| f17263 | |
| Venue | County Ground, Taunton on 31st July, 1st, 2nd August 1946 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Indians won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Somerset won by an innings and 11 runs |
| Umpires | E Cooke, H Cruice |
| Close of play day 1 | Somerset (1) 242/5 (Longrigg 18*, Walford 9*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Indians (2) 136/1 (Merchant 63*, Pataudi 69*) |
| Indians first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| VM Merchant | c Luckes b Andrews | 0 | |||||
| S Mushtaq Ali | b Andrews | 20 | |||||
| *Nawab of Pataudi | c Walford b Buse | 29 | |||||
| L Amarnath | c Lawrence b Buse | 1 | |||||
| Abdul Hafeez | b Andrews | 0 | |||||
| VS Hazare | c Hazell b Buse | 0 | |||||
| Gul Mohammad | c Walford b Buse | 2 | |||||
| MH Mankad | b Buse | 4 | |||||
| SW Sohoni | c Longrigg b Andrews | 3 | |||||
| CT Sarwate | not out | 0 | |||||
| +DD Hindlekar | c Walford b Andrews | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (1 nb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 37 overs) | 64 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-24, 3-30, 4-31, 5-40, 6-44, 7-53, 8-60, 9-60, 10-64 (37 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Andrews | 19 | 5 | 36 | 5 | - | - | |
| Buse | 18 | 6 | 27 | 5 | - | - | |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FS Lee | run out | 76 | |||||
| H Gimblett | c Merchant b Mankad | 102 | 10 | - | |||
| RJO Meyer | c Mushtaq Ali b Mankad | 19 | |||||
| F Castle | b Sarwate | 0 | |||||
| *EF Longrigg | c Pataudi b Mankad | 74 | |||||
| J Lawrence | b Sarwate | 5 | |||||
| MM Walford | not out | 141 | 16 | - | |||
| HFT Buse | not out | 59 | |||||
| +WT Luckes | did not bat | ||||||
| WHR Andrews | did not bat | ||||||
| HL Hazell | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (22 b, 6 lb, 2 nb) | 30 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 184 overs) | 506 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-182, 2-191, 3-192, 4-214, 5-228, 6-344 | |||||||
| Indians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Amarnath | 48 | 17 | 87 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sohoni | 31 | 7 | 119 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mankad | 50 | 10 | 136 | 3 | - | - | |
| Hazare | 15 | 4 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sarwate | 39 | 8 | 95 | 2 | - | - | |
| Pataudi | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Indians second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| VM Merchant | c Hazell b Buse | 87 | |||||
| S Mushtaq Ali | run out | 1 | |||||
| *Nawab of Pataudi | c Luckes b Meyer | 76 | |||||
| Abdul Hafeez | c Buse b Andrews | 38 | |||||
| VS Hazare | c Gimblett b Hazell | 43 | |||||
| Gul Mohammad | lbw b Buse | 0 | |||||
| L Amarnath | c Longrigg b Hazell | 41 | |||||
| MH Mankad | b Lawrence | 8 | |||||
| SW Sohoni | st Luckes b Lawrence | 32 | |||||
| CT Sarwate | not out | 66 | |||||
| +DD Hindlekar | st Luckes b Buse | 30 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 5 lb, 1 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 126.3 overs) | 431 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-155, 3-201, 4-201, 5-258, 6-263, 7-287, 8-314, 9-379, 10-431 (126.3 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Andrews | 27 | 2 | 94 | 1 | - | - | |
| Buse | 32.3 | 5 | 108 | 3 | - | - | |
| Meyer | 29 | 6 | 72 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lawrence | 20 | 3 | 83 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hazell | 17 | 3 | 52 | 2 | - | - | |
| Gimblett | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> FS Lee (1) passed 14500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> H Gimblett (1) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 96
--> MM Walford (1) 100 in 165 minutes
--> RJO Meyer reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Indians second innings
--> Abdul Hafeez retired not out in the Indians second innings (team score 160/2) - he returned when the score was 314/8
MM Walford scored 1 five in the Somerset first innings
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