County Championship, 1948
Surrey v Essex
Kennington Oval, London
12,14,15 June 1948 (3-day match)
Result: Essex won by 8 wickets
Points:
Toss: Essex
Umpires: JJ Hills and CN Woolley
Close of play:
Day 1:
Day 2:
Essex 1st innings
TC Dodds c McIntyre b Watts 58
SJ Cray c McIntyre b Surridge 41
AV Avery b Bedser 108
FH Vigar lbw b McMahon 19
R Horsfall c Barton b Watts 48
*TN Pearce not out 43
R Smith not out 15
Extras (b 9, w 1) 10
Total (5 wickets declared, 130 overs) 342
DNB: +FH Rist, WB Morris, EJ Price, KC Preston.
FoW: 1-73, 2-141, 3-210, 4-244, 5-315.
Bowling O M R W
Surridge 25 4 63 1
Parker 14 3 28 0
Bedser 23 2 64 1
McMahon 30 5 81 1
Watts 25 6 62 2
Squires 13 2 34 0
Surrey 1st innings
LB Fishlock c Smith b Price 19
DGW Fletcher c Morris b Price 28
HS Squires b Smith 10
HT Barling c Preston b Smith 21
*MR Barton b Smith 18
JF Parker c Rist b Smith 0
+AJW McIntyre c Horsfall b Smith 25
EA Bedser c & b Smith 20
EA Watts not out 21
WS Surridge c Price b Vigar 11
JWJ McMahon c Pearce b Smith 1
Extras (b 1, lb 2) 3
Total (all out, 70.5 overs) 177
FoW: 1-45, 2-58, 3-58, 4-92, 5-92,
6-99, 7-134, 8-152, 9-171, 10-177.
Bowling O M R W
Preston 11 4 32 0
Smith 29.5 5 97 7
Price 15 6 21 2
Vigar 10 3 16 1
Morris 5 2 8 0
Surrey 2nd innings (following on)
LB Fishlock c Rist b Preston 0
DGW Fletcher c Dodds b Vigar 41
HS Squires b Smith 10
EA Watts c Vigar b Morris 32
HT Barling c Vigar b Preston 35
*MR Barton b Preston 92
JF Parker c Price b Vigar 0
+AJW McIntyre b Smith 5
EA Bedser b Avery 7
WS Surridge not out 32
JWJ McMahon b Preston 5
Extras (b 6, lb 3) 9
Total (all out, 114.4 overs) 268
FoW: 1-0, 2-23, 3-84, 4-84, 5-183,
6-184, 7-199, 8-228, 9-256, 10-268.
Bowling O M R W
Preston 22.4 5 61 4
Smith 31 10 58 2
Vigar 41 12 88 2
Morris 17 2 41 1
Avery 3 1 11 1
Essex 2nd innings (target: 104 runs)
TC Dodds run out 52
SJ Cray b Watts 1
AV Avery not out 47
R Horsfall not out 2
Extras (lb 1, w 1) 2
Total (2 wickets, 20.1 overs) 104
DNB: FH Vigar, *TN Pearce, R Smith, +FH Rist, WB Morris,
EJ Price, KC Preston.
FoW: 1-11, 2-102.
Bowling O M R W
Surridge 8 1 32 0
Parker 1.1 0 10 0
Bedser 5 0 21 0
McMahon 1 0 14 0
Watts 5 0 25 1
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