County Championship, 1947
Essex v Leicestershire
Vista Road Recreation Ground, Clacton-on-Sea
9,11,12 August 1947 (3-day match)
Result: Match drawn
Points:
Toss: Leicestershire
Umpires: D Hendren and PT Mills
Close of play:
Day 1:
Day 2:
Leicestershire 1st innings
*GL Berry c Vigar b R Smith 165
A Riddington c Wade b TPB Smith 33
GS Watson c Bailey b TPB Smith 25
M Tompkin st Wade b TPB Smith 15
VE Jackson lbw b TPB Smith 23
FT Prentice b TPB Smith 53
G Lester lbw b TPB Smith 7
J Howard c Wade b TPB Smith 2
JE Walsh c Wade b TPB Smith 17
+P Corrall c Insole b R Smith 22
J Sperry not out 6
Extras (b 16, lb 3, w 1) 20
Total (all out, 131.5 overs) 388
FoW: 1-75, 2-111, 3-134, 4-164, 5-299,
6-319, 7-341, 8-341, 9-376, 10-388.
Bowling O M R W
Bailey 16 4 41 0
R Smith 31.5 6 98 2
Vigar 32 3 111 0
TPB Smith 50 14 98 8
Insole 2 0 20 0
Essex 1st innings
TC Dodds c & b Jackson 69
SJ Cray run out 3
HP Crabtree c Jackson b Walsh 9
FH Vigar c Riddington b Jackson 72
TE Bailey c Jackson b Walsh 9
DR Wilcox b Walsh 32
DJ Insole b Lester 42
R Smith c & b Walsh 15
TPB Smith lbw b Prentice 24
*TN Pearce not out 36
+TH Wade not out 50
Extras (b 33, lb 6) 39
Total (9 wickets declared, 145.3 overs) 400
FoW: 1-15, 2-40, 3-134, 4-153, 5-215, 6-225, 7-262, 8-297, 9-305.
Bowling O M R W
Sperry 18 5 30 0
Jackson 45.3 9 121 2
Walsh 48 8 140 4
Riddington 14 2 22 0
Lester 13 1 36 1
Prentice 7 1 12 1
Leicestershire 2nd innings
*GL Berry not out 111
A Riddington run out 20
GS Watson b R Smith 76
M Tompkin b R Smith 27
VE Jackson not out 11
Extras (b 16, nb 1) 17
Total (3 wickets declared, 75 overs) 262
DNB: FT Prentice, G Lester, J Howard, JE Walsh, +P Corrall,
J Sperry.
FoW: 1-26, 2-196, 3-242.
Bowling O M R W
Bailey 9 2 24 0
R Smith 31 5 105 2
Vigar 9 1 28 0
TPB Smith 26 4 88 0
Essex 2nd innings (target: 251 runs)
TC Dodds c Sperry b Jackson 9
SJ Cray lbw b Jackson 1
HP Crabtree c Jackson b Walsh 30
FH Vigar b Jackson 4
TE Bailey not out 68
DR Wilcox c Watson b Walsh 4
DJ Insole c & b Jackson 11
R Smith not out 13
Extras (b 1, lb 4) 5
Total (6 wickets, 44 overs) 145
DNB: TPB Smith, *TN Pearce, +TH Wade.
FoW: 1-9, 2-12, 3-18, 4-66, 5-80, 6-102.
Bowling O M R W
Sperry 6 1 16 0
Jackson 14 2 57 4
Walsh 16 3 53 2
Riddington 4 1 13 0
Lester 4 3 1 0
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