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f17229 cc8392	Essex v Middlesex
	County Championship 1946
Venue	Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea on 17th, 18th, 19th July 1946 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 101 runs
Points	Essex 4; Middlesex 12
Umpires	E Cooke, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 140/3 (Dodds 32*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 201/3 (Edrich 73, Mann 18)

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Rist b Dodds	9
SM Brown	c Avery b Morris	118		90
WJ Edrich	lbw b Morris	44
*RWV Robins	c Vigar b Morris	28
JP Mann	c Vigar b Smith	22
AW Thompson	c Dodds b Morris	7
LH Compton	c Vigar b Smith	0
+WFF Price	c Vigar b Smith	0
JM Sims	c Vigar b Smith	0
JA Young	c Morris b Smith	6
LB Thompson	not out	3
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 53.4 overs)	241
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-157, 3-186, 4-199, 5-212, 6-213, 7-221, 8-221, 9-238, 10-241 (53.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	19.4	3	70	5	-	-
Paterson	5	0	21	0	-	-
Dodds	4	0	14	1	-	-
Vigar	10	0	42	0	-	-
Morris	15	0	90	4	-	-

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AV Avery	b Young	43
LS Clark	lbw b Robins	10
TC Dodds	c Compton b Young	61
R Smith	c Price b Robins	44
RM Taylor	c Robertson b Young	60
*TN Pearce	lbw b Young	20
RFT Paterson	b Young	0
FH Vigar	not out	19
FH Rist	c Brown b Sims	3
WB Morris	c Mann b Edrich	6
+TH Wade	b LB Thompson	1
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 1 nb, 4 w)	17
Total	(all out, 130.1 overs)	284
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-63, 3-140, 4-208, 5-254, 6-254, 7-255, 8-268, 9-283, 10-284 (130.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
LB Thompson	18.1	2	44	1	-	-
Edrich	22	5	42	1	-	-
Young	43	18	55	5	-	-
Sims	32	6	95	1	-	-
Robins	15	3	31	2	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c and b Morris	48
SM Brown	b Smith	39
WJ Edrich	c and b Dodds	111		125	13	1
*RWV Robins	c Morris b Smith	9
JP Mann	c Wade b Smith	24
AW Thompson	not out	41
LH Compton	c Avery b Dodds	6
+WFF Price	b Smith	8
JM Sims	not out	6
JA Young	did not bat
LB Thompson	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 13 lb)	22
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 87 overs)	314
Fall of wickets:
1-61, 2-116, 3-135, 4-226, 5-256, 6-272, 7-299

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	38	4	135	4	-	-
Dodds	16	2	54	2	-	-
Morris	27	7	74	1	-	-
Vigar	1	0	9	0	-	-
Taylor	5	1	20	0	-	-

Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AV Avery	b Young	5
LS Clark	c Robertson b Edrich	5
TC Dodds	c AW Thompson b Compton	72
R Smith	b Robertson	0
RM Taylor	c Mann b Compton	49
*TN Pearce	b Sims	9
RFT Paterson	b Edrich	14
FH Vigar	c Edrich b Sims	0
FH Rist	lbw b Sims	5
WB Morris	not out	6
+TH Wade	b Sims	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 70 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-14, 3-15, 4-117, 5-132, 6-145, 7-145, 8-157, 9-166, 10-170 (70 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
LB Thompson	5	2	6	0	-	-
Edrich	7	2	10	2	-	-
Young	10	6	10	1	-	-
Robertson	5	1	19	1	-	-
Sims	21	6	52	4	-	-
Robins	15	1	47	0	-	-
Compton	7	3	21	2	-	-

Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Middlesex (1) ?/? (Brown ?*, [unknown] ?*)
--> SM Brown (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 65
--> SM Brown (1) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 40
--> WJ Edrich (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 16
--> WJ Edrich (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 3
--> LB Thompson made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> RM Taylor (2) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 48
--> WB Morris achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 2-38)
--> WB Morris achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 2-38)