f17284 cc8439	Essex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1946
Venue	Vista Road Recreation Ground, Clacton-on-Sea on 10th, 12th, 13th August 1946 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 0; Leicestershire 4
Umpires	HW Lee, CN Woolley
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 190/7 (Wilcox 12*, Taylor 9*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (1) 224/7 (Lester 31*, Walsh 42*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AV Avery	c Lester b Jackson	61
HP Crabtree	c Prentice b Munden	3
TC Dodds	lbw b Walsh	9
TE Bailey	b Walsh	38
FH Vigar	b Lester	12
*TN Pearce	c and b Walsh	22
DR Wilcox	c Corrall b Jackson	36
R Smith	lbw b Jackson	4
RM Taylor	not out	35
+RFT Paterson	b Jackson	0
TH Wade	absent hurt
Extras	(14 b, 7 lb)	21
Total	(all out, 121.1 overs)	241
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-36, 3-94, 4-133, 5-154, 6-165, 7-170, 8-229, 9-241 (121.1 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Munden	6	1	15	1	-	-
Jackson	34.1	12	49	4	-	-
Riddington	28	13	33	0	-	-
Walsh	39	8	94	3	-	-
Lester	14	4	29	1	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	c Paterson b Vigar	42
FT Prentice	c Bailey b Vigar	69
M Tompkin	b Smith	21
WA Smith	st Paterson b Vigar	13
GS Watson	run out	2
VE Jackson	st Paterson b Vigar	10
A Riddington	c Smith b Vigar	5
G Lester	not out	37
JE Walsh	c sub b Vigar	77
VS Munden	st Paterson b Vigar	1
+P Corrall	c and b Vigar	4
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 95.2 overs)	290
Fall of wickets:
1-79, 2-117, 3-126, 4-141, 5-157, 6-163, 7-170, 8-285, 9-286, 10-290 (95.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	40	9	102	1	-	-
Bailey	16	3	49	0	-	-
Dodds	2	1	2	0	-	-
Vigar	37.2	2	128	8	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AV Avery	not out	50
HP Crabtree	not out	63
TC Dodds	did not bat
TE Bailey	did not bat
FH Vigar	did not bat
*TN Pearce	did not bat
DR Wilcox	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
RM Taylor	did not bat
+RFT Paterson	did not bat
TH Wade	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb)	12
Total	(no wicket, 41 overs)	125

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Munden	4	1	20	0	-	-
Jackson	7	2	10	0	-	-
Walsh	5	0	25	0	-	-
Riddington	10	4	9	0	-	-
Prentice	8	1	18	0	-	-
Smith	4	0	11	0	-	-
Watson	2	0	17	0	-	-
Berry	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> FT Prentice (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 16
--> JE Walsh (1) passed his previous highest score of 42 in First-Class matches
--> JE Walsh (1) passed his previous highest score of 42 in County Championship matches
--> JE Walsh reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> FH Vigar achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 6-78)
--> FH Vigar reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> FH Vigar achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire first innings (previous best was 6-78)

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