f17587 cc8577	Somerset v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1947
Venue	Recreation Ground, Bath on 28th, 30th June 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to field
Result	Somerset won by 4 wickets
Points	Somerset 12; Worcestershire 4
Umpires	HG Baldwin, D Davies
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (2) 4/0 (E Cooper 2*, Howorth 1*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Cooper	lbw b Wellard	16
F Cooper	b Wellard	7
D Kenyon	c Luckes b Wellard	0
*AFT White	lbw b Buse	7
LF Outschoorn	c Gimblett b Wellard	23
DM Young	st Luckes b Buse	34
R Howorth	b Wellard	0
RTD Perks	c Lawrence b Wellard	0
+H Yarnold	lbw b Wellard	16
L Blunt	not out	11
PF Jackson	c Gimblett b Wellard	8
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 57.4 overs)	131
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-26, 3-27, 4-45, 5-63, 6-63, 7-63, 8-104, 9-114, 10-131 (57.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	27.4	7	52	8	-	-
Buse	26	6	63	2	-	-
Hazell	1	0	3	0	-	-
Meyer	3	1	4	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	c Yarnold b Perks	0
M Coope	b Perks	10
F Castle	c White b Perks	11
HFT Buse	c Young b Perks	4
J Lawrence	c Young b Howorth	19
*RJO Meyer	c Outschoorn b Perks	43
+WT Luckes	c sub b Howorth	3
A Vickery	not out	9
AW Wellard	c Outschoorn b Howorth	8
HL Hazell	b Howorth	0
FS Lee	absent hurt
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(all out, 43.4 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-12, 3-24, 4-25, 5-78, 6-93, 7-97, 8-109, 9-113 (43.4 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	18	7	36	5	-	-
Blunt	6	1	20	0	-	-
Jackson	10	1	24	0	-	-
Howorth	9.4	2	27	4	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Cooper	c Gimblett b Wellard	14
R Howorth	c Luckes b Wellard	18
D Kenyon	c Hazell b Buse	9
*AFT White	c Luckes b Wellard	8
LF Outschoorn	b Wellard	9
DM Young	b Wellard	0
RTD Perks	lbw b Meyer	32
+H Yarnold	lbw b Wellard	1
L Blunt	b Meyer	11
F Cooper	not out	2
PF Jackson	b Wellard	0
Extras	(14 b, 6 lb, 1 w)	21
Total	(all out, 38.3 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-44, 3-58, 4-70, 5-70, 6-72, 7-79, 8-117, 9-124, 10-125 (38.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	19.3	3	49	7	-	-
Buse	7	0	25	1	-	-
Meyer	12	4	30	2	1	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	c Outschoorn b Howorth	41
A Vickery	b Perks	4
F Castle	b Perks	1
HFT Buse	b Blunt	1
J Lawrence	c Outschoorn b Howorth	61
M Coope	st Yarnold b Howorth	4
*RJO Meyer	not out	14
+WT Luckes	not out	13
AW Wellard	did not bat
HL Hazell	did not bat
FS Lee	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(6 wickets, 68.5 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-16, 3-19, 4-103, 5-111, 6-116

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	28.5	8	51	2	-	-
Blunt	14	2	35	1	-	-
Jackson	9	2	19	0	-	-
Howorth	17	4	34	3	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> A Vickery made his debut in County Championship matches
--> L Blunt (1) equalled his previous highest score of 11 in County Championship matches
--> L Blunt (2) equalled his previous highest score of 11 in County Championship matches
--> WT Luckes (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> AW Wellard achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Worcestershire first innings (previous best was 7-35)
--> AW Wellard reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 7th wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> AW Wellard achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Worcestershire first innings (previous best was 7-43)
--> RTD Perks reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> AW Wellard reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire second innings
--> R Howorth reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings

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