f17304 cc8457	Leicestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1946
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 17th, 19th, 20th August 1946 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 4; Essex 0
Umpires	B Flint, N Kilner
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 28/1 (Crabtree 18*, Dodds 5*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 299/9 (Taylor 46*, Wade 3*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	b Vigar	38
FT Prentice	b Vigar	22
G Lester	lbw b Vigar	68
M Tompkin	c Smith b Vigar	60
WA Smith	b Smith	27
VE Jackson	b Vigar	19
A Riddington	b Bailey	37
GS Watson	b Vigar	8
JE Walsh	c Dodds b Vigar	74
VS Munden	b Vigar	6
+P Corrall	not out	5
Extras	(9 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 138.4 overs)	380
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-80, 3-186, 4-197, 5-239, 6-243, 7-256, 8-318, 9-361, 10-380 (138.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	60	25	108	1	-	-
Bailey	17	3	67	1	-	-
Dodds	1	0	1	0	-	-
Vigar	54.4	9	169	8	-	-
Paterson	6	0	19	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AV Avery	b Jackson	0
HP Crabtree	b Walsh	38
TC Dodds	c Smith b Jackson	46
TE Bailey	c Walsh b Prentice	58
FH Vigar	b Jackson	11
*TN Pearce	b Walsh	12
DR Wilcox	c Jackson b Walsh	55
R Smith	lbw b Jackson	4
RM Taylor	not out	66
RFT Paterson	lbw b Walsh	4
+TH Wade	lbw b Walsh	39
Extras	(12 b, 14 lb, 1 w)	27
Total	(all out, 175.2 overs)	360
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-71, 3-105, 4-143, 5-162, 6-210, 7-216, 8-263, 9-283, 10-360 (175.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Munden	17	5	29	0	-	-
Jackson	51	19	84	4	-	-
Walsh	54.2	12	145	5	-	-
Lester	19	12	16	0	-	-
Riddington	21	7	33	0	-	-
Prentice	13	7	26	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GS Watson	run out	27
FT Prentice	c Wilcox b Vigar	15
VE Jackson	c Bailey b Pearce	47
A Riddington	b Smith	6
WA Smith	c Pearce b Smith	0
M Tompkin	b Smith	17
G Lester	not out	16
JE Walsh	c Taylor b Avery	5
VS Munden	not out	0
*GL Berry	did not bat
+P Corrall	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(7 wickets, 41 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-46, 3-59, 4-59, 5-111, 6-120, 7-139

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	16	5	38	3	-	-
Bailey	4	0	26	0	-	-
Vigar	7	0	31	1	-	-
Avery	9	1	28	1	-	-
Pearce	2	2	0	1	-	-
Wilcox	3	1	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> G Lester (1) passed his previous highest score of 52 in first-class matches
--> G Lester (1) passed his previous highest score of 52 in County Championship matches
--> G Lester (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 17
--> FH Vigar (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 6
--> DR Wilcox (1) passed 7500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 16
--> M Tompkin (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 2
--> M Tompkin (2) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 17
--> FH Vigar reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> R Smith reached 100 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> R Smith reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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