County Championship, 1938
Leicestershire v Somerset
Aylestone Road, Leicester
20,21,22 July 1938
Result: Match drawn
Toss: Somerset
Umpires: J Hardstaff (senior) and JA Newman
Close of Play:
Day 1: Somerset 190, Leicestershire 148/1 (Berry 88*, Armstrong 9*).
Day 2: Leicestershire 358, Somerset 130/7 (Barnwell 5*, Jones 4*).
Somerset 1st innings
FS Lee run out 12
H Gimblett lbw b Geary 17
MD Lyon b Lester 47
HFT Buse lbw b Geary 2
*EF Longrigg c Dawkes b Lester 12
WHR Andrews st Dawkes b Smith 25
CJP Barnwell b Geary 11
AW Wellard c Lester b Geary 23
ATM Jones st Dawkes b Smith 8
+WT Luckes not out 11
HL Hazell b Smith 8
Extras (b 8, lb 5, w 1) 14
Total (all out) 190
FoW: 1-33, 2-38, 3-49, 4-84, 5-113, 6-126, 7-156, 8-163, 9-178,
10-190.
Bowling O M R W
Smith 22.3 4 73 3
Geary 22 4 56 4
Lester 9 0 33 2
Prentice 9 3 14 0
Leicestershire 1st innings
GL Berry c Luckes b Wellard 92
LD Thursting b Buse 44
NF Armstrong c Gimblett b Andrews 9
FT Prentice c Barnwell b Buse 39
M Tompkin b Buse 29
GS Watson b Buse 24
RA Adcock b Wellard 7
*G Geary run out 49
+GO Dawkes b Hazell 37
G Lester c Wellard b Jones 15
HA Smith not out 4
Extras (b 4, lb 4, nb 1) 9
Total (all out) 358
FoW: 1-114, 2-148, 3-158, 4-208, 5-225, 6-250, 7-256, 8-314, 9-352,
10-358.
Bowling O M R W
Wellard 34 5 94 2
Andrews 35 8 93 1
Buse 24 4 74 4
Hazell 27 8 68 1
Gimblett 3 0 6 0
Jones 3.1 0 14 1
Somerset 2nd innings
FS Lee c Dawkes b Lester 42
H Gimblett c Dawkes b Adcock 16
MD Lyon b Lester 11
HFT Buse lbw b Geary 6
*EF Longrigg c Lester b Prentice 13
WHR Andrews c Adcock b Lester 8
CJP Barnwell c Armstrong b Smith 10
AW Wellard c Berry b Prentice 12
ATM Jones st Dawkes b Lester 106
+WT Luckes not out 90
HL Hazell not out 18
Extras (b 16, lb 6, w 1, nb 1) 24
Total (9 wickets declared) 356
FoW: 1-32, 2-49, 3-56, 4-85, 5-109, 6-109, 7-123, 8-140, 9-286.
Bowling O M R W
Smith 44 5 112 1
Geary 24 6 44 1
Lester 34 6 99 4
Prentice 26 7 48 2
Adcock 10 2 29 1
Leicestershire 2nd innings
GL Berry c Buse b Wellard 5
LD Thursting b Andrews 9
NF Armstrong lbw b Andrews 4
FT Prentice b Wellard 4
M Tompkin not out 44
GS Watson not out 6
Extras (lb 3, w 1) 4
Total (4 wickets) 76
FoW: 1-11, 2-17, 3-19, 4-36.
Bowling O M R W
Wellard 13 4 31 2
Andrews 12 7 18 2
Buse 2 0 7 0
Hazell 4 2 8 0
Jones 2 0 8 0
- ATM Jones, an eighteen year old Wells Grammar School boy,
scored 106, his maiden championship hundred, in 165 minutes,
hitting a 5 and eleven 4's out of 170. He was the youngest
century maker for Somerset, aged 18 years, 104 days.
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