f18390 cc9035	Leicestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1949
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 6th, 7th, 8th July 1949 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 7 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 0; Essex 12
Umpires	JJ Hills, HW Parks
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 100/2 (Vigar 30*, Eve 8*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 149/5 (Jackson 25*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GL Berry	st Wade b TPB Smith	41
G Lester	lbw b TPB Smith	21
FT Prentice	c Pearce b TPB Smith	0
M Tompkin	lbw b TPB Smith	22
VE Jackson	c Bailey b TPB Smith	1
JE Walsh	lbw b Bailey	3
*SJ Symington	b R Smith	65
TA Chapman	st Wade b Price	24
VS Munden	b Bailey	29
+P Corrall	not out	0
J Sperry	c Price b Bailey	1
Extras	(10 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 77.1 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-61, 2-61, 3-86, 4-90, 5-93, 6-103, 7-149, 8-217, 9-217, 10-218 (77.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	22.1	2	75	3	-	-
R Smith	19	4	33	1	-	-
TPB Smith	18	2	48	5	-	-
Price	16	3	36	1	-	-
Vigar	2	0	15	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c and b Symington	0
AV Avery	c Jackson b Walsh	9
SJ Cray	lbw b Walsh	46
FH Vigar	not out	114
SC Eve	c Prentice b Walsh	60
TE Bailey	lbw b Jackson	9
*TN Pearce	b Jackson	10
R Smith	c Jackson b Walsh	0
TPB Smith	st Corrall b Walsh	0
+TH Wade	st Corrall b Walsh	0
EJ Price	c and b Walsh	3
Extras	(17 b, 7 lb)	24
Total	(all out, 107.3 overs)	275
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-79, 3-210, 4-232, 5-256, 6-263, 7-263, 8-263, 9-275, 10-275 (107.3 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	19	2	55	0	-	-
Symington	14	3	28	1	-	-
Lester	8	2	9	0	-	-
Walsh	39.3	5	109	7	-	-
Jackson	27	8	50	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TA Chapman	hit wkt b Bailey	13
G Lester	c Wade b Price	60
FT Prentice	st Wade b TPB Smith	4
M Tompkin	c and b TPB Smith	25
VE Jackson	not out	74
JE Walsh	c Wade b Bailey	11
GL Berry	c Pearce b Vigar	28
*SJ Symington	run out	6
VS Munden	st Wade b TPB Smith	0
+P Corrall	lbw b Bailey	0
J Sperry	c Cray b Bailey	4
Extras	(2 b, 10 lb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 94.5 overs)	238
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-48, 3-94, 4-118, 5-149, 6-219, 7-229, 8-229, 9-234, 10-238 (94.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	24.5	8	49	4	-	-
R Smith	16	3	47	0	-	-
TPB Smith	38	8	98	3	-	-
Price	10	2	16	1	-	-
Vigar	6	1	15	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Sperry	5
AV Avery	lbw b Walsh	17
SJ Cray	c sub b Jackson	68
FH Vigar	not out	63
SC Eve	not out	27
TE Bailey	did not bat
*TN Pearce	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
TPB Smith	did not bat
+TH Wade	did not bat
EJ Price	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(3 wickets, 70.4 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-33, 3-113

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	12	1	25	1	-	-
Symington	9	2	25	0	-	-
Lester	7	3	18	0	-	-
Walsh	19	0	81	1	-	-
Jackson	19	13	13	1	-	-
Munden	4.4	0	18	0	-	-

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Notes
--> M Tompkin (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> SJ Symington (1) passed his previous highest score of 52 in First-Class matches
--> SJ Symington (1) passed his previous highest score of 52 in County Championship matches
--> FH Vigar (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 66
--> TE Bailey reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> AV Avery retired hurt in the Essex first innings having scored 9 (team had lost 1 wickets) - he returned when the score was 275/9

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