County Championship, 1947
Leicestershire v Somerset
Grace Road, Leicester
20,21,22 August 1947 (3-day match)
Result: Somerset won by 6 wickets
Points:
Toss: Leicestershire
Umpires: GP Heaton and CN Woolley
Close of play:
Day 1:
Day 2:
Leicestershire 1st innings
*GL Berry c Luckes b Lawrence 46
A Riddington c Hazell b Buse 3
GS Watson b Buse 10
M Tompkin st Luckes b Meyer 122
VE Jackson c Mitchell-Innes b Hazell 35
FT Prentice c Luckes b Buse 30
G Lester not out 106
HG Pickering c Lawrence b Meyer 57
JE Walsh c Watts b Hazell 2
+P Corrall b Meyer 26
J Sperry run out 6
Extras (b 7, lb 3, w 1) 11
Total (all out, 126.2 overs) 454
FoW: 1-6, 2-20, 3-138, 4-203, 5-235,
6-269, 7-375, 8-382, 9-446, 10-454.
Bowling O M R W
Meyer 38 4 118 3
Buse 22 9 69 3
Hazell 37 5 96 2
Lawrence 20.2 1 104 1
Coope 8 0 54 0
Gimblett 1 0 2 0
Somerset 1st innings
H Gimblett c Berry b Jackson 2
MM Walford c Corrall b Sperry 12
HFT Buse c Corrall b Sperry 52
HE Watts c Corrall b Sperry 0
GES Woodhouse c Walsh b Riddington 109
NS Mitchell-Innes c Riddington b Prentice 74
J Lawrence lbw b Riddington 0
*RJO Meyer c Riddington b Prentice 3
M Coope c Corrall b Prentice 1
+WT Luckes c Corrall b Sperry 10
HL Hazell not out 26
Extras (b 19, lb 1) 20
Total (all out, 126.1 overs) 309
FoW: 1-5, 2-27, 3-27, 4-124, 5-261,
6-262, 7-267, 8-268, 9-273, 10-309.
Bowling O M R W
Sperry 26.1 6 77 4
Jackson 21 6 32 1
Riddington 21 7 30 2
Walsh 26 1 74 0
Lester 10 3 26 0
Prentice 22 5 50 3
Leicestershire 2nd innings
*GL Berry c sub b Buse 1
G Lester c Lawrence b Meyer 4
GS Watson c Watts b Hazell 47
M Tompkin b Buse 8
VE Jackson c Mitchell-Innes b Meyer 6
FT Prentice b Hazell 27
HG Pickering c Luckes b Lawrence 6
JE Walsh b Meyer 4
+P Corrall c Coope b Meyer 3
J Sperry not out 3
A Riddington absent hurt -
Extras (b 6, lb 4, w 1) 11
Total (all out, 41 overs) 120
FoW: 1-4, 2-21, 3-38, 4-47, 5-88, 6-100, 7-108, 8-116, 9-120.
Bowling O M R W
Meyer 17 3 39 4
Buse 13 2 47 2
Hazell 8 3 13 2
Lawrence 2 1 5 1
Coope 1 0 5 0
Somerset 2nd innings (target: 266 runs)
MM Walford c sub b Sperry 81
*RJO Meyer run out 19
HE Watts c & b Walsh 51
NS Mitchell-Innes run out 62
M Coope not out 35
+WT Luckes not out 4
Extras (b 11, lb 6) 17
Total (4 wickets, 61.2 overs) 269
DNB: H Gimblett, HFT Buse, GES Woodhouse, J Lawrence, HL Hazell.
FoW: 1-27, 2-128, 3-187, 4-247.
Bowling O M R W
Sperry 25 2 80 1
Jackson 17 1 72 0
Walsh 5 0 41 1
Prentice 14.2 1 59 0
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