f18096 cc8893	Essex v Somerset
	County Championship 1948
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 14th, 16th, 17th August 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 6 wickets
Points	Essex 0; Somerset 12
Umpires	D Hendren, FS Lee
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 187/6 (Tremlett 14*, Lawrence 6*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 4/0 (Walford 4*, Gimblett 0*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c and b Lawrence	46
AV Avery	lbw b Lawrence	71
SJ Cray	c Luckes b Hazell	9
FH Vigar	lbw b Tremlett	7
R Horsfall	c Lawrence b Hazell	0
*TN Pearce	c Gimblett b Hazell	20
TE Bailey	c Lawrence b Hazell	1
WB Morris	c Tremlett b Hazell	0
R Smith	c Luckes b Hazell	0
TPB Smith	b Hazell	12
+TH Wade	not out	1
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 89.3 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-85, 2-110, 3-128, 4-129, 5-157, 6-158, 7-158, 8-158, 9-174, 10-177 (89.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	12	3	21	0	-	-
Tremlett	20	8	37	1	-	-
Lawrence	25	4	69	2	-	-
Hazell	32.3	14	40	7	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MM Walford	b TPB Smith	21
H Gimblett	lbw b TPB Smith	30
M Coope	lbw b R Smith	0
HE Watts	c Wade b Morris	22
*GES Woodhouse	b Bailey	35
F Castle	c Wade b R Smith	30
MF Tremlett	c and b TPB Smith	40
J Lawrence	c and b TPB Smith	46
AW Wellard	lbw b TPB Smith	20
+WT Luckes	c Bailey b R Smith	5
HL Hazell	not out	0
Extras	(23 b, 12 lb, 2 nb)	37
Total	(all out, 87.4 overs)	286
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-57, 3-97, 4-97, 5-150, 6-172, 7-232, 8-273, 9-284, 10-286 (87.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	20	3	71	1	-	2
R Smith	29	11	60	3	-	-
TPB Smith	28.4	7	80	5	-	-
Morris	8	3	20	1	-	-
Avery	2	0	18	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	lbw b Wellard	10
AV Avery	run out	74
SJ Cray	c Luckes b Tremlett	3
FH Vigar	st Luckes b Hazell	99
R Horsfall	b Wellard	2
*TN Pearce	b Wellard	0
TE Bailey	b Wellard	46
WB Morris	c Tremlett b Hazell	17
R Smith	st Luckes b Lawrence	14
TPB Smith	c Wellard b Lawrence	13
+TH Wade	not out	2
Extras	(1 lb, 1 w)	2
Total	(all out, 110.1 overs)	282
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-26, 3-128, 4-134, 5-144, 6-233, 7-253, 8-260, 9-279, 10-282 (110.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	34	5	80	4	-	-
Tremlett	21	4	60	1	1	-
Lawrence	31.1	7	87	2	-	-
Hazell	24	5	53	2	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MM Walford	c and b R Smith	24
H Gimblett	c Horsfall b R Smith	31
M Coope	b Morris	36
HE Watts	not out	27
*GES Woodhouse	c Vigar b Morris	6
F Castle	not out	27
MF Tremlett	did not bat
J Lawrence	did not bat
AW Wellard	did not bat
+WT Luckes	did not bat
HL Hazell	did not bat
Extras	(20 b, 3 lb)	23
Total	(4 wickets, 49.5 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-88, 3-119, 4-127

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
R Smith	19	5	44	2	-	-
Bailey	8	0	37	0	-	-
TPB Smith	17	2	50	0	-	-
Morris	5	2	15	2	-	-
Pearce	0.5	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AV Avery (2) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 31
--> M Coope (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 23
--> R Smith reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset first innings

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