f17650 cc8634	Somerset v Lancashire
	County Championship 1947
Venue	Agricultural Showgrounds, Frome on 26th, 28th, 29th July 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 36 runs
Points	Somerset 12; Lancashire 0
Umpires	E Cooke, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 129/5 (Wharton 8*, Phillipson 0*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 14/0 (ND Howard 5*, BJ Howard 5*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	c ND Howard b Pollard	64
M Coope	lbw b Phillipson	0
NS Mitchell-Innes	b Pollard	7
+FS Lee	c Barlow b Wharton	3
J Lawrence	c Ikin b Phillipson	47
HE Watts	b Price	16
HFT Buse	c Pollard b Roberts	23
MF Tremlett	b Roberts	8
*RJO Meyer	b Pollard	33
AW Wellard	c BJ Howard b Roberts	36
HL Hazell	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb, 3 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 85 overs)	252
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-7, 3-17, 4-108, 5-144, 6-151, 7-163, 8-188, 9-244, 10-252 (85 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillipson	17	7	33	2	-	1
Pollard	20	5	48	3	-	2
Wharton	4	0	10	1	-	-
Roberts	24	6	60	3	-	-
Ikin	6	1	41	0	-	-
Price	14	4	45	1	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ND Howard	c Lee b Buse	4
+TL Brierley	c Mitchell-Innes b Buse	2
JT Ikin	b Tremlett	66
BJ Howard	b Tremlett	11
GA Edrich	c Mitchell-Innes b Hazell	24
A Wharton	c Buse b Lawrence	25
WE Phillipson	not out	15
R Pollard	b Buse	4
*A Barlow	b Buse	4
EJ Price	lbw b Wellard	0
WB Roberts	b Tremlett	6
Extras	(17 b, 11 lb)	28
Total	(all out, 67 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-12, 3-60, 4-117, 5-121, 6-150, 7-155, 8-163, 9-164, 10-189 (67 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	17	4	38	1	-	-
Buse	14	4	29	4	-	-
Tremlett	17	1	48	3	-	-
Lawrence	12	1	31	1	-	-
Hazell	6	2	9	1	-	-
Coope	1	0	6	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
M Coope	c Barlow b Pollard	13
*RJO Meyer	c ND Howard b Pollard	5
HE Watts	run out	14
+FS Lee	c Pollard b Roberts	22
J Lawrence	c Pollard b Price	10
NS Mitchell-Innes	c BJ Howard b Price	31
MF Tremlett	c Ikin b Roberts	1
AW Wellard	c Edrich b Roberts	43
HFT Buse	not out	8
HL Hazell	c Pollard b Roberts	15
H Gimblett	absent hurt
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 36.4 overs)	168
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-24, 3-48, 4-61, 5-81, 6-83, 7-115, 8-145, 9-168 (36.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phillipson	8	2	23	0	-	-
Pollard	7	0	23	2	-	-
Price	11	1	65	2	-	-
Roberts	10.4	1	51	4	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ND Howard	st Lee b Hazell	17
BJ Howard	c Lee b Buse	11
JT Ikin	c Lawrence b Buse	6
+TL Brierley	st Lee b Lawrence	50
GA Edrich	c sub b Hazell	42
A Wharton	c and b Hazell	0
WE Phillipson	c Mitchell-Innes b Hazell	0
R Pollard	c Mitchell-Innes b Hazell	17
*A Barlow	c Lawrence b Hazell	9
EJ Price	not out	4
WB Roberts	c Wellard b Lawrence	19
Extras	(16 b, 4 lb)	20
Total	(all out, 68.1 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-34, 3-50, 4-130, 5-130, 6-134, 7-134, 8-157, 9-164, 10-195 (68.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	13	4	38	0	-	-
Buse	9	3	16	2	-	-
Tremlett	7	3	15	0	-	-
Hazell	28	5	51	6	-	-
Meyer	1	0	11	0	-	-
Lawrence	10.1	3	44	2	-	-

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Notes
--> H Gimblett (1) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 36
--> HFT Buse (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 14
--> R Pollard reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> WE Phillipson reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> HFT Buse reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Lancashire second innings

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