f17677 cc8657	Essex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1947
Venue	Vista Road Recreation Ground, Clacton-on-Sea on 9th, 11th, 12th August 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 4; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	D Hendren, PT Mills
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 36/1 (Dodds 22*, Crabtree 7*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 30/0 (Berry 12*, Riddington 18*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	c Vigar b R Smith	165		300
A Riddington	c Wade b TPB Smith	33
GS Watson	c Bailey b TPB Smith	25
M Tompkin	st Wade b TPB Smith	15
VE Jackson	lbw b TPB Smith	23
FT Prentice	b TPB Smith	53
G Lester	lbw b TPB Smith	7
J Howard	c Wade b TPB Smith	2
JE Walsh	c Wade b TPB Smith	17
+P Corrall	c Insole b R Smith	22
J Sperry	not out	6
Extras	(16 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	20
Total	(all out, 131.5 overs)	388
Fall of wickets:
1-75, 2-111, 3-134, 4-164, 5-299, 6-319, 7-341, 8-341, 9-376, 10-388 (131.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	16	4	41	0	-	-
R Smith	31.5	6	98	2	-	-
Vigar	32	3	111	0	-	-
TPB Smith	50	14	98	8	-	-
Insole	2	0	20	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c and b Jackson	69
SJ Cray	run out	3
HP Crabtree	c Jackson b Walsh	9
FH Vigar	c Riddington b Jackson	72
TE Bailey	c Jackson b Walsh	9
DR Wilcox	b Walsh	32
DJ Insole	b Lester	42
R Smith	c and b Walsh	15
TPB Smith	lbw b Prentice	24
*TN Pearce	not out	36
+TH Wade	not out	50
Extras	(33 b, 6 lb)	39
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 145.3 overs)	400
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-40, 3-134, 4-153, 5-215, 6-225, 7-262, 8-297, 9-305

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	18	5	30	0	-	-
Jackson	45.3	9	121	2	-	-
Walsh	48	8	140	4	-	-
Riddington	14	2	22	0	-	-
Lester	13	1	36	1	-	-
Prentice	7	1	12	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	not out	111
A Riddington	run out	20
GS Watson	b R Smith	76
M Tompkin	b R Smith	27
VE Jackson	not out	11
FT Prentice	did not bat
G Lester	did not bat
J Howard	did not bat
JE Walsh	did not bat
+P Corrall	did not bat
J Sperry	did not bat
Extras	(16 b, 1 nb)	17
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 75 overs)	262
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-196, 3-242

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	9	2	24	0	-	-
R Smith	31	5	105	2	-	-
TPB Smith	26	4	88	0	-	-
Vigar	9	1	28	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Sperry b Jackson	9
SJ Cray	lbw b Jackson	1
HP Crabtree	c Jackson b Walsh	30
FH Vigar	b Jackson	4
TE Bailey	not out	68
DR Wilcox	c Watson b Walsh	4
DJ Insole	c and b Jackson	11
R Smith	not out	13
TPB Smith	did not bat
*TN Pearce	did not bat
+TH Wade	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(6 wickets, 44 overs)	145
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-12, 3-18, 4-66, 5-80, 6-102

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	6	1	16	0	-	-
Jackson	14	2	57	4	-	-
Riddington	4	1	13	0	-	-
Walsh	16	3	53	2	-	-
Lester	4	3	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GL Berry (1) passed 24000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> GS Watson (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 4
--> GS Watson (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 27
--> GS Watson (2) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 25
--> GS Watson (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> JE Walsh reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> R Smith reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> VE Jackson reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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