f16261 cc7943	Leicestershire v Somerset
	County Championship 1938
Venue	Aylestone Road, Leicester on 20th, 21st, 22nd July 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 4; Somerset 0
Umpires	J Hardstaff, JA Newman
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 148/1 (Berry 88*, Armstrong 9*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 130/7 (Barnwell 5*, Jones 4*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	run out	12
H Gimblett	lbw b Geary	17
MD Lyon	b Lester	47
HFT Buse	lbw b Geary	2
*EF Longrigg	c Dawkes b Lester	12
WHR Andrews	st Dawkes b Smith	25
CJP Barnwell	b Geary	11
AW Wellard	c Lester b Geary	23
ATM Jones	st Dawkes b Smith	8
+WT Luckes	not out	11
HL Hazell	b Smith	8
Extras	(8 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 62.3 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-38, 3-49, 4-84, 5-113, 6-126, 7-156, 8-163, 9-178, 10-190 (62.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	22.3	4	73	3	-	-
Geary	22	4	56	4	-	-
Lester	9	0	33	2	-	-
Prentice	9	3	14	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Luckes b Wellard	92
LD Thursting	b Buse	44
NF Armstrong	c Gimblett b Andrews	9
FT Prentice	c Barnwell b Buse	39
M Tompkin	b Buse	29
GS Watson	b Buse	24
RA Adcock	b Wellard	7
*G Geary	run out	49
+GO Dawkes	b Hazell	37
G Lester	c Wellard b Jones	15
HA Smith	not out	4
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 126.1 overs)	358
Fall of wickets:
1-114, 2-148, 3-158, 4-208, 5-225, 6-250, 7-256, 8-314, 9-352, 10-358 (126.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	34	5	94	2	-	-
Andrews	35	8	93	1	-	-
Buse	24	4	74	4	-	-
Hazell	27	8	68	1	-	-
Gimblett	3	0	6	0	-	-
Jones	3.1	0	14	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	c Dawkes b Lester	42
H Gimblett	c Dawkes b Adcock	16
MD Lyon	b Lester	11
HFT Buse	lbw b Geary	6
*EF Longrigg	c Lester b Prentice	13
WHR Andrews	c Adcock b Lester	8
CJP Barnwell	c Armstrong b Smith	10
AW Wellard	c Berry b Prentice	12
ATM Jones	st Dawkes b Lester	106
+WT Luckes	not out	90
HL Hazell	not out	18
Extras	(16 b, 6 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	24
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 138 overs)	356
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-49, 3-56, 4-85, 5-109, 6-109, 7-123, 8-140, 9-286

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	44	5	112	1	-	-
Geary	24	6	44	1	-	-
Lester	34	6	99	4	-	-
Prentice	26	7	48	2	-	-
Adcock	10	2	29	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Buse b Wellard	5
LD Thursting	b Andrews	9
NF Armstrong	lbw b Andrews	4
FT Prentice	b Wellard	4
M Tompkin	not out	44
GS Watson	not out	6
RA Adcock	did not bat
*G Geary	did not bat
+GO Dawkes	did not bat
G Lester	did not bat
HA Smith	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 1 w)	4
Total	(4 wickets, 33 overs)	76
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-17, 3-19, 4-36

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	13	4	31	2	-	-
Andrews	12	7	18	2	-	-
Buse	2	0	7	0	-	-
Hazell	4	2	8	0	-	-
Jones	2	0	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> MD Lyon (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> ATM Jones (2) passed his previous highest score of 40 in County Championship matches
--> ATM Jones (2) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> ATM Jones (2) passed his previous highest score of 40 in First-Class matches
--> ATM Jones (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> HA Smith reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> HA Smith reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> AW Wellard reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> FT Prentice reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Somerset second innings
--> AW Wellard reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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ATM Jones, an eighteen year old Wells Grammar School boy, scored 106, his maiden championship hundred, in 165 minutes, hitting a 5 and eleven 4's out of 170. He was the youngest century maker for Somerset, aged 18 years, 104 days.

 

 

 

 

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