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f17328 cc8479	Middlesex v Essex
	County Championship 1946
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 28th, 29th August 1946 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by an innings and 129 runs
Points	Middlesex 12; Essex 0
Umpires	E Cooke, GM Lee
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 26/1 (Crabtree 15, Dodds 0)

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	lbw b Bailey	110
SM Brown	c Bailey b Smith	9
WJ Edrich	st Wade b Vigar	26
DCS Compton	run out	76
*RWV Robins	c Crabtree b Bailey	102
AW Thompson	run out	69
JP Mann	lbw b Vigar	5
LH Compton	not out	8
+WFF Price	did not bat
JM Sims	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 98.5 overs)	416
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-80, 3-218, 4-230, 5-401, 6-402, 7-416 (98.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	31	3	99	1	-	-
Bailey	20	1	84	2	-	-
Dodds	10	0	51	0	-	-
Vigar	29.5	1	142	2	-	-
Taylor	8	0	29	0	-	-

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AV Avery	b Young	9
HP Crabtree	st Price b Young	50
TC Dodds	st Price b Young	19
TE Bailey	st Price b Young	11
RM Taylor	c and b Sims	5
*TN Pearce	c Price b Edrich	17
DR Wilcox	b Edrich	9
R Smith	c Brown b Young	4
RFT Paterson	b Young	23
FH Vigar	c LH Compton b Sims	27
+TH Wade	not out	4
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 102.2 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-81, 3-86, 4-99, 5-109, 6-128, 7-133, 8-137, 9-177, 10-187 (102.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edrich	22	8	46	2	-	-
LH Compton	8	3	17	0	-	-
Young	40	25	34	6	-	-
DCS Compton	6	0	20	0	-	-
Sims	20.2	1	46	2	-	-
Robins	5	0	13	0	-	-
Robertson	1	0	2	0	-	-

Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AV Avery	c Thompson b Edrich	6
HP Crabtree	c Edrich b LH Compton	6
TC Dodds	c LH Compton b Young	10
TE Bailey	b Edrich	5
RM Taylor	lbw b Edrich	0
*TN Pearce	b Young	36
DR Wilcox	c LH Compton b Young	0
R Smith	b Young	20
RFT Paterson	not out	5
FH Vigar	c Mann b Young	6
+TH Wade	b Young	0
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 35.5 overs)	100
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-21, 3-32, 4-32, 5-40, 6-48, 7-75, 8-92, 9-100, 10-100 (35.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edrich	11	0	33	3	-	-
LH Compton	7	2	8	1	-	-
Young	10.5	3	27	6	-	-
Sims	7	0	26	0	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> DCS Compton (1) passed 11000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 47
--> FH Vigar reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> FH Vigar reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> WJ Edrich reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> JA Young reached 100 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings