County Championship, 1937
Leicestershire v Somerset
Aylestone Road, Leicester
22,24,25 May 1937 (3-day match)
Result: Match drawn
Toss: Leicestershire
Umpires: W Bestwick and HG Baldwin
Close of play:
Day 1: Leicestershire 92, Somerset 87/3 (HFT Buse 44*, PSM Molyneux 16*)
Day 2: Somerset 186, Leicestershire 132/4 (GL Berry 78*, H Riley 19*)
Leicestershire 1st innings
GL Berry b Andrews 6
FT Prentice lbw b Andrews 4
NF Armstrong b Buse 8
*CS Dempster b Buse 17
GS Watson c & b Wellard 1
H Riley not out 25
G Geary c Lee b Wellard 1
WE Astill c Bennett b Buse 12
HB Bowley b Buse 0
HA Smith c Bennett b Buse 0
+P Corrall c Linney b Hazell 16
Extras (b 1, lb 1) 2
Total (all out, 55 overs) 92
FoW: 1-8, 2-11, 3-26, 4-27, 5-49, 6-50, 7-65, 8-65, 9-65, 10-92.
Bowling O M R W
Wellard 18 5 34 2
Andrews 17 4 28 2
Buse 18 6 18 5
Hazell 2 1 10 1
Somerset 1st innings
FS Lee c Armstrong b Smith 10
HFT Buse c Watson b Smith 51
CK Linney c Watson b Smith 9
*GM Bennett b Geary 1
PSM Molyneux lbw b Smith 25
WHR Andrews c Corrall b Smith 10
WN Bunce c Berry b Astill 26
AW Wellard c Corrall b Astill 11
R Southcombe hit wicket b Geary 9
+WT Luckes not out 11
HL Hazell c Smith b Geary 10
Extras (b 6, lb 7) 13
Total (all out, 95.1 overs) 186
FoW: 1-25, 2-49, 3-63, 4-104, 5-105,
6-133, 7-147, 8-158, 9-164, 10-186.
Bowling O M R W
Smith 31 4 84 5
Geary 38.1 13 57 3
Astill 19 8 21 2
Bowley 7 1 11 0
Leicestershire 2nd innings
GL Berry b Wellard 84
FT Prentice lbw b Wellard 5
NF Armstrong st Luckes b Hazell 13
*CS Dempster c Luckes b Buse 0
GS Watson run out 6
H Riley c Luckes b Wellard 30
G Geary c & b Andrews 28
WE Astill b Andrews 26
HB Bowley b Wellard 2
HA Smith c Luckes b Andrews 23
+P Corrall not out 6
Extras (b 14, lb 9) 23
Total (all out, 129.2 overs) 246
FoW: 1-13, 2-45, 3-46, 4-60, 5-138,
6-163, 7-207, 8-210, 9-216, 10-246.
Bowling O M R W
Wellard 46 12 68 4
Andrews 32.2 9 60 3
Buse 28 8 45 1
Hazell 23 7 50 1
Somerset 2nd innings (target: 153 runs)
FS Lee c Armstrong b Smith 10
HFT Buse c Corrall b Smith 9
CK Linney c Geary b Smith 0
*GM Bennett not out 45
PSM Molyneux c & b Smith 1
WHR Andrews c Watson b Smith 9
WN Bunce c Smith b Astill 4
AW Wellard run out 41
R Southcombe b Smith 0
+WT Luckes not out 1
Extras (lb 2, nb 1) 3
Total (8 wickets, 71 overs) 123
DNB: HL Hazell.
FoW: 1-16, 2-16, 3-19, 4-21, 5-27, 6-45, 7-119, 8-119.
Bowling O M R W
Smith 27 13 34 6
Geary 29 11 35 0
Astill 7 1 17 1
Bowley 4 0 24 0
Prentice 4 1 10 0
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