f17162 cc8343	Essex v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1946
Venue	Old County Ground, Brentwood on 22nd, 24th June 1946 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by an innings and 88 runs
Points	Essex 12; Northamptonshire 0
Umpires	C Bentley, N Kilner
Close of play day 1	Northamptonshire (1) 8/0 (Davis 3*, Murray-Willis 5*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AV Avery	c Greenwood b Timms	102		200
TC Dodds	b Partridge	5
TPB Smith	b Partridge	7
FH Vigar	b Clark	8
RM Taylor	st Greenwood b Timms	31
DF Cock	b Nevell	14
RFT Paterson	c Barron b Clark	41
R Smith	lbw b Nevell	27
FH Rist	c and b Timms	41
+TH Wade	not out	16
F Appleyard	not out	13
Extras	(12 b, 6 lb)	18
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 118 overs)	323
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-19, 3-30, 4-109, 5-143, 6-184, 7-246, 8-252, 9-301

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clark	25	4	71	2	-	-
Partridge	16	2	37	2	-	-
Nevell	30	4	69	2	-	-
Robinson	13	1	42	0	-	-
Timms	20	3	49	3	-	-
Whitfield	12	3	30	0	-	-
Barron	2	0	7	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CP Davis	run out	50
*PE Murray-Willis	c Dodds b Vigar	37
W Barron	b TPB Smith	1
JE Timms	run out	2
EW Whitfield	c R Smith b Vigar	1
+HW Greenwood	c Wade b TPB Smith	0
WRF Chamberlain	lbw b TPB Smith	0
RG Robinson	st Wade b TPB Smith	0
WT Nevell	c Avery b TPB Smith	0
EW Clark	b TPB Smith	1
RJ Partridge	not out	2
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 54 overs)	106
Fall of wickets:
1-96, 2-98, 3-100, 4-100, 5-100, 6-100, 7-100, 8-102, 9-102, 10-106 (54 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
R Smith	10	5	22	0	-	-
Appleyard	7	1	19	0	-	-
TPB Smith	20	11	19	6	-	-
Taylor	8	1	17	0	-	-
Vigar	9	1	17	2	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CP Davis	b R Smith	19
*PE Murray-Willis	run out	22
W Barron	c Taylor b TPB Smith	9
JE Timms	c and b Vigar	13
EW Whitfield	c Vigar b Taylor	19
+HW Greenwood	c Vigar b Taylor	1
WRF Chamberlain	c Vigar b TPB Smith	12
WT Nevell	c Taylor b TPB Smith	2
RG Robinson	not out	15
RJ Partridge	c Vigar b Taylor	0
EW Clark	b TPB Smith	17
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 57.3 overs)	129
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-43, 3-58, 4-71, 5-78, 6-83, 7-86, 8-101, 9-102, 10-129 (57.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
R Smith	9	2	21	1	-	-
Appleyard	5	1	12	0	-	-
TPB Smith	23.3	5	61	4	-	-
Vigar	8	3	16	1	-	-
Taylor	12	3	19	3	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> WRF Chamberlain made his debut in County Championship matches
--> WRF Chamberlain made his debut in First-Class matches
--> PE Murray-Willis (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in County Championship matches
--> PE Murray-Willis (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in First-Class matches
--> TPB Smith reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> TPB Smith reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings

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