f17077 cc8275	Middlesex v Somerset
	County Championship 1946
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 15th, 16th, 17th May 1946 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 4 wickets
Points	Middlesex 12; Somerset 4
Umpires	H Elliott, J Hardstaff
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 17/0 (Robertson 2*, Brown 14*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 37/9 (Luckes 1*, Hazell 0*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	lbw b Sims	29
H Gimblett	c Young b Thompson	38
NS Mitchell-Innes	c Compton b Gray	55
J Lawrence	c Young b Sims	5
HFT Buse	c Maxwell b Gray	27
CJP Barnwell	c and b Sims	64
*EF Longrigg	b Sims	30
WHR Andrews	c Maxwell b Sims	65
AW Wellard	c Brown b Young	35
+WT Luckes	lbw b Young	5
HL Hazell	not out	0
Extras	(11 b)	11
Total	(all out, 122.2 overs)	364
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-78, 3-84, 4-157, 5-159, 6-239, 7-288, 8-331, 9-364, 10-364 (122.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	26	4	62	2	-	-
Thompson	18	2	46	1	-	-
Routledge	7	1	33	0	-	-
Sims	45	8	105	5	-	-
Edrich	2	1	6	0	-	-
Young	18.2	3	55	2	-	-
Robins	6	0	46	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Gimblett b Lawrence	104
SM Brown	run out	59
WJ Edrich	c Lawrence b Wellard	17
DCS Compton	lbw b Lawrence	50
+CRN Maxwell	lbw b Wellard	6
*RWV Robins	c Andrews b Wellard	4
JM Sims	c Gimblett b Lawrence	5
R Routledge	c Gimblett b Wellard	0
JA Young	c Longrigg b Wellard	7
LH Gray	not out	5
LB Thompson	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 81.4 overs)	260
Fall of wickets:
1-133, 2-173, 3-217, 4-233, 5-239, 6-243, 7-244, 8-250, 9-260 (81.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	40.4	6	112	5	-	-
Andrews	7	2	20	0	-	-
Buse	4	0	7	0	-	-
Lawrence	20	3	78	3	-	-
Hazell	10	2	40	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	c Sims b Young	6
H Gimblett	c Edrich b Gray	1
NS Mitchell-Innes	b Gray	8
J Lawrence	c Compton b Gray	1
HFT Buse	b Young	3
CJP Barnwell	c Robins b Young	0
*EF Longrigg	c Robertson b Young	8
WHR Andrews	c Edrich b Gray	0
AW Wellard	b Gray	4
+WT Luckes	not out	10
HL Hazell	b Young	8
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 42 overs)	55
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-15, 3-17, 4-17, 5-21, 6-30, 7-30, 8-34, 9-34, 10-55 (42 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	21	7	27	5	-	-
Thompson	7	4	11	0	-	-
Young	14	6	11	5	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	lbw b Wellard	16
SM Brown	st Luckes b Hazell	24
WJ Edrich	c Mitchell-Innes b Hazell	6
DCS Compton	b Hazell	39
+CRN Maxwell	b Wellard	0
*RWV Robins	c Luckes b Lawrence	43
JM Sims	not out	16
R Routledge	not out	4
JA Young	did not bat
LH Gray	did not bat
LB Thompson	did not bat
Extras	(12 b)	12
Total	(6 wickets, 53 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-46, 3-46, 4-46, 5-98, 6-151

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Andrews	3	0	16	0	-	-
Buse	4	0	14	0	-	-
Hazell	19	6	49	3	-	-
Wellard	22	7	48	2	-	-
Lawrence	5	1	21	1	-	-

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Notes
--> R Routledge made his debut in County Championship matches
--> R Routledge made his debut in First-Class matches
--> H Gimblett (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> NS Mitchell-Innes (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 36
--> DCS Compton (2) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> JA Young achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 4-64)
--> JA Young achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Somerset second innings
--> LH Gray reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> JA Young achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 4-64)
--> JA Young achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Somerset second innings
--> HL Hazell reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex second innings

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