f17499 cc8516	Worcestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1947
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 24th, 26th, 27th May 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 1 wicket
Points	Worcestershire 4; Essex 12
Umpires	CAR Coleman, J Tranter
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 18/0 (Crabtree 12*, Dodds 6*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 63/4 (Bird 18*, White 11*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Cooper	b Appleyard	84
F Cooper	b Appleyard	73
D Kenyon	lbw b TPB Smith	31
RES Wyatt	c Wade b Appleyard	9
RE Bird	b Appleyard	4
*AFT White	c Dodds b Vigar	59
R Howorth	c Dodds b Vigar	22
RO Jenkins	b R Smith	25
+H Yarnold	b R Smith	12
RTD Perks	lbw b R Smith	24
PF Jackson	not out	8
Extras	(6 b, 14 lb)	20
Total	(all out, 126.3 overs)	371
Fall of wickets:
1-163, 2-164, 3-178, 4-192, 5-217, 6-288, 7-297, 8-327, 9-348, 10-371 (126.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
R Smith	29.3	12	58	3	-	-
Appleyard	26	7	64	4	-	-
TPB Smith	47	7	132	1	-	-
Vigar	24	0	97	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HP Crabtree	c Kenyon b Wyatt	36
TC Dodds	run out	26
SJ Cray	c Perks b Wyatt	3
FH Vigar	st Yarnold b Wyatt	4
LS Clark	c Yarnold b Jackson	0
*TN Pearce	not out	137
TPB Smith	c Yarnold b Jackson	1
R Smith	c sub b Perks	16
FH Rist	c and b Howorth	22
+TH Wade	c F Cooper b Jenkins	5
F Appleyard	c Jenkins b Howorth	0
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 110.2 overs)	260
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-47, 3-57, 4-62, 5-78, 6-91, 7-123, 8-178, 9-256, 10-260 (110.2 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	29	7	86	1	-	-
Wyatt	26	12	34	3	-	-
Jackson	29	10	57	2	-	-
Jenkins	12	1	37	1	-	-
Howorth	14.2	4	36	2	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Cooper	b R Smith	4
F Cooper	c Pearce b R Smith	10
D Kenyon	b Appleyard	14
RES Wyatt	c Pearce b TPB Smith	3
RE Bird	c and b TPB Smith	40
*AFT White	b R Smith	40
R Howorth	b TPB Smith	0
RO Jenkins	c and b R Smith	16
+H Yarnold	b R Smith	6
RTD Perks	b R Smith	29
PF Jackson	not out	5
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(all out, 66.3 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-22, 3-29, 4-43, 5-107, 6-109, 7-127, 8-132, 9-157, 10-172 (66.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
R Smith	28.3	9	74	6	-	-
Appleyard	18	5	40	1	-	-
TPB Smith	19	3	50	3	-	-
Vigar	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HP Crabtree	lbw b Howorth	17
TC Dodds	st Yarnold b Howorth	33
SJ Cray	run out	0
FH Vigar	b Perks	37
LS Clark	b Jackson	8
*TN Pearce	c F Cooper b Howorth	96
TPB Smith	c Jenkins b Jackson	7
R Smith	c Bird b Howorth	57
FH Rist	c Jenkins b Jackson	10
+TH Wade	not out	15
F Appleyard	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(9 wickets, 82.4 overs)	286
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-48, 3-54, 4-63, 5-156, 6-185, 7-211, 8-247, 9-277

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	14	2	57	1	-	-
Wyatt	6	2	15	0	-	-
Jackson	29.4	4	116	3	-	-
Jenkins	8	0	26	0	-	-
Howorth	25	7	66	4	-	-

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Notes
--> F Cooper (1) passed his previous highest score of 63 in first-class matches
--> F Cooper (1) passed his previous highest score of 63 in County Championship matches
--> RE Bird (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 2
--> AFT White (1) passed 3000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 9
--> TC Dodds (2) passed 1500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 3
--> R Smith reached 350 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> R Howorth reached 700 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex second innings

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