ESSEX CRICKET

f17988 cc8801	Essex v Yorkshire
	County Championship 1948
Venue	Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea on 30th June, 1st, 2nd July 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Yorkshire won by 7 wickets
Points	Essex 0; Yorkshire 12
Umpires	F Chester, E Robinson
Close of play day 1	Yorkshire (1) 117/1 (Hutton 66, Wilson 40)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 123/6 (Pearce 8, Rist 0)

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Whitehead b Wardle	53
SJ Cray	b Whitehead	28
AV Avery	b Coxon	28
FH Vigar	b Wardle	0
R Horsfall	c Smales b Wardle	25
*TN Pearce	c and b Wardle	32
+FH Rist	c Wilson b Wardle	17
WB Morris	not out	29
R Smith	b Wardle	13
TPB Smith	c Brennan b Whitehead	0
EJ Price	c and b Wardle	0
Extras	(2 b, 4 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 91.4 overs)	232
Fall of wickets:
1-82, 2-82, 3-82, 4-135, 5-137, 6-170, 7-202, 8-224, 9-230, 10-232 (91.4 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coxon	16	5	36	1	-	-
Whitehead	21	5	54	2	-	-
Wardle	37.4	13	88	7	-	-
Smales	14	2	40	0	-	-
Yardley	3	1	7	0	-	-

Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Hutton	c Morris b Price	103
H Halliday	b TPB Smith	7
JV Wilson	c Price b R Smith	69
*NWD Yardley	b Price	22
W Watson	b Price	7
EI Lester	b R Smith	49
A Coxon	b R Smith	11
K Smales	b R Smith	6
JP Whitehead	c R Smith b Price	4
JH Wardle	not out	4
+DV Brennan	b Price	0
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 119.5 overs)	287
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-180, 3-184, 4-205, 5-218, 6-247, 7-277, 8-283, 9-286, 10-287 (119.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
TPB Smith	25	10	42	1	-	-
R Smith	49	16	97	4	-	-
Price	32.5	10	94	5	-	-
Morris	11	1	39	0	-	-
Vigar	2	0	10	0	-	-

Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Halliday b Whitehead	4
SJ Cray	c Wardle b Coxon	23
WB Morris	c Brennan b Whitehead	0
FH Vigar	c Coxon b Wardle	30
AV Avery	lbw b Wardle	17
R Horsfall	c Whitehead b Wardle	24
*TN Pearce	c Wilson b Wardle	33
+FH Rist	c Hutton b Wardle	13
R Smith	c Halliday b Smales	30
TPB Smith	not out	7
EJ Price	b Smales	1
Extras	(4 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 102.4 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-4, 3-40, 4-63, 5-78, 6-123, 7-145, 8-182, 9-184, 10-192 (102.4 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coxon	17	8	28	1	-	-
Whitehead	16	3	44	2	-	-
Wardle	44	22	72	5	-	-
Smales	25.4	11	38	2	-	-

Yorkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Hutton	lbw b R Smith	45
H Halliday	b R Smith	17
JV Wilson	c R Smith b Vigar	19
*NWD Yardley	not out	32
W Watson	not out	6
EI Lester	did not bat
A Coxon	did not bat
K Smales	did not bat
JP Whitehead	did not bat
JH Wardle	did not bat
+DV Brennan	did not bat
Extras	(18 b, 2 lb)	20
Total	(3 wickets, 41 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-70, 2-75, 3-121

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
R Smith	21	5	57	2	-	-
TPB Smith	8	1	27	0	-	-
Price	10	2	30	0	-	-
Vigar	2	0	5	1	-	-

Notes
--> R Smith (1) passed 4000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 3
--> L Hutton (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 53
--> JV Wilson (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 51
--> NWD Yardley (1) passed 10000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 18
--> L Hutton (2) passed 19500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 28
--> EJ Price reached 150 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Yorkshire first innings
--> R Smith reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Yorkshire first innings
--> A Coxon reached 200 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings
--> FH Vigar reached 150 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Yorkshire second innings