Australians vs Somerset, at Taunton, Aug 28 1948 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

Taunton, August 28 - 30, 1948, Australia tour of England

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Australians

560/5d

Somerset

(fo) 115 & 71

Australians won by an innings and 374 runs

Summary

Scorecard

Australians 1st Innings

Somerset 1st Innings

Somerset 2nd Innings (Following on)

Match Flow

Info

Australians 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sid Barnes	retired ill	42	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Brown	run out	0	-	-	-	-	-
Lindsay Hassett (c)	c Watts b Redman	103	-	-	-	-	-
Neil Harvey	c †Luckes b Redman	126	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Hamence	st †Luckes b Coope	99	-	-	-	-	-
Colin McCool	c Buse b Redman	6	-	-	-	-	-
Ian Johnson	not out	113	-	-	-	-	-
Keith Miller	not out	37	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 7, lb 21, nb 5, w 1)	34
Total	122 Ov (RR: 4.59)	560/5d
Did not bat: Bill Johnston, Ron Saggers †, Doug Ring
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Bill Brown), 1-69* (Sid Barnes, retired not out), 2-256 (Lindsay Hassett), 3-298 (Neil Harvey), 4-306 (Colin McCool), 5-501 (Ron Hamence)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Arthur Wellard	25	2	103	0	4.12	-	-	-
Maurice Tremlett	21	0	106	0	5.04	-	-	-
Horace Hazell	27	3	114	0	4.22	-	-	-
Bertie Buse	27	5	88	0	3.25	-	-	-
Miles Coope	6	0	37	1	6.16	-	-	-
Jim Redman	16	3	78	3	4.87	-	-	-

Somerset 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Harold Gimblett	c McCool b Johnston	19	-	-	-	-	-
Micky Walford	st †Saggers b McCool	26	-	-	-	-	-
Hugh Watts	st †Saggers b Johnson	10	-	-	-	-	-
Bertie Buse	c Hamence b McCool	4	-	-	-	-	-
George Woodhouse	not out	33	-	-	-	-	-
Miles Coope	b Ring	2	-	-	-	-	-
Maurice Tremlett	b McCool	0	-	-	-	-	-
Arthur Wellard	c Ring b McCool	0	-	-	-	-	-
Wally Luckes †	lbw b Ring	5	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Redman	c Hassett b Johnston	8	-	-	-	-	-
Horace Hazell	b Johnston	0	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 4, lb 4)	8
Total	45.5 Ov (RR: 2.50)	115
Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Harold Gimblett), 2-50 (Hugh Watts), 3-63 (Bertie Buse), 4-64 (Micky Walford), 5-67 (Miles Coope), 6-68 (Maurice Tremlett), 7-68 (Arthur Wellard), 8-84 (Wally Luckes), 9-115 (Jim Redman), 10-115 (Horace Hazell, 45.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Keith Miller	5	1	20	0	4.00	-	-	-
Bill Johnston	11.5	3	34	3	2.87	-	-	-
Ian Johnson	9	5	15	1	1.66	-	-	-
Colin McCool	11	0	21	4	1.90	-	-	-
Doug Ring	9	4	17	2	1.88	-	-	-

Somerset 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Harold Gimblett	lbw b Johnston	0	-	-	-	-	-
Micky Walford	c Barnes b McCool	21	-	-	-	-	-
Hugh Watts	c Hassett b Miller	0	-	-	-	-	-
Bertie Buse	c McCool b Johnston	21	-	-	-	-	-
George Woodhouse	b Johnston	3	-	-	-	-	-
Miles Coope	c Hamence b McCool	8	-	-	-	-	-
Maurice Tremlett	c Miller b McCool	2	-	-	-	-	-
Arthur Wellard	c Johnston b McCool	5	-	-	-	-	-
Wally Luckes †	not out	1	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Redman	c Ring b Johnston	5	-	-	-	-	-
Horace Hazell	lbw b Johnston	0	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 4, lb 1)	5
Total	35.4 Ov (RR: 1.99)	71
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Harold Gimblett), 2-1 (Hugh Watts), 3-35 (Bertie Buse), 4-49 (Micky Walford), 5-57 (Miles Coope), 6-58 (George Woodhouse), 7-65 (Arthur Wellard), 8-66 (Maurice Tremlett), 9-71 (Jim Redman), 10-71 (Horace Hazell, 35.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Keith Miller	3	1	5	1	1.66	-	-	-
Bill Johnston	17.4	9	34	5	1.92	-	-	-
Ian Johnson	1	0	4	0	4.00	-	-	-
Colin McCool	14	4	23	4	1.64	-	-	-

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Close of Play

Sat, 28 Aug - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 560/5 (Ian Johnson 113*, Keith Miller 37*)

Sun, 29 Aug - rest day

Mon, 30 Aug - day 2 - Somerset 2nd innings 71 (35.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

SG Barnes (1) retired ill at 69/1
Somerset Captain not named

Match Details

County Ground, Taunton
Toss	Australians, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of England
Season	1948
Match days	day (3-day match)
Umpires	Denis Hendren Frank Lee

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Somerset Innings

Player Name		R
H Gimblett	lbw	0
MM Walford	caught	21
HE Watts	caught	0
HFT Buse	caught	21
GES Woodhouse	bowled	3
M Coope	caught	8
MF Tremlett	caught	2
AW Wellard	caught	5
WT Luckes	not out	1
J Redman	caught	5
HL Hazell	lbw	0
Extras	(b 4, lb 1)
Total	71(10 wkts; 35.4 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
KR Miller	3	1	5	1	1.66
WA Johnston	17.4	9	34	5	1.92
IWG Johnson	1	0	4	0	4
CL McCool	14	4	23	4	1.64

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	0	Harold Gimblett	Micky Walford
2nd	1	Micky Walford	Hugh Watts
3rd	34	Bertie Buse	Micky Walford
4th	14	Micky Walford	George Woodhouse
5th	8	Miles Coope	George Woodhouse
6th	1	Maurice Tremlett	George Woodhouse
7th	7	Arthur Wellard	Maurice Tremlett
8th	1	Maurice Tremlett	Wally Luckes
9th	5	Wally Luckes	Jim Redman
10th	0	Horace Hazell	Wally Luckes

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