County Championship, 1947
Leicestershire v Essex
Grace Road, Leicester
28,29,30 May 1947 (3-day match)
Result: Match drawn
Points:
Toss: Leicestershire
Umpires: A Mitchison and JA Smart
Close of play:
Day 1:
Day 2:
Leicestershire 1st innings
*GL Berry c Vigar b TPB Smith 86
FT Prentice b TPB Smith 55
GS Watson c Clark b TPB Smith 66
M Tompkin b TPB Smith 49
VE Jackson c Pearce b TPB Smith 30
G Lester not out 81
A Riddington st Wade b TPB Smith 7
JE Walsh c Pearce b R Smith 12
VS Munden st Wade b R Smith 4
+P Corrall lbw b R Smith 13
J Sperry not out 9
Extras (b 1, lb 6, w 1) 8
Total (9 wickets declared, 148 overs) 420
FoW: 1-125, 2-168, 3-249, 4-272, 5-314,
6-330, 7-349, 8-356, 9-385.
Bowling O M R W
R Smith 56 11 122 3
Appleyard 23 3 58 0
TPB Smith 48 7 148 6
Vigar 19 3 71 0
Pearce 2 0 13 0
Essex 1st innings
HP Crabtree c Lester b Sperry 2
TC Dodds c Munden b Sperry 157
SJ Cray run out 7
FH Vigar b Walsh 0
LS Clark b Walsh 9
*TN Pearce c Walsh b Prentice 93
R Smith c Corrall b Sperry 71
TPB Smith lbw b Walsh 10
FH Rist b Jackson 37
+TH Wade not out 27
F Appleyard lbw b Jackson 0
Extras (b 7, lb 11, w 4) 22
Total (all out, 135.2 overs) 435
FoW: 1-14, 2-48, 3-49, 4-77, 5-264,
6-292, 7-308, 8-391, 9-419, 10-435.
Bowling O M R W
Sperry 20 3 66 3
Munden 13 0 46 0
Jackson 37.2 12 77 2
Walsh 42 3 141 3
Lester 15 1 52 0
Riddington 5 1 17 0
Prentice 3 0 14 1
Leicestershire 2nd innings
*GL Berry c R Smith b Vigar 43
FT Prentice not out 151
GS Watson c Pearce b Vigar 2
M Tompkin not out 101
Extras (b 2, lb 4, w 5) 11
Total (2 wickets declared, 80 overs) 308
DNB: VE Jackson, G Lester, A Riddington, JE Walsh, VS Munden,
+P Corrall, J Sperry.
FoW: 1-94, 2-98.
Bowling O M R W
R Smith 29 3 72 0
Appleyard 3 1 12 0
TPB Smith 29 1 111 0
Vigar 12 0 49 2
Pearce 2 0 20 0
Crabtree 5 0 33 0
Essex 2nd innings (target: 294 runs)
TC Dodds b Walsh 51
HP Crabtree c & b Walsh 38
SJ Cray st Corrall b Walsh 14
FH Vigar b Walsh 23
LS Clark lbw b Walsh 7
*TN Pearce not out 11
R Smith not out 0
Extras (b 11, lb 3) 14
Total (5 wickets, 56 overs) 158
DNB: TPB Smith, FH Rist, +TH Wade, F Appleyard.
FoW: 1-78, 2-95, 3-112, 4-134, 5-149.
Bowling O M R W
Sperry 7 2 22 0
Munden 6 0 29 0
Jackson 14 4 28 0
Walsh 21 3 60 5
Lester 8 4 5 0
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