f18010 cc8819	Somerset v Lancashire
	County Championship 1948
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 7th, 8th, 9th July 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 9 wickets
Points	Somerset 0; Lancashire 12
Umpires	H Cruice, FS Lee
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 22/0 (Gimblett 17*, Hill 4*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 141/5 (Buse 13*, Lawrence 7*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+TL Brierley	c Hill b Tremlett	18
W Place	c and b Meyer	200		315	19	-
GA Edrich	c Tremlett b Lawrence	31
JT Ikin	b Buse	32
ND Howard	b Lawrence	18
A Wharton	b Hazell	2
*K Cranston	lbw b Meyer	32
EH Edrich	b Lawrence	0
P Greenwood	st Luckes b Hazell	42
MJ Hilton	lbw b Hazell	18
WB Roberts	not out	1
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 120.5 overs)	399
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-110, 3-189, 4-220, 5-239, 6-319, 7-320, 8-366, 9-392, 10-399 (120.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tremlett	21	6	65	1	-	-
Buse	29	6	72	1	-	-
Meyer	21	2	110	2	-	1
Hazell	29.5	9	63	3	-	-
Lawrence	20	0	84	3	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	c Cranston b Roberts	37
E Hill	c and b Roberts	21
RJO Meyer	c and b Cranston	0
M Coope	run out	9
ATM Jones	b Cranston	3
HFT Buse	c Howard b Roberts	7
J Lawrence	c GA Edrich b Roberts	3
MF Tremlett	b Roberts	30
*JW Seamer	c GA Edrich b Roberts	0
+WT Luckes	not out	36
HL Hazell	b Ikin	2
Extras	(3 b, 5 lb, 2 w)	10
Total	(all out, 103 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-63, 2-63, 3-65, 4-73, 5-78, 6-82, 7-91, 8-91, 9-153, 10-158 (103 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Greenwood	16	6	23	0	2	-
Cranston	29	12	50	2	-	-
Wharton	12	3	19	0	-	-
Roberts	32	13	34	6	-	-
Ikin	7	3	11	1	-	-
Hilton	7	2	11	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	c Cranston b Hilton	41
E Hill	c Place b Cranston	0
RJO Meyer	b Cranston	30
M Coope	c Cranston b Hilton	42
ATM Jones	st Brierley b Hilton	2
HFT Buse	lbw b Greenwood	38
J Lawrence	c and b Ikin	62
MF Tremlett	c Howard b Hilton	11
*JW Seamer	c sub b Greenwood	23
+WT Luckes	not out	27
HL Hazell	c GA Edrich b Greenwood	4
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 144 overs)	289
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-53, 3-103, 4-111, 5-128, 6-210, 7-231, 8-241, 9-279, 10-289 (144 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Greenwood	33	15	46	3	-	-
Cranston	29	8	75	2	-	-
Wharton	6	2	16	0	-	-
Roberts	1	0	3	0	-	-
Hilton	52	18	93	4	-	-
Ikin	23	6	47	1	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+TL Brierley	not out	27
W Place	b Tremlett	2
GA Edrich	not out	19
JT Ikin	did not bat
ND Howard	did not bat
A Wharton	did not bat
*K Cranston	did not bat
EH Edrich	did not bat
P Greenwood	did not bat
MJ Hilton	did not bat
WB Roberts	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb)	3
Total	(1 wicket, 14.3 overs)	51
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Place)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tremlett	6	2	18	1	-	1
Buse	4	0	11	0	-	1
Meyer	3	0	13	0	-	-
Seamer	1.3	0	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> ATM Jones made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> ATM Jones made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> W Place (1) passed his previous highest score of 171 in County Championship matches
--> P Greenwood (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in County Championship matches
--> P Greenwood (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in First-Class matches
--> MJ Hilton (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in First-Class matches
--> WB Roberts (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> MF Tremlett (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 8
--> WT Luckes (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> RJO Meyer reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> WB Roberts reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> MF Tremlett reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire second innings

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