f16647 cc8194	Northamptonshire v Somerset
	County Championship 1939
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 29th, 31st July, 1st August 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 4; Somerset 0
Umpires	H Elliott, GM Lee
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 149/4 (Dixon 76*, Nelson 0*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 118/1 (Lee 44*, Buse 55*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	c Greenwood b Partridge	0
H Gimblett	lbw b Merritt	46
HFT Buse	c James b Partridge	37
WHR Andrews	c James b Merritt	5
*GM Bennett	c Merritt b Lubbock	15
CJP Barnwell	c James b Lubbock	1
GE Fletcher	not out	19
+WT Luckes	lbw b Merritt	19
BA Gomm	b Merritt	2
AW Wellard	c Nelson b Merritt	4
HL Hazell	c James b Herbert	0
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 55.3 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-65, 3-81, 4-108, 5-110, 6-110, 7-149, 8-151, 9-157, 10-157 (55.3 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Partridge	11	3	23	2	-	-
Herbert	12.3	2	32	1	-	-
Lubbock	8	1	19	2	-	-
Timms	5	0	24	0	-	-
Merritt	14	5	42	5	-	-
Nelson	5	2	8	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EJH Dixon	c Gomm b Andrews	123
HW Greenwood	b Wellard	2
D Brookes	lbw b Wellard	28
JE Timms	b Buse	27
+KC James	lbw b Wellard	14
*RP Nelson	c Hazell b Wellard	0
FP O'Brien	b Wellard	15
WE Merritt	c Luckes b Wellard	25
CWS Lubbock	b Wellard	5
RJ Partridge	lbw b Andrews	1
EJ Herbert	not out	3
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 68.6 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-52, 3-118, 4-145, 5-149, 6-176, 7-231, 8-239, 9-242, 10-246 (68.6 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	28	4	91	7	-	-
Andrews	13.6	4	37	2	-	-
Buse	17	4	63	1	-	-
Hazell	7	0	31	0	-	-
Gomm	3	0	21	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FS Lee	lbw b Lubbock	81
H Gimblett	c Merritt b Partridge	1
HFT Buse	c Brookes b Merritt	70
GE Fletcher	c Nelson b Lubbock	15
*GM Bennett	b Lubbock	21
CJP Barnwell	not out	56
+WT Luckes	c Brookes b Merritt	15
WHR Andrews	b Merritt	4
AW Wellard	b Lubbock	2
BA Gomm	did not bat
HL Hazell	did not bat
Extras	(14 b, 11 lb)	25
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 83.4 overs)	290
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-166, 3-183, 4-206, 5-209, 6-272, 7-283, 8-290 (83.4 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Partridge	12	0	43	1	-	-
Herbert	13	4	32	0	-	-
Lubbock	13.4	4	44	4	-	-
Timms	8	3	19	0	-	-
Merritt	30	4	117	3	-	-
Nelson	7	5	10	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EJH Dixon	lbw b Andrews	22
HW Greenwood	lbw b Andrews	16
D Brookes	b Andrews	2
JE Timms	c Fletcher b Wellard	10
WE Merritt	lbw b Wellard	5
FP O'Brien	c and b Wellard	21
CWS Lubbock	b Wellard	5
*RP Nelson	not out	18
+KC James	lbw b Wellard	2
RJ Partridge	not out	0
EJ Herbert	lbw b Hazell	6
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(9 wickets, 36 overs)	110
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-39, 3-44, 4-55, 5-56, 6-76, 7-89, 8-91, 9-106

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	18	2	41	5	-	-
Andrews	13	2	61	3	-	-
Buse	3	1	3	0	-	-
Hazell	2	1	2	1	-	-

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Notes
--> GE Fletcher made his debut in County Championship matches
--> GM Bennett made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> GE Fletcher made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GE Fletcher made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> BA Gomm made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> BA Gomm made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> EJH Dixon (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in County Championship matches
--> EJH Dixon (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> EJH Dixon (1) passed his previous highest score of 108 in First-Class matches
--> D Brookes (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> JE Timms (1) passed 16000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 25
--> GE Fletcher made his debut for Somerset in First-Class matches
--> AW Wellard reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 6th wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> CWS Lubbock achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 3-24)
--> CWS Lubbock achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Somerset second innings (previous best was 3-24)

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