f17708 cc8685	Leicestershire v Somerset
	County Championship 1947
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 20th, 21st, 22nd August 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 6 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 4; Somerset 12
Umpires	GP Heaton, CN Woolley
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 11/1 (Walford 3*, Buse 5*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 101/6 (Prentice 19*, Walsh 0*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*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			14	2
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	(7 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 126.2 overs)	454
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-20, 3-138, 4-203, 5-235, 6-269, 7-375, 8-382, 9-446, 10-454 (126.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
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	1	-
Gimblett	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
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	(19 b, 1 lb)	20
Total	(all out, 126.1 overs)	309
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-27, 3-27, 4-124, 5-261, 6-262, 7-267, 8-268, 9-273, 10-309 (126.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
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	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*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	(6 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 41 overs)	120
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-21, 3-38, 4-47, 5-88, 6-100, 7-108, 8-116, 9-120 (41 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buse	13	2	47	2	-	-
Meyer	17	3	39	4	1	-
Hazell	8	3	13	2	-	-
Coope	1	0	5	0	-	-
Lawrence	2	1	5	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MM Walford	c sub b Sperry	81
*RJO Meyer	run out	19
HE Watts	c and b Walsh	51
NS Mitchell-Innes	run out	62
M Coope	not out	35
+WT Luckes	not out	4
H Gimblett	did not bat
HFT Buse	did not bat
GES Woodhouse	did not bat
J Lawrence	did not bat
HL Hazell	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 6 lb)	17
Total	(4 wickets, 61.2 overs)	269
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-128, 3-187, 4-247

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	25	2	80	1	-	-
Jackson	17	1	72	0	-	-
Prentice	14.2	1	59	0	-	-
Walsh	5	0	41	1	-	-

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Notes
--> FT Prentice (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 4
--> G Lester (1) passed his previous highest score of 89 in First-Class matches
--> G Lester (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> G Lester (1) passed his previous highest score of 89 in County Championship matches
--> G Lester (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> GES Woodhouse (1) passed his previous highest score of 70 in First-Class matches
--> GES Woodhouse (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> GES Woodhouse (1) passed his previous highest score of 70 in County Championship matches
--> GES Woodhouse (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> HL Hazell (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> FT Prentice (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 7
--> MM Walford (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 72
--> FT Prentice reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings

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