f17963 cc8783	Essex v Middlesex
	County Championship 1948
Venue	Old County Ground, Brentwood on 19th, 21st, 22nd June 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 4; Middlesex 0
Umpires	CAR Coleman, D Davies
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 102/4 (Mann 19*, Thompson 6*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 299/6 (Horsfall 113*, Smith 31*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Preston b Morris	28
SM Brown	b Smith	4
WJ Edrich	b Smith	5
DCS Compton	st Rist b Morris	34
*FG Mann	c Avery b Smith	34
AW Thompson	b Morris	50
HPH Sharp	b Smith	23
+LH Compton	c and b Smith	9
JM Sims	c Pearce b Preston	24
JA Young	not out	8
LH Gray	b Smith	0
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 73.1 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-24, 3-74, 4-81, 5-135, 6-165, 7-178, 8-220, 9-222, 10-230 (73.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	14	1	56	1	-	-
Smith	32.1	10	66	6	-	-
Morris	21	7	71	3	-	-
Vigar	6	0	26	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	lbw b Gray	67
SJ Cray	c Brown b DCS Compton	10
AV Avery	b DCS Compton	37
FH Vigar	b Young	9
R Horsfall	b Edrich	113		110	15	2
*TN Pearce	c LH Compton b Young	5
WG Spencer	b DCS Compton	25
R Smith	c Robertson b Young	62
+FH Rist	lbw b Young	32
WB Morris	not out	27
KC Preston	b DCS Compton	8
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(all out, 123 overs)	397
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-105, 3-118, 4-132, 5-147, 6-255, 7-299, 8-353, 9-364, 10-397 (123 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edrich	7	1	27	1	-	-
Gray	18	4	52	1	-	-
DCS Compton	38	13	123	4	-	-
Young	53	13	137	4	-	-
Sharp	4	0	34	0	-	-
Sims	3	0	22	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	b Preston	4
SM Brown	b Spencer	71
WJ Edrich	c Morris b Avery	112		90	18	1
DCS Compton	not out	26
*FG Mann	not out	0
AW Thompson	did not bat
HPH Sharp	did not bat
+LH Compton	did not bat
JM Sims	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
LH Gray	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb)	8
Total	(3 wickets, 48 overs)	221
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-179, 3-220

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	7	0	32	1	-	-
Smith	18	4	66	0	-	-
Morris	15	2	76	0	-	-
Avery	5	0	31	1	-	-
Spencer	3	0	8	1	-	-

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Notes
--> WG Spencer made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> WG Spencer made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> TC Dodds (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 38
--> WG Spencer (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in First-Class matches
--> WG Spencer (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in County Championship matches
--> R Smith reached 450 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> JA Young reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> JA Young reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings

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