f16084 cc7805	Surrey v Somerset
	County Championship 1938
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 7th, 9th, 10th May 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by an innings and 145 runs
Points	Surrey 12; Somerset 0
Umpires	A Skelding, CV Tarbox
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 202/3 (Gregory 96*, Barling 24*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 124/3 (Seamer 36*, Longrigg 1*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	c Brooks b Parker	3
H Gimblett	c Garland-Wells b Gover	22
JW Seamer	c Squires b Gover	28
HFT Buse	c Gregory b Gover	0
*EF Longrigg	lbw b Watts	44
WHR Andrews	c Barling b Gover	12
MD Lyon	b Watts	1
AW Wellard	b Watts	4
CJP Barnwell	b Watts	8
+WT Luckes	not out	1
HL Hazell	c Brooks b Watts	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 47 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-25, 3-31, 4-97, 5-99, 6-103, 7-110, 8-124, 9-128, 10-128 (47 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	16	1	37	4	-	-
Watts	14	2	35	5	-	-
Parker	8	5	11	1	-	-
Squires	6	2	25	0	-	-
Garland-Wells	3	0	15	0	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Fishlock	lbw b Wellard	33
TM McMurray	b Andrews	6
RJ Gregory	c Longrigg b Hazell	243
HS Squires	c Buse b Hazell	32
HT Barling	lbw b Andrews	32
JF Parker	b Buse	28
*HM Garland-Wells	b Gimblett	51
EA Watts	b Wellard	43
KCW King	c sub b Hazell	24
+EWJ Brooks	not out	13
AR Gover	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 10 lb, 2 nb)	16
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 121.1 overs)	521
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-62, 3-162, 4-216, 5-276, 6-365, 7-437, 8-505, 9-521 (121.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	36	4	162	2	-	-
Andrews	25	1	130	2	-	-
Buse	29	4	101	1	-	-
Hazell	23.1	4	79	3	-	-
Gimblett	8	0	33	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	run out	11
H Gimblett	c Gregory b King	56
JW Seamer	c Gover b Watts	38
HFT Buse	c Brooks b Gover	18
*EF Longrigg	c Garland-Wells b Squires	25
WHR Andrews	c Gover b Watts	52
AW Wellard	c Gregory b Squires	0
MD Lyon	c King b Gover	22
CJP Barnwell	lbw b Gover	0
+WT Luckes	not out	6
HL Hazell	c Brooks b Watts	10
Extras	(4 b, 6 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 87.3 overs)	248
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-86, 3-119, 4-138, 5-187, 6-191, 7-229, 8-231, 9-232, 10-248 (87.3 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	27	4	86	3	-	-
Watts	19.3	6	65	3	-	-
Parker	17	3	38	0	-	-
Squires	12	3	29	2	-	-
King	6	1	14	1	-	-
Gregory	6	4	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> WHR Andrews (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> LB Fishlock (1) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 21
--> RJ Gregory (1) passed his previous highest score of 180 in County Championship matches
--> RJ Gregory (1) passed his previous highest score of 180 in First-Class matches
--> RJ Gregory (1) passed 14500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 152
--> HM Garland-Wells (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 33
--> KCW King (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in County Championship matches
--> HFT Buse reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> HFT Buse reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> AR Gover reached 1100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings

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Gregory's 243 was the highest score of his career. It took 345 minutes and included two 6's and thirty 4's.