f17234 cc8396	Northamptonshire v Somerset
	County Championship 1946
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 17th, 18th, 19th July 1946 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 7 wickets
Points	Northamptonshire 0; Somerset 12
Umpires	H Elliott, B Flint
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 94/2 (Lee 50*, Barnwell 26*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 166 all out

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Brookes	c Gimblett b Andrews	21
CP Davis	c Luckes b Wellard	32
+HW Greenwood	b Andrews	1
JE Timms	c Hazell b Andrews	14
W Barron	c Gimblett b Lawrence	63
*PE Murray-Willis	b Wellard	1
RJ Partridge	b Lawrence	18
WE Merritt	c Hazell b Lawrence	21
WT Nevell	c Luckes b Buse	1
AG Robinson	c Buse b Lawrence	1
EW Clark	not out	1
Extras	(10 b, 3 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 71.5 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-56, 3-58, 4-83, 5-88, 6-150, 7-179, 8-180, 9-181, 10-187 (71.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	26	3	55	2	-	-
Andrews	24	8	48	3	-	-
Buse	11	2	38	1	-	-
Lawrence	10.5	1	33	4	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	c Barron b Merritt	66
H Gimblett	run out	1
J Lawrence	c Greenwood b Merritt	12
CJP Barnwell	c Robinson b Merritt	31
HE Watts	c Brookes b Nevell	33
GES Woodhouse	c Timms b Merritt	0
HFT Buse	c Merritt b Clark	18
AW Wellard	hit wkt b Clark	14
WHR Andrews	b Nevell	14
+WT Luckes	c Murray-Willis b Merritt	14
HL Hazell	not out	3
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 81.2 overs)	212
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-46, 3-110, 4-122, 5-122, 6-160, 7-172, 8-180, 9-200, 10-212 (81.2 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clark	24	5	50	2	-	-
Partridge	15	2	28	0	-	-
Timms	3	2	9	0	-	-
Nevell	21	4	54	2	-	-
Robinson	2	0	6	0	-	-
Merritt	16.2	2	59	5	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Brookes	c Buse b Andrews	17
CP Davis	c Watts b Wellard	7
+HW Greenwood	c Luckes b Lawrence	28
JE Timms	c Luckes b Andrews	2
W Barron	b Lawrence	58
*PE Murray-Willis	c Hazell b Wellard	12
RJ Partridge	not out	13
WE Merritt	c Luckes b Wellard	5
WT Nevell	b Andrews	14
AG Robinson	c Gimblett b Wellard	5
EW Clark	b Andrews	2
Extras	(2 b, 1 w)	3
Total	(all out, 64 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-30, 3-32, 4-86, 5-126, 6-128, 7-135, 8-158, 9-163, 10-166 (64 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	26	2	74	4	-	-
Andrews	14	3	35	4	-	-
Buse	5	0	14	0	-	-
Lawrence	14	5	21	2	-	-
Hazell	5	0	19	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	b Partridge	0
H Gimblett	b Robinson	41
J Lawrence	not out	75
HE Watts	c Greenwood b Clark	15
GES Woodhouse	not out	13
CJP Barnwell	did not bat
HFT Buse	did not bat
AW Wellard	did not bat
WHR Andrews	did not bat
+WT Luckes	did not bat
HL Hazell	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(3 wickets, 49.3 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-83, 3-101

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clark	12	4	29	1	-	-
Partridge	15	2	33	1	-	-
Merritt	7	0	48	0	-	-
Nevell	9.3	2	28	0	-	-
Robinson	6	2	6	1	-	-

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Notes
--> WE Merritt (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 10
--> WT Nevell (2) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 8
--> J Lawrence (2) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 3
--> J Lawrence achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 4-45)
--> J Lawrence achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire first innings (previous best was 4-45)
--> WT Nevell reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings

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