68	4	-	-
Lester	12	3	14	1	-	-
Walsh	12	4	33	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	b Andrews	15
FT Prentice	c Tremlett b Wellard	10
GS Watson	lbw b Tremlett	34
M Tompkin	b Tremlett	0
VE Jackson	c Coope b Andrews	7
G Lester	b Tremlett	22
A Riddington	b Tremlett	12
J Howard	run out	2
JE Walsh	c Gimblett b Wellard	11
+P Corrall	not out	5
J Sperry	b Wellard	6
Extras	(16 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	21
Total	(all out, 49.5 overs)	145
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-74, 3-74, 4-76, 5-83, 6-108, 7-123, 8-128, 9-136, 10-145 (49.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Andrews	16	8	20	2	-	-
Wellard	16.5	4	42	3	-	-
Buse	2	0	14	0	-	-
Tremlett	15	3	48	4	-	1

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Notes
--> FL Angell made his debut in First-Class matches
--> FL Angell made his debut in County Championship matches
--> HFT Buse (2) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> JE Walsh reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 7th wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> AW Wellard reached 1400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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