f17547	Somerset v South Africans
	South Africa in British Isles 1947
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 14th, 16th, 17th June 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	South Africans won by an innings and 43 runs
Umpires	CF Root, CV Tarbox
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 82/5 (Coope 45*, Luckes 16*)
Close of play day 2	South Africans (1) 241/6 (Nourse 10*, Viljoen 1*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	c Mitchell b Plimsoll	0
H Gimblett	c Ovenstone b Dawson	0
M Coope	c Ovenstone b Begbie	64
HFT Buse	c Ovenstone b Dawson	8
*RJO Meyer	c Dyer b Plimsoll	11
A Vickery	c Ovenstone b Payn	2
+WT Luckes	not out	47
J Lawrence	lbw b Plimsoll	17
MF Tremlett	c Ovenstone b Dawson	0
AW Wellard	lbw b Plimsoll	11
HL Hazell	b Dawson	5
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 81.2 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-6, 3-24, 4-45, 5-60, 6-110, 7-145, 8-146, 9-163, 10-170 (81.2 ov)

South Africans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Plimsoll	33	8	70	4	-	-
Dawson	16.2	3	41	4	-	-
Payn	24	11	34	1	-	-
Begbie	8	2	20	1	1	-

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South Africans first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Mitchell	b Buse	72
DV Dyer	c Luckes b Wellard	39
GM Fullerton	c Hazell b Wellard	8
DW Begbie	c and b Lawrence	62
OC Dawson	c Luckes b Tremlett	33
+DM Ovenstone	c Lawrence b Tremlett	6
*AD Nourse	c Tremlett b Meyer	65
KG Viljoen	not out	54
LW Payn	st Luckes b Hazell	4
VI Smith	not out	11
JB Plimsoll	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	14
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 124 overs)	368
Fall of wickets:
1-115, 2-117, 3-127, 4-216, 5-224, 6-235, 7-326, 8-336

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	32	8	74	2	-	-
Buse	28	8	68	1	-	2
Tremlett	30	3	92	2	1	-
Hazell	16	4	34	1	1	-
Lawrence	7	1	32	1	-	-
Coope	1	0	11	0	-	-
Gimblett	3	0	17	0	-	-
Meyer	7	0	26	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	c Mitchell b Begbie	23
H Gimblett	c Ovenstone b Plimsoll	17
M Coope	lbw b Dawson	1
HFT Buse	c sub b Begbie	12
J Lawrence	c Ovenstone b Plimsoll	49
A Vickery	c Nourse b Begbie	7
+WT Luckes	b Dawson	23
*RJO Meyer	c Mitchell b Plimsoll	0
MF Tremlett	c Smith b Dawson	7
AW Wellard	not out	7
HL Hazell	b Plimsoll	0
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 69 overs)	155
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-26, 3-51, 4-58, 5-78, 6-131, 7-133, 8-141, 9-154, 10-155 (69 ov)

South Africans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Plimsoll	24	7	41	4	-	-
Dawson	16	6	28	3	-	-
Begbie	11	1	41	3	-	-
Payn	11	4	30	0	-	-
Smith	7	5	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> A Vickery made his debut in First-Class matches
--> M Coope (1) passed his previous highest score of 58 in First-Class matches
--> AW Wellard (1) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> KG Viljoen (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30
--> OC Dawson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset second innings

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