f18117 cc8912	Northamptonshire v Essex
	County Championship 1948
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 21st, 23rd, 24th August 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 4; Essex 0
Umpires	H Elliott, K McCanlis
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 153/2 (Cray 7*, Vigar 19*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 209/6 (Bailey 2*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c CP Davis b Nutter	64
AV Avery	c and b Webster	54
SJ Cray	c Oldfield b Clarke	11
FH Vigar	b Nutter	50
R Horsfall	b Webster	4
*TN Pearce	lbw b Nutter	11
TE Bailey	not out	37
R Smith	c and b Webster	1
TPB Smith	c Oldfield b Broderick	18
+TH Wade	b Broderick	8
KC Preston	st CP Davis b Broderick	5
Extras	(9 b, 8 lb, 1 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 110.2 overs)	281
Fall of wickets:
1-122, 2-124, 3-174, 4-183, 5-206, 6-209, 7-213, 8-251, 9-263, 10-281 (110.2 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nutter	34	8	73	3	-	-
Webster	35	9	65	3	-	-
Clarke	20	2	54	1	-	-
Broderick	16.2	5	50	3	-	-
Childs-Clarke	5	0	21	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Brookes	lbw b R Smith	85
+CP Davis	c Cray b TPB Smith	12
W Barron	c Wade b Bailey	78
N Oldfield	not out	55
E Davis	not out	65
*AW Childs-Clarke	did not bat
J Webster	did not bat
JE Timms	did not bat
V Broderick	did not bat
AE Nutter	did not bat
RW Clarke	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 2 nb)	8
Total	(3 wickets, 94 overs)	303
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-180, 3-180

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
R Smith	26	7	70	1	-	-
Bailey	12	3	31	1	-	-
Preston	17	2	55	0	-	-
TPB Smith	30	4	103	1	-	-
Vigar	7	2	25	0	-	-
Pearce	1	0	6	0	-	-
Dodds	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> N Oldfield (1) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 28
--> AE Nutter reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings

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