f17927 cc8755	Somerset v Essex
	County Championship 1948
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 2nd, 3rd June 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 9 wickets
Points	Somerset 0; Essex 12
Umpires	HG Baldwin, H Cruice
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 156/6 (Pearce 25*, Greensmith 3*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SS Rogers	b Smith	0
E Hill	b Preston	1
M Coope	b Preston	3
J Lawrence	b Smith	0
A Vickery	b Smith	3
HFT Buse	b Preston	41
MF Tremlett	c Vigar b Smith	44
*JW Seamer	lbw b Smith	1
+WT Luckes	not out	27
AW Wellard	c Avery b Smith	33
HL Hazell	b Price	0
Extras	(17 b, 2 lb)	19
Total	(all out, 71.3 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-5, 3-6, 4-6, 5-12, 6-100, 7-101, 8-110, 9-152, 10-172 (71.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	26	8	50	6	-	-
Preston	22	7	39	3	-	-
Price	13.3	1	43	1	-	-
Morris	10	3	21	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c and b Wellard	75
AV Avery	lbw b Tremlett	15
+FH Rist	b Tremlett	0
FH Vigar	st Luckes b Hazell	21
R Horsfall	c Tremlett b Hazell	12
*TN Pearce	c Rogers b Hazell	62
R Smith	c Seamer b Lawrence	3
WT Greensmith	b Tremlett	5
WB Morris	not out	26
EJ Price	c Hill b Hazell	7
KC Preston	st Luckes b Lawrence	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 w)	2
Total	(all out, 99.1 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-74, 2-74, 3-96, 4-121, 5-146, 6-151, 7-172, 8-218, 9-228, 10-228 (99.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	30	7	67	1	-	-
Tremlett	26	5	89	3	1	-
Buse	5	1	13	0	-	-
Hazell	23	12	26	4	-	-
Lawrence	15.1	3	31	2	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SS Rogers	b Preston	1
E Hill	c Horsfall b Smith	1
M Coope	c Horsfall b Preston	3
J Lawrence	c Avery b Preston	0
A Vickery	b Smith	14
HFT Buse	b Price	18
MF Tremlett	b Smith	4
*JW Seamer	c Greensmith b Smith	8
+WT Luckes	b Smith	5
AW Wellard	not out	10
HL Hazell	b Price	3
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(all out, 37.4 overs)	69
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-5, 3-5, 4-7, 5-26, 6-30, 7-44, 8-56, 9-58, 10-69 (37.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	19	5	35	5	-	-
Preston	6	2	14	3	-	-
Price	12.4	5	18	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	lbw b Tremlett	0
AV Avery	not out	9
+FH Rist	not out	5
FH Vigar	did not bat
R Horsfall	did not bat
*TN Pearce	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
WB Morris	did not bat
EJ Price	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 5.2 overs)	14
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Dodds)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	3	1	6	0	-	-
Tremlett	2.2	0	8	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> TC Dodds (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 40

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