f18385 cc9031	Warwickshire v Somerset
	County Championship 1949
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 2nd, 4th July 1949 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Warwickshire won by an innings and 37 runs
Points	Warwickshire 12; Somerset 0
Umpires	TJ Bartley, CN Woolley
Scorers	GC Austin (Warwickshire), RF Trump (Somerset)
Close of play day 1	Warwickshire (1) 175/5 (Townsend 44*, Wolton 21*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	b Townsend	45
E Hill	b Pritchard	8
FL Angell	lbw b Pritchard	0
*GES Woodhouse	b Pritchard	17
M Coope	st Spooner b Townsend	9
HFT Buse	c Spooner b Grove	2
+HW Stephenson	b Grove	6
J Lawrence	c Pritchard b Hollies	11
AW Wellard	b Townsend	34
HL Hazell	not out	1
J Redman	c Townsend b Hollies	1
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 72.1 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-29, 3-63, 4-73, 5-85, 6-93, 7-93, 8-139, 9-143, 10-144 (72.1 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pritchard	22	8	38	3	-	-
Grove	18	9	40	2	-	-
Hollies	16.1	6	31	2	-	-
Townsend	16	6	25	3	-	-

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	st Stephenson b Lawrence	49
DDS Taylor	st Stephenson b Lawrence	12
KA Taylor	st Stephenson b Lawrence	13
JS Ord	b Hazell	12
*HE Dollery	c Wellard b Hazell	15
A Townsend	lbw b Lawrence	68
AVG Wolton	not out	111		235	19	-
+RT Spooner	c Angell b Lawrence	8
CWC Grove	c Gimblett b Hazell	60
TL Pritchard	c Hill b Wellard	12
WE Hollies	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 137 overs)	373
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-77, 3-90, 4-90, 5-110, 6-219, 7-243, 8-359, 9-373 (137 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	38	9	109	1	-	-
Buse	16	2	42	0	-	-
Hazell	43	14	105	3	-	-
Lawrence	30	6	75	5	-	-
Redman	10	0	29	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	lbw b Grove	68
E Hill	st Spooner b Hollies	16
FL Angell	run out	12
*GES Woodhouse	c Townsend b Hollies	10
M Coope	lbw b Grove	1
HFT Buse	b Pritchard	4
+HW Stephenson	c Pritchard b Hollies	13
J Lawrence	b Pritchard	8
AW Wellard	c Spooner b Pritchard	41
HL Hazell	not out	1
J Redman	b Hollies	10
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 66.5 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-76, 2-90, 3-104, 4-110, 5-116, 6-122, 7-132, 8-176, 9-181, 10-192 (66.5 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pritchard	19	6	55	3	-	-
Grove	18	5	42	2	-	-
Hollies	23.5	11	71	4	-	-
Townsend	6	0	16	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> A Townsend (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> AVG Wolton (1) passed his previous highest score of 72 in First-Class matches
--> AVG Wolton (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> AVG Wolton (1) passed his previous highest score of 72 in County Championship matches
--> AVG Wolton (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> RT Spooner (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> CWC Grove reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> J Lawrence reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Warwickshire first innings

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