f15749 cc7622	Somerset v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1937
Venue	Agricultural Showgrounds, Frome on 5th, 7th, 8th June 1937 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 3; Leicestershire 5
Umpires	FI Walden, CN Woolley
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 406/5 (Riley 55*, Geary 41*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (1) 220/6 (Andrews 24*, Wellard 10*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Luckes b Wellard	165
FT Prentice	c Lee b Andrews	6
NF Armstrong	lbw b Andrews	37
*CS Dempster	c Molyneux b Hazell	38
GS Watson	c Buse b Wellard	50
H Riley	b Wellard	70
G Geary	b Andrews	61
WE Astill	b Andrews	22
FJ Bowley	b Wellard	4
HA Smith	not out	20
+P Corrall	b Wellard	1
Extras	(7 b, 9 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 149.3 overs)	490
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-94, 3-184, 4-275, 5-315, 6-429, 7-463, 8-465, 9-472, 10-490 (149.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	50.3	6	136	5	-	-
Andrews	31	3	112	4	-	-
Buse	31	5	100	0	-	-
Hazell	37	6	126	1	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	c Corrall b Geary	3
H Gimblett	c Corrall b Smith	72
HFT Buse	lbw b Astill	23
EF Longrigg	b Bowley	43
*RA Ingle	b Smith	26
CJP Barnwell	b Geary	3
WHR Andrews	b Geary	50
AW Wellard	c and b Geary	18
PSM Molyneux	c and b Geary	8
+WT Luckes	lbw b Geary	0
HL Hazell	not out	1
Extras	(12 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	19
Total	(all out, 102.5 overs)	266
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-103, 3-109, 4-161, 5-170, 6-184, 7-237, 8-255, 9-257, 10-266 (102.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	41	9	97	2	-	-
Geary	40.5	17	72	6	-	-
Bowley	8	0	36	1	-	-
Astill	11	2	41	1	-	-
Prentice	2	1	1	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	c Bowley b Smith	31
WHR Andrews	c Geary b Astill	77
H Gimblett	c Smith b Prentice	63
AW Wellard	not out	50
HFT Buse	c Dempster b Geary	7
EF Longrigg	not out	1
*RA Ingle	did not bat
CJP Barnwell	did not bat
PSM Molyneux	did not bat
+WT Luckes	did not bat
HL Hazell	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb)	7
Total	(4 wickets, 80 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-86, 2-148, 3-174, 4-227

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	20	6	44	1	-	-
Geary	19	9	31	1	-	-
Bowley	18	4	66	0	-	-
Astill	20	5	71	1	-	-
Prentice	3	0	17	1	-	-

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Notes
--> H Riley (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 64
--> WHR Andrews (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> HFT Buse (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> WHR Andrews (2) passed his previous highest score of 71 in County Championship matches
--> WHR Andrews (2) passed his previous highest score of 71 in First-Class matches
--> WHR Andrews (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 28
--> WHR Andrews reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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