f17214 cc8380	Somerset v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1946
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 10th, 11th, 12th July 1946 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 239 runs
Points	Somerset 12; Northamptonshire 0
Umpires	HG Baldwin, D Davies
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 102/4 (Barron 28*, Greenwood 33*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (2) 49/3 (Murray-Willis 11*, Barron 4*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	lbw b Nevell	56
H Gimblett	lbw b Clark	13
J Lawrence	c Greenwood b Clark	0
CJP Barnwell	c Nevell b Clark	50
HE Watts	c Robinson b Clark	0
HFT Buse	lbw b Merritt	13
*EF Longrigg	b Nevell	13
AW Wellard	b Partridge	13
WHR Andrews	b Clark	18
+WT Luckes	not out	34
HL Hazell	lbw b Merritt	9
Extras	(6 b, 12 lb, 1 w)	19
Total	(all out, 75.4 overs)	238
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-33, 3-113, 4-113, 5-132, 6-153, 7-172, 8-174, 9-217, 10-238 (75.4 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clark	22	2	50	5	-	-
Partridge	19	3	53	1	-	-
Nevell	16	4	41	2	-	-
Merritt	14.4	1	54	2	-	-
Robinson	4	0	21	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CP Davis	run out	15
*PE Murray-Willis	c Luckes b Buse	0
EW Whitfield	b Wellard	14
JE Timms	c Luckes b Andrews	6
W Barron	b Andrews	33
+HW Greenwood	c Luckes b Andrews	50
WE Merritt	lbw b Wellard	3
WT Nevell	b Wellard	6
RJ Partridge	b Wellard	3
EW Clark	b Andrews	5
AG Robinson	not out	15
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 56 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-26, 3-34, 4-36, 5-107, 6-110, 7-118, 8-122, 9-127, 10-158 (56 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	24	2	86	4	-	-
Andrews	23	5	46	4	-	-
Buse	7	1	14	1	-	-
Lawrence	2	0	4	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	lbw b Partridge	7
H Gimblett	c Partridge b Clark	50
J Lawrence	c Robinson b Merritt	25
CJP Barnwell	c Robinson b Merritt	0
HE Watts	c Barron b Merritt	45
HFT Buse	c Merritt b Timms	50
*EF Longrigg	lbw b Nevell	54
AW Wellard	c and b Nevell	6
WHR Andrews	not out	14
+WT Luckes	not out	13
HL Hazell	did not bat
Extras	(14 b, 10 lb)	24
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 85 overs)	288
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-75, 3-75, 4-114, 5-152, 6-254, 7-261, 8-262

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clark	21	5	43	1	-	-
Partridge	18	2	47	1	-	-
Nevell	17	2	68	2	-	-
Merritt	17	2	56	3	-	-
Robinson	6	1	13	0	-	-
Timms	6	0	37	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CP Davis	b Wellard	9
EW Whitfield	b Andrews	1
JE Timms	lbw b Wellard	20
*PE Murray-Willis	b Wellard	13
W Barron	c Wellard b Andrews	8
+HW Greenwood	not out	36
WE Merritt	b Andrews	1
WT Nevell	c and b Wellard	16
RJ Partridge	b Wellard	1
EW Clark	c Luckes b Wellard	4
AG Robinson	run out	7
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 4 w)	13
Total	(all out, 45.5 overs)	129
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-24, 3-43, 4-52, 5-72, 6-80, 7-105, 8-113, 9-119, 10-129 (45.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	23	7	65	6	-	-
Andrews	19	7	42	3	-	-
Buse	3.5	2	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AW Wellard (1) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> AG Robinson (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in County Championship matches
--> H Gimblett (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 50
--> AW Wellard reached 1300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> WHR Andrews reached 650 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> AW Wellard reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings

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