f17984 cc8799	Leicestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1948
Venue	Park Road, Loughborough on 26th, 28th, 29th June 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 4; Essex 0
Umpires	JT Bell, E Cooke
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 78/2 (Avery 23*, Vigar 8*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 99/4 (Horsfall 8*, Unwin 3*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	lbw b Price	35
FT Prentice	b R Smith	5
G Lester	c Preston b TPB Smith	108		155	15	-
M Tompkin	c Dodds b Price	4
VE Jackson	c Rist b Price	35
WB Cornock	run out	45
J Howard	c and b Vigar	31
JE Walsh	run out	106		95	11	7
MW Etherington	c and b R Smith	27
+P Corrall	not out	32
J Sperry	c TPB Smith b Price	17
Extras	(25 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	33
Total	(all out, 121 overs)	478
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-101, 3-107, 4-161, 5-235, 6-262, 7-320, 8-410, 9-444, 10-478 (121 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	6	1	13	0	-	-
R Smith	30	5	92	2	-	-
TPB Smith	35	7	140	1	-	-
Price	36	8	121	4	-	-
Vigar	13	0	76	1	-	-
Avery	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Walsh	25
SJ Cray	c Walsh b Etherington	9
AV Avery	c Corrall b Sperry	31
FH Vigar	c Walsh b Etherington	10
R Horsfall	c Jackson b Walsh	42
FS Unwin	c Cornock b Sperry	5
R Smith	b Sperry	7
TPB Smith	c Cornock b Sperry	4
+FH Rist	b Walsh	4
EJ Price	b Walsh	9
KC Preston	not out	0
Extras	(13 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	19
Total	(all out, 54.4 overs)	165
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-52, 3-85, 4-89, 5-111, 6-119, 7-124, 8-155, 9-160, 10-165 (54.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	19	6	44	4	-	-
Etherington	15	2	60	2	-	-
Jackson	12	4	22	0	-	-
Walsh	8.4	2	20	4	-	-

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Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	run out	10
SJ Cray	c Corrall b Jackson	10
AV Avery	c Jackson b Walsh	2
FH Vigar	c Corrall b Jackson	30
R Horsfall	c Howard b Jackson	14
FS Unwin	st Corrall b Walsh	13
R Smith	b Jackson	17
TPB Smith	c Walsh b Jackson	17
+FH Rist	not out	56
EJ Price	b Jackson	4
KC Preston	not out	23
Extras	(14 b, 7 lb, 2 w)	23
Total	(9 wickets, 59 overs)	219
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-23, 3-26, 4-52, 5-72, 6-99, 7-112, 8-131, 9-147

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	4	2	3	0	-	-
Etherington	3	0	14	0	-	-
Jackson	26	3	95	6	-	-
Walsh	26	4	84	2	-	-

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Notes
--> G Lester (1) passed his previous highest score of 106 in County Championship matches
--> G Lester (1) passed his previous highest score of 106 in First-Class matches
--> JE Walsh (1) passed his previous highest score of 77 in First-Class matches
--> JE Walsh (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> JE Walsh (1) passed his previous highest score of 77 in County Championship matches
--> JE Walsh (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> MW Etherington (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> MW Etherington (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in County Championship matches
--> FH Rist (2) passed his previous highest score of 53 in County Championship matches
--> FH Rist (2) passed his previous highest score of 53 in First-Class matches
--> MW Etherington made his debut for Leicestershire in County Championship matches
--> R Smith reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> VE Jackson reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex second innings

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