f18298 cc8967	Leicestershire v Somerset
	County Championship 1949
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 28th, 30th, 31st May 1949 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 18 runs
Points	Leicestershire 4; Somerset 12
Umpires	HG Baldwin, E Cooke
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 141/4 (Jackson 41*, Watson 6*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 56/2 (Berry 4*, Tompkin 11*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	c Berry b Symington	26
E Hill	c and b Symington	11
*GES Woodhouse	c Walsh b Jackson	10
M Coope	b Jackson	15
FL Angell	lbw b Walsh	1
HFT Buse	not out	66
MF Tremlett	b Jackson	9
SS Rogers	c Chapman b Lester	13
J Lawrence	c and b Walsh	4
+HW Stephenson	b Walsh	17
AW Wellard	b Sperry	22
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 80.2 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-39, 3-54, 4-63, 5-63, 6-79, 7-133, 8-144, 9-172, 10-204 (80.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	13.2	2	23	1	-	-
Symington	11	2	40	2	-	-
Jackson	20	5	40	3	-	-
Walsh	26	7	64	3	-	-
Lester	10	2	27	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Wellard b Buse	29
G Lester	c Tremlett b Wellard	1
FT Prentice	lbw b Wellard	4
M Tompkin	st Stephenson b Lawrence	57
VE Jackson	c Stephenson b Wellard	42
GS Watson	c and b Wellard	16
*SJ Symington	st Stephenson b Lawrence	4
TA Chapman	lbw b Lawrence	4
JE Walsh	not out	43
+P Corrall	run out	5
J Sperry	st Stephenson b Wellard	16
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 81.2 overs)	225
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-19, 3-58, 4-131, 5-147, 6-152, 7-157, 8-170, 9-191, 10-225 (81.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	30.2	9	38	5	-	-
Buse	23	4	80	1	-	-
Tremlett	7	1	25	0	-	-
Lawrence	21	3	78	3	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	lbw b Jackson	82
E Hill	c Tompkin b Jackson	41
*GES Woodhouse	b Walsh	0
M Coope	c Symington b Walsh	35
FL Angell	c Corrall b Sperry	19
HFT Buse	b Walsh	14
MF Tremlett	c Chapman b Lester	6
SS Rogers	not out	42
J Lawrence	c Sperry b Symington	0
+HW Stephenson	b Sperry	3
AW Wellard	c Prentice b Jackson	22
Extras	(9 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 85.1 overs)	275
Fall of wickets:
1-102, 2-104, 3-164, 4-165, 5-184, 6-195, 7-218, 8-219, 9-226, 10-275 (85.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	15	2	48	2	-	-
Symington	8	1	55	1	-	-
Jackson	31.1	9	68	3	-	-
Walsh	28	4	83	3	-	-
Lester	3	1	10	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	not out	109
G Lester	c Stephenson b Buse	4
FT Prentice	b Tremlett	16
M Tompkin	c Wellard b Tremlett	11
VE Jackson	c Buse b Gimblett	46
GS Watson	c Buse b Lawrence	12
*SJ Symington	b Tremlett	0
TA Chapman	b Lawrence	3
JE Walsh	c Lawrence b Wellard	25
+P Corrall	c Lawrence b Buse	2
J Sperry	b Tremlett	0
Extras	(5 b, 2 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 94.4 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-44, 3-56, 4-124, 5-140, 6-140, 7-149, 8-186, 9-220, 10-236 (94.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	24	6	56	1	-	-
Buse	22	4	56	2	-	-
Tremlett	23.4	6	50	4	-	-
Lawrence	22	2	62	2	-	-
Gimblett	3	1	4	1	-	-

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Notes
--> H Gimblett (2) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 82
--> SS Rogers (2) passed his previous highest score of 23 in First-Class matches
--> SS Rogers (2) passed his previous highest score of 23 in County Championship matches
--> GL Berry (2) passed 24000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 35
--> GL Berry (2) passed 26000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> G Lester reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> AW Wellard reached 1350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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