f16361 cc8029	Somerset v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1938
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 31st August, 1st September 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by an innings and 140 runs
Points	Somerset 12; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	CWL Parker, EJ Smith
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 265/3 (Wellard 52*, Buse 7*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Luckes b Andrews	0
GS Watson	b Buse	27
NF Armstrong	c Hazell b Andrews	28
FT Prentice	c Luckes b Buse	5
LD Thursting	not out	28
RA Adcock	c Luckes b Andrews	7
*+AGG Webb	lbw b Andrews	0
HA Smith	c Wellard b Andrews	6
G Lester	b Hazell	9
WH Flamson	c Bennett b Andrews	1
J Sperry	b Hazell	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 nb)	2
Total	(all out, 51.5 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-49, 3-59, 4-61, 5-80, 6-80, 7-90, 8-110, 9-113, 10-113 (51.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	6	1	23	0	-	-
Andrews	25	6	56	6	-	-
Buse	10	4	18	2	-	-
Hazell	10.5	5	14	2	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	c Watson b Prentice	95
H Gimblett	b Smith	49
WHR Andrews	b Prentice	48
AW Wellard	b Flamson	56
HFT Buse	c Armstrong b Flamson	67
*EF Longrigg	c Thursting b Flamson	4
MD Lyon	c Armstrong b Smith	14
GM Bennett	b Sperry	47
CJP Barnwell	b Sperry	35
+WT Luckes	b Sperry	0
HL Hazell	not out	1
Extras	(11 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	16
Total	(all out, 115.2 overs)	432
Fall of wickets:
1-112, 2-201, 3-210, 4-275, 5-287, 6-314, 7-395, 8-411, 9-415, 10-432 (115.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	18.2	5	50	3	-	-
Flamson	29	1	103	3	-	-
Smith	28	4	66	2	-	-
Prentice	24	2	108	2	-	-
Lester	13	3	59	0	-	-
Thursting	3	0	30	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Wellard b Hazell	12
GS Watson	c Hazell b Wellard	72
NF Armstrong	c Luckes b Buse	7
FT Prentice	c Buse b Andrews	7
LD Thursting	c Luckes b Andrews	33
RA Adcock	c Hazell b Wellard	4
*+AGG Webb	c Hazell b Andrews	11
HA Smith	lbw b Wellard	2
G Lester	not out	10
WH Flamson	b Wellard	0
J Sperry	c Luckes b Wellard	14
Extras	(6 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 56.2 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-50, 3-75, 4-105, 5-113, 6-135, 7-144, 8-158, 9-163, 10-179 (56.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	18.2	2	37	5	-	-
Andrews	21	3	80	3	-	-
Buse	9	3	18	1	-	-
Hazell	6	0	24	1	-	-
Longrigg	2	0	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> MD Lyon made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> MD Lyon made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> RA Adcock made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RA Adcock made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> AGG Webb made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AGG Webb made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> FS Lee (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 76
--> FS Lee (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 80
--> WHR Andrews (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 47
--> AW Wellard (1) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30
--> HFT Buse (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 33
--> GM Bennett (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30
--> GS Watson (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 3
--> J Sperry (2) equalled his previous highest score of 14 in County Championship matches
--> J Sperry (2) equalled his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> WHR Andrews reached 500 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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