f16473 cc8055	Leicestershire v Somerset
	County Championship 1939
Venue	Aylestone Road, Leicester on 20th, 22nd, 23rd May 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 3 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 0; Somerset 12
Umpires	GM Lee, CV Tarbox
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 55/6 (Lester 0*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 53/3 (Lee 21*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	lbw b Flamson	7
H Gimblett	c Smith b Astill	108
HFT Buse	c Tompkin b Flamson	75
WHR Andrews	c Dawkes b Smith	1
JW Seamer	c Sperry b Smith	28
*EF Longrigg	b Sperry	1
CJP Barnwell	lbw b Smith	14
GM Bennett	b Flamson	0
AW Wellard	not out	32
+WT Luckes	c Flamson b Smith	7
HL Hazell	run out	0
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 75 overs)	281
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-184, 3-189, 4-204, 5-211, 6-240, 7-241, 8-247, 9-271, 10-281 (75 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flamson	25	1	114	3	-	-
Sperry	9	0	49	1	-	-
Smith	19	2	45	4	-	-
Prentice	10	2	20	0	-	-
Lester	5	0	25	0	-	-
Astill	7	1	20	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	b Hazell	29
FT Prentice	c Gimblett b Wellard	6
NF Armstrong	c Wellard b Andrews	10
GS Watson	c Luckes b Andrews	3
M Tompkin	b Hazell	0
+GO Dawkes	lbw b Andrews	0
G Lester	b Buse	13
*WE Astill	c and b Buse	0
HA Smith	c Gimblett b Buse	12
WH Flamson	b Andrews	0
J Sperry	not out	0
Extras	(7 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 36.4 overs)	81
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-44, 3-53, 4-54, 5-55, 6-55, 7-57, 8-80, 9-81, 10-81 (36.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	11	2	27	1	-	-
Andrews	17.4	7	41	4	-	-
Hazell	5	2	3	2	-	-
Buse	3	1	2	3	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Buse b Andrews	10
GS Watson	c Longrigg b Buse	10
NF Armstrong	lbw b Andrews	73
FT Prentice	run out	34
M Tompkin	b Andrews	5
+GO Dawkes	c Lee b Buse	81
G Lester	run out	36
*WE Astill	b Buse	15
HA Smith	b Wellard	1
WH Flamson	c Barnwell b Wellard	14
J Sperry	not out	12
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 72.4 overs)	304
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-25, 3-118, 4-133, 5-139, 6-253, 7-259, 8-260, 9-279, 10-304 (72.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	15.4	2	63	2	-	-
Andrews	23	0	111	3	-	-
Hazell	6	0	37	0	-	-
Buse	24	4	66	3	-	-
Gimblett	4	1	14	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	not out	42
H Gimblett	c Watson b Smith	23
HFT Buse	c Sperry b Smith	3
WHR Andrews	c Tompkin b Smith	6
JW Seamer	b Flamson	1
+WT Luckes	c Berry b Flamson	7
*EF Longrigg	b Smith	1
CJP Barnwell	b Flamson	11
AW Wellard	not out	8
GM Bennett	did not bat
HL Hazell	did not bat
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(7 wickets, 33.3 overs)	106
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-47, 3-53, 4-56, 5-66, 6-67, 7-86

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flamson	17	3	59	3	-	-
Sperry	4	1	9	0	-	-
Smith	12.3	1	34	4	-	-

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Notes
--> H Gimblett (1) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 51
--> H Gimblett (1) passed 5500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 95
--> JW Seamer (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 7
--> GO Dawkes (2) passed his previous highest score of 49 in County Championship matches
--> GO Dawkes (2) passed his previous highest score of 49 in first-class matches
--> G Lester (2) passed his previous highest score of 20 in County Championship matches
--> G Lester (2) passed his previous highest score of 20 in first-class matches
--> HA Smith reached 950 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset second innings

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