f17733 cc8706	Somerset v Surrey
	County Championship 1947
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 30th August, 1st, 2nd September 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Surrey won by an innings and 73 runs
Points	Somerset 0; Surrey 12
Umpires	H Cruice, N Harris
Close of play day 1	Surrey (1) 408/8 (AV Bedser 99*, Wheatley 1*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 151/5 (Woodhouse 31*, Meyer 0*)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Fishlock	c Luckes b Buse	1
EA Bedser	c and b Coope	73
HS Squires	c Hazell b Buse	19
GJ Whittaker	b Buse	7
JF Parker	st Luckes b Coope	23
HT Barling	b Meyer	146
*ERT Holmes	b Tremlett	21
JC Laker	b Tremlett	12
AV Bedser	c Meyer b Lawrence	126			16	-
+GA Wheatley	not out	37
AR Gover	st Luckes b Lawrence	2
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 160 overs)	473
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-39, 3-63, 4-116, 5-145, 6-178, 7-209, 8-406, 9-461, 10-473 (160 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Meyer	27	3	89	1	-	-
Buse	33	8	81	3	-	-
Tremlett	40	6	114	2	-	-
Hazell	37	10	73	0	-	-
Lawrence	12	0	46	2	-	-
Coope	9	0	56	2	-	-
Gimblett	2	1	8	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	b AV Bedser	1
MM Walford	b Gover	23
HFT Buse	c Laker b AV Bedser	2
GES Woodhouse	c Wheatley b AV Bedser	0
HE Watts	b Gover	71
*RJO Meyer	b Gover	3
+WT Luckes	b Gover	0
M Coope	b EA Bedser	45
J Lawrence	b AV Bedser	10
MF Tremlett	not out	1
HL Hazell	b Gover	0
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 6 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 60.5 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-7, 3-9, 4-37, 5-47, 6-47, 7-143, 8-165, 9-165, 10-167 (60.5 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	16.5	3	38	5	-	4
AV Bedser	16	7	27	4	-	1
Laker	10	1	34	0	-	-
Squires	5	0	20	0	-	-
EA Bedser	8	1	26	1	-	-
Parker	5	0	11	0	-	1

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Somerset second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Gimblett	c EA Bedser b AV Bedser	25
MM Walford	b Parker	56
MF Tremlett	run out	1
GES Woodhouse	c Holmes b Laker	64
HE Watts	st Wheatley b Laker	11
M Coope	run out	19
*RJO Meyer	b Gover	44
+WT Luckes	lbw b Laker	5
J Lawrence	b Laker	0
HFT Buse	not out	0
HL Hazell	c Squires b Laker	0
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 79 overs)	233
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-59, 3-96, 4-121, 5-145, 6-212, 7-228, 8-228, 9-233, 10-233 (79 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	13	0	60	1	-	1
AV Bedser	21	1	67	1	-	1
EA Bedser	12	4	32	0	-	-
Parker	7	3	14	1	-	-
Laker	15	7	22	5	-	-
Squires	10	3	25	0	-	-
Barling	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GA Wheatley made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> AR Gover made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> HT Barling (1) passed 18500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 146
--> AV Bedser (1) passed his previous highest score of 66 in First-Class matches
--> AV Bedser (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> AV Bedser (1) passed his previous highest score of 66 in County Championship matches
--> AV Bedser (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> GA Wheatley (1) equalled his previous highest score of 37 in County Championship matches
--> HE Watts (1) passed his previous highest score of 64 in County Championship matches
--> GES Woodhouse (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> J Lawrence reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> HFT Buse reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> HFT Buse reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Surrey first innings

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