f18071 cc8871	Lancashire v Essex
	County Championship 1948
Venue	Stanley Park, Blackpool on 4th, 5th, 6th August 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Lancashire 4; Essex 0
Umpires	H Elliott, A Lockett
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 366/5 (Pearce 113*, Bailey 24*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (1) 280/2 (Place 117*, Ikin 99*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Brierley b Cranston	51
+AV Avery	run out	146		315
WB Morris	lbw b Pollard	1
FH Vigar	c Edrich b Pollard	3
R Horsfall	lbw b Ikin	15
*TN Pearce	c Brierley b Pollard	137
TE Bailey	not out	60
R Smith	run out	45
TPB Smith	did not bat
TH Wade	did not bat
EJ Price	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 16 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	20
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 164.4 overs)	478
Fall of wickets:
1-76, 2-77, 3-93, 4-139, 5-286, 6-397, 7-478 (164.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pollard	42	6	145	3	-	-
Greenwood	20	3	50	0	-	-
Cranston	33	7	87	1	-	-
Roberts	27.4	5	56	0	-	-
Ikin	26	6	73	1	-	-
Wharton	16	2	47	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Washbrook	c Bailey b R Smith	28
W Place	b Morris	176		390
GA Edrich	lbw b R Smith	27
JT Ikin	c Bailey b R Smith	99
+TL Brierley	c Avery b Bailey	1
*K Cranston	c Wade b TPB Smith	74
ND Howard	c Dodds b Morris	3
A Wharton	not out	31
P Greenwood	c Bailey b TPB Smith	18
R Pollard	c Price b TPB Smith	2
WB Roberts	c Avery b Price	17
Extras	(5 b, 9 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(all out, 160.4 overs)	494
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-117, 3-280, 4-283, 5-412, 6-425, 7-426, 8-453, 9-459, 10-494 (160.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	31	5	87	1	-	-
R Smith	48	11	135	3	-	-
TPB Smith	47	3	152	3	-	-
Morris	21	6	44	2	-	-
Price	10.4	2	40	1	-	-
Vigar	1	0	8	0	-	-
Pearce	2	0	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> TL Brierley made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> TC Dodds (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 42
--> R Horsfall (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> TN Pearce (1) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 81
--> C Washbrook (1) passed 12000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 28
--> W Place (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 146
--> W Place (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 77
--> JT Ikin (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 87
--> JT Ikin (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 40
--> JT Ikin (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 8
--> K Cranston (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 40

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