f18039 cc8839	Somerset v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1948
Venue	Agricultural Showgrounds, Frome on 17th, 19th, 20th July 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 166 runs
Points	Somerset 12; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	D Davies, E Robinson
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 176/3 (Gimblett 88*, Woodhouse 16*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 119/3 (Buse 23*, Lawrence 1*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	c Corrall b Sperry	119		160	13	1
E Hill	c Cornock b Sperry	14
M Coope	c Sperry b Walsh	40
HFT Buse	b Walsh	8
*GES Woodhouse	c and b Walsh	61
J Lawrence	lbw b Walsh	0
GR Langdale	b Lester	36
MF Tremlett	b Walsh	5
HW Stephenson	c Jackson b Walsh	2
+WT Luckes	b Lester	3
HL Hazell	not out	1
Extras	(15 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(all out, 96 overs)	307
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-115, 3-143, 4-222, 5-228, 6-283, 7-297, 8-297, 9-301, 10-307 (96 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	19	5	37	2	-	1
Cornock	16	2	50	0	-	-
Walsh	29	7	93	6	-	-
Jackson	21	4	68	0	-	-
Josephs	4	0	17	0	-	-
Lester	7	0	24	2	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	st Luckes b Lawrence	29
G Lester	hit wkt b Lawrence	56
GS Watson	c Tremlett b Hazell	3
M Tompkin	b Lawrence	2
VE Jackson	c Lawrence b Hazell	15
WB Cornock	b Lawrence	0
JM Josephs	c Woodhouse b Lawrence	4
J Howard	c Tremlett b Buse	16
JE Walsh	b Tremlett	47
+P Corrall	c and b Tremlett	4
J Sperry	not out	12
Extras	(5 b, 8 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 66.3 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-61, 3-66, 4-105, 5-106, 6-116, 7-131, 8-185, 9-187, 10-201 (66.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tremlett	13.3	5	38	2	-	-
Buse	14	3	36	1	-	-
Lawrence	20	2	75	5	-	-
Hazell	17	7	33	2	-	-
Langdale	2	1	6	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	c Watson b Walsh	50
E Hill	st Corrall b Jackson	21
M Coope	b Walsh	8
HFT Buse	not out	89
*GES Woodhouse	lbw b Sperry	3
GR Langdale	c Corrall b Sperry	12
J Lawrence	c Howard b Jackson	18
MF Tremlett	b Jackson	4
HW Stephenson	did not bat
+WT Luckes	did not bat
HL Hazell	did not bat
Extras	(18 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	21
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 65.1 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-77, 2-82, 3-108, 4-125, 5-151, 6-195, 7-226 (65.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	26	5	68	2	-	-
Cornock	12	3	20	0	1	-
Jackson	6.1	0	36	3	-	-
Walsh	17	0	52	2	-	-
Lester	4	0	29	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	b Lawrence	40
G Lester	c Luckes b Tremlett	1
GS Watson	lbw b Lawrence	25
M Tompkin	b Langdale	53
VE Jackson	b Lawrence	8
WB Cornock	lbw b Lawrence	10
JM Josephs	b Langdale	1
J Howard	run out	5
JE Walsh	b Langdale	0
+P Corrall	not out	18
J Sperry	b Lawrence	1
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 60.1 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-51, 3-82, 4-98, 5-126, 6-137, 7-144, 8-144, 9-165, 10-166 (60.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tremlett	4	1	9	1	-	-
Buse	4	1	10	0	-	-
Lawrence	26.1	2	78	5	-	-
Langdale	13	0	39	3	-	-
Hazell	13	4	26	0	-	-

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Notes
--> H Gimblett (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 117
--> G Lester (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> VE Jackson (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 12
--> H Gimblett (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 36
--> JE Walsh reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> HL Hazell reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> J Sperry reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> J Lawrence reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> MF Tremlett reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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