f17188 cc8360	Somerset v Hampshire
	County Championship 1946
Venue	Recreation Ground, Bath on 29th June, 1st July 1946 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Hampshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by an innings and 13 runs
Points	Somerset 12; Hampshire 0
Umpires	JA Smart, J Tranter
Close of play day 1	Somerset (1) 221/8 (Wellard 22*, Luckes 0*)

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Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Arnold	b Meyer	3
+NT McCorkell	c Castle b Meyer	5
G Hill	lbw b Buse	31
J Bailey	c Lee b Wellard	24
NH Rogers	c Watts b Buse	13
*EDR Eagar	lbw b Buse	7
AE Pothecary	lbw b Wellard	0
WL Budd	b Buse	9
OW Herman	b Wellard	0
CJ Knott	not out	7
JF Godfrey	b Wellard	0
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 55.3 overs)	103
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-9, 3-51, 4-71, 5-84, 6-85, 7-85, 8-86, 9-102, 10-103 (55.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	25.3	8	48	4	-	-
Meyer	14	7	28	2	-	-
Buse	16	6	23	4	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	lbw b Herman	19
H Gimblett	b Knott	60
J Lawrence	b Knott	4
F Castle	b Knott	3
RJO Meyer	c Pothecary b Herman	61
HE Watts	c McCorkell b Knott	2
HFT Buse	b Godfrey	29
*EF Longrigg	c Bailey b Godfrey	7
AW Wellard	lbw b Herman	74
+WT Luckes	c Eagar b Herman	12
HL Hazell	not out	6
Extras	(10 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 84.3 overs)	293
Fall of wickets:
1-81, 2-83, 3-88, 4-94, 5-97, 6-184, 7-196, 8-202, 9-278, 10-293 (84.3 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Herman	37.3	3	149	4	-	-
Godfrey	19	6	67	2	-	-
Knott	15	6	30	4	-	-
Bailey	13	2	31	0	-	-

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Hampshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Arnold	b Wellard	30
+NT McCorkell	b Wellard	0
G Hill	c Castle b Buse	45
J Bailey	c Lawrence b Buse	4
NH Rogers	c Luckes b Wellard	37
*EDR Eagar	b Lawrence	16
AE Pothecary	lbw b Wellard	22
WL Budd	c Buse b Wellard	2
OW Herman	not out	4
JF Godfrey	st Luckes b Buse	3
CJ Knott	absent hurt
Extras	(12 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 82 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-77, 3-77, 4-86, 5-109, 6-156, 7-159, 8-172, 9-177 (82 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	33	11	49	5	-	-
Meyer	11	2	25	0	-	-
Buse	23	9	44	3	-	-
Hazell	9	3	21	0	-	-
Lawrence	6	0	24	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> HFT Buse (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 18
--> AE Pothecary (2) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 4
--> CJ Knott reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> AW Wellard reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Hampshire second innings

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