f17310 cc8459	Somerset v Surrey
	County Championship 1946
Venue	Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare on 17th, 19th August 1946 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by an innings and 163 runs
Points	Somerset 12; Surrey 0
Umpires	H Elliott, J Hardstaff
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 507/6 (Castle 60*, Buse 41*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	b Bedser	48
H Gimblett	b Watts	135			17	1
MM Walford	c Parker b Squires	139			18	-
+WT Luckes	c Parker b Squires	56
GR Langdale	c Mobey b Pierpoint	3
F Castle	not out	60
J Lawrence	c Mobey b Pierpoint	0
HFT Buse	not out	41
AW Wellard	did not bat
HL Hazell	did not bat
WHR Andrews	did not bat
Extras	(17 b, 8 lb)	25
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 146 overs)	507
Fall of wickets:
1-105, 2-239, 3-396, 4-397, 5-406, 6-406

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watts	37	7	131	1	-	-
Pierpoint	34	7	99	2	-	-
Parker	5	1	8	0	-	-
Bedser	26	4	75	1	-	-
Squires	24	5	81	2	-	-
Constable	8	0	44	0	-	-
Gregory	12	1	44	0	-	-

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJ Gregory	lbw b Wellard	59
EA Bedser	c Lee b Wellard	26
HS Squires	c Hazell b Lawrence	7
HT Barling	c Buse b Wellard	23
JF Parker	lbw b Hazell	27
B Constable	c Buse b Wellard	0
RH Yeatman	c Hazell b Lawrence	19
*NH Bennett	hit wkt b Lawrence	9
EA Watts	lbw b Wellard	1
+GS Mobey	c Hazell b Lawrence	8
FG Pierpoint	not out	1
Extras	(8 b, 13 lb)	21
Total	(all out, 83 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-91, 2-93, 3-103, 4-141, 5-141, 6-157, 7-179, 8-186, 9-200, 10-201 (83 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	38	3	87	5	-	-
Andrews	7	2	17	0	-	-
Buse	5	1	15	0	-	-
Hazell	20	7	34	1	-	-
Lawrence	13	0	27	4	-	-

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Surrey second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJ Gregory	c Buse b Wellard	34
EA Bedser	c Wellard b Hazell	43
HS Squires	c sub b Wellard	5
HT Barling	b Hazell	10
JF Parker	c Buse b Wellard	7
B Constable	lbw b Hazell	0
RH Yeatman	b Hazell	0
*NH Bennett	c Luckes b Hazell	19
EA Watts	c Castle b Hazell	15
+GS Mobey	not out	4
FG Pierpoint	c Luckes b Hazell	0
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 41.4 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-70, 2-76, 3-90, 4-97, 5-97, 6-101, 7-101, 8-138, 9-141, 10-143 (41.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Andrews	7	0	37	0	-	-
Buse	7	1	14	0	-	-
Wellard	14	2	50	3	-	-
Lawrence	2	1	6	0	-	-
Hazell	11.4	4	30	7	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> RH Yeatman made his debut in County Championship matches
--> RH Yeatman made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> MM Walford (1) passed his previous highest score of 48 in County Championship matches
--> MM Walford (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> F Castle (1) passed his previous highest score of 40 in County Championship matches
--> F Castle (1) passed his previous highest score of 40 in First-Class matches
--> RJ Gregory (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 51
--> EA Bedser (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> JF Parker (2) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 6
--> EA Watts reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> J Lawrence achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Surrey first innings (previous best was 4-33)
--> AW Wellard reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> J Lawrence achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Surrey first innings (previous best was 4-33)

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