f16565 cc8123	Somerset v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1939
Venue	Recreation Ground, Bath on 24th, 26th, 27th June 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by 9 wickets
Points	Somerset 12; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	FJ Durston, GM Lee
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 12/2 (Watson 4*, Prentice 1*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	lbw b Prentice	10
RJO Meyer	b Sperry	11
HFT Buse	c Smith b Walsh	79
CJP Barnwell	st Dawkes b Walsh	9
*EF Longrigg	c Berry b Smith	56
FM McRae	b Walsh	18
+WT Luckes	c Walsh b Sperry	2
WHR Andrews	lbw b Walsh	4
GM Bennett	not out	8
AW Wellard	c Thursting b Walsh	6
HL Hazell	b Walsh	0
Extras	(7 b, 11 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	20
Total	(all out, 70.7 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-49, 3-68, 4-172, 5-201, 6-204, 7-208, 8-212, 9-223, 10-223 (70.7 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	20	7	36	2	-	-
Smith	17	3	53	1	-	-
Walsh	19.7	4	72	6	-	-
Prentice	14	3	42	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	c Luckes b Wellard	10
GS Watson	b Meyer	53
NF Armstrong	lbw b Wellard	4
FT Prentice	c Andrews b Wellard	1
M Tompkin	b Wellard	5
*MS Packe	b Wellard	0
+GO Dawkes	b Meyer	0
LD Thursting	c Luckes b Meyer	1
JE Walsh	c Longrigg b Buse	23
HA Smith	not out	18
J Sperry	run out	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 24.4 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-38, 3-42, 4-62, 5-62, 6-69, 7-74, 8-87, 9-117, 10-119 (24.4 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	10	1	46	5	-	-
Andrews	8	0	34	0	-	-
Meyer	4	0	28	3	-	-
Buse	2.4	0	7	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	lbw b Andrews	2
GS Watson	b Meyer	30
NF Armstrong	b Wellard	2
FT Prentice	b Wellard	29
M Tompkin	c Buse b Hazell	16
*MS Packe	c Luckes b Wellard	10
+GO Dawkes	lbw b Wellard	36
LD Thursting	lbw b Meyer	20
JE Walsh	not out	18
HA Smith	c Luckes b Meyer	0
J Sperry	c Luckes b Buse	14
Extras	(8 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 59 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-10, 3-50, 4-86, 5-88, 6-115, 7-160, 8-160, 9-160, 10-192 (59 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	18	6	49	4	-	-
Andrews	12	1	35	1	-	-
Meyer	9	1	47	3	-	-
Buse	6	0	14	1	-	-
Hazell	14	3	32	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	lbw b Smith	5
RJO Meyer	not out	61
HFT Buse	not out	22
CJP Barnwell	did not bat
*EF Longrigg	did not bat
FM McRae	did not bat
+WT Luckes	did not bat
WHR Andrews	did not bat
GM Bennett	did not bat
AW Wellard	did not bat
HL Hazell	did not bat
Extras	(1 w)	1
Total	(1 wicket, 20.4 overs)	89
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (Lee)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	10	1	35	0	-	-
Smith	5	0	19	1	-	-
Walsh	5	0	28	0	-	-
Packe	0.4	0	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> HFT Buse (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 6
--> EF Longrigg (1) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30
--> RJO Meyer reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> AW Wellard reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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