f17073 cc8273	Somerset v Essex
	County Championship 1946
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 11th, 13th, 14th May 1946 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 2 wickets
Points	Somerset 4; Essex 12
Umpires	H Cruice, J Tranter
Scorer	RF Trump (Somerset)
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 130/6 (Vigar 40*, Tedder 38*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 59/3 (Vigar 0*, Taylor 1*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	c Avery b Taylor	29
H Gimblett	c Pearce b TPB Smith	52
NS Mitchell-Innes	c Pearce b Taylor	36
J Lawrence	b Taylor	0
RJO Meyer	c Paterson b Taylor	52
HFT Buse	lbw b Taylor	51
*EF Longrigg	lbw b Taylor	0
WHR Andrews	c Wade b TPB Smith	33
AW Wellard	lbw b TPB Smith	3
+WT Luckes	not out	22
HL Hazell	c Pearce b Taylor	0
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 88.3 overs)	287
Fall of wickets:
1-70, 2-96, 3-101, 4-132, 5-187, 6-187, 7-235, 8-241, 9-247, 10-287 (88.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
R Smith	20	2	76	0	-	2
Appleyard	16	4	72	0	-	3
Taylor	24.3	4	99	7	-	-
TPB Smith	28	11	31	3	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AV Avery	lbw b Andrews	9
+TH Wade	b Wellard	8
TPB Smith	b Andrews	0
FH Vigar	c Wellard b Hazell	71
RM Taylor	lbw b Wellard	7
*TN Pearce	c Longrigg b Andrews	1
RFT Paterson	c Meyer b Buse	17
EC Tedder	c Luckes b Wellard	47
R Smith	c Hazell b Lawrence	18
LF Parslow	lbw b Lawrence	5
F Appleyard	not out	1
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 81.4 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-17, 3-24, 4-31, 5-32, 6-76, 7-146, 8-191, 9-191, 10-197 (81.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	20	8	32	3	-	-
Andrews	20	5	67	3	-	-
Meyer	13	6	17	0	-	-
Lawrence	15.4	4	43	2	-	-
Buse	11	3	25	1	-	-
Hazell	2	2	0	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	b TPB Smith	80
H Gimblett	c Avery b Paterson	25
NS Mitchell-Innes	lbw b TPB Smith	25
J Lawrence	c and b TPB Smith	4
RJO Meyer	b TPB Smith	94
HFT Buse	lbw b Taylor	13
*EF Longrigg	c Appleyard b TPB Smith	20
WHR Andrews	c Tedder b TPB Smith	0
AW Wellard	b Taylor	12
+WT Luckes	b TPB Smith	6
HL Hazell	not out	3
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 80 overs)	292
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-109, 3-133, 4-158, 5-209, 6-254, 7-254, 8-278, 9-283, 10-292 (80 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
R Smith	7	2	34	0	-	-
Appleyard	9	0	28	0	-	-
Paterson	7	1	17	1	-	-
Taylor	23	2	76	2	-	-
TPB Smith	28	8	91	7	-	-
Vigar	6	0	36	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AV Avery	b Lawrence	23
LF Parslow	b Andrews	4
TPB Smith	c Luckes b Wellard	40
FH Vigar	c Hazell b Lawrence	0			-	-
RM Taylor	st Luckes b Lawrence	22
*TN Pearce	not out	166		274	15	-
RFT Paterson	c Luckes b Buse	30
EC Tedder	c Gimblett b Lawrence	26
R Smith	c Wellard b Buse	50
+TH Wade	not out	4
F Appleyard	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 12 lb, 1 nb)	20
Total	(8 wickets, 137.2 overs)	385
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-51, 3-51, 4-76, 5-109, 6-166, 7-247, 8-340

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	30	5	83	1	-	-
Andrews	14	3	48	1	-	-
Buse	28	7	73	2	-	-
Meyer	20	3	54	0	-	-
Lawrence	28.2	8	71	4	-	-
Hazell	15	5	32	0	-	-
Gimblett	2	1	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> J Lawrence made his debut in First-Class matches
--> J Lawrence made his debut in County Championship matches
--> RFT Paterson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RFT Paterson made his debut in County Championship matches
--> EC Tedder made his debut in County Championship matches
--> EC Tedder made his debut in First-Class matches
--> LF Parslow made his debut in County Championship matches
--> LF Parslow made his debut in First-Class matches
--> F Appleyard made his debut in County Championship matches
--> LF Parslow made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> LF Parslow made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> WHR Andrews (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> WT Luckes (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> TN Pearce (2) passed his previous highest score of 152 in County Championship matches
--> TN Pearce (2) passed his previous highest score of 152 in First-Class matches
--> TN Pearce (2) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 59
--> RM Taylor achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 5-23)
--> RM Taylor achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Somerset first innings (previous best was 5-23)
--> TPB Smith reached 900 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Somerset second innings

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