f18891	Essex v Combined Services
	Other First-Class matches in England 1950
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 16th, 17th, 18th August 1950 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Combined Services won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	HG Baldwin, JJ Hills
Close of play day 1	Combined Services (1) 276/9 (Hammond 29*, Deighton 50*)
Close of play day 2	Combined Services (2) 95/0 (Shirreff 52*, Smith 32*)

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Combined Services first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC Shirreff	c Greensmith b Cousens	39
S Smith	c Ward b Preston	0
MLY Ainsworth	c Insole b Preston	0
FC Boys	c Smith b Preston	84
LN Devereux	c Insole b Cousens	0
DB Close	b Cousens	0
JM Vernon	c Cousens b Preston	58
E Fisk	c Jerman b Preston	3
PL Johnson	b Preston	2
+RJL Hammond	c and b Smith	46
JHG Deighton	not out	62
Extras	(15 b, 4 lb)	19
Total	(all out, 119.2 overs)	313
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-6, 3-100, 4-100, 5-100, 6-171, 7-190, 8-192, 9-195, 10-313 (119.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	28	7	78	6	-	-
Jerman	22	6	40	0	-	-
Smith	26.2	9	49	1	-	-
Cousens	16	3	60	3	-	-
Morris	6	0	17	0	-	-
Greensmith	21	12	50	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c and b Close	27
SJ Cray	c Close b Deighton	0
TPB Smith	b Shirreff	3
R Horsfall	c Vernon b Close	110
*DJ Insole	c and b Close	10
WB Morris	c Fisk b Close	5
WT Greensmith	b Deighton	31
+GH Ward	lbw b Deighton	2
KC Preston	not out	36
LCS Jerman	c Shirreff b Close	0
P Cousens	c Boys b Close	0
Extras	(18 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	20
Total	(all out, 70.5 overs)	244
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-17, 3-51, 4-73, 5-83, 6-173, 7-193, 8-229, 9-229, 10-244 (70.5 ov)

Combined Services bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Deighton	25	6	64	3	-	-
Shirreff	22	4	71	1	-	-
Close	14.5	2	61	6	-	-
Fisk	4	1	17	0	-	-
Vernon	5	3	11	0	-	-

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Combined Services second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC Shirreff	not out	115
S Smith	not out	101
MLY Ainsworth	did not bat
FC Boys	did not bat
LN Devereux	did not bat
DB Close	did not bat
JM Vernon	did not bat
E Fisk	did not bat
PL Johnson	did not bat
+RJL Hammond	did not bat
JHG Deighton	did not bat
Extras	(18 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	22
Total	(no wicket, declared, 62 overs)	238

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	8	1	37	0	-	-
Jerman	12	3	41	0	-	-
Smith	7	0	34	0	-	-
Insole	7	0	20	0	-	-
Cousens	9	0	27	0	-	-
Greensmith	16	2	46	0	-	-
Morris	3	0	11	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	lbw b Deighton	0
SJ Cray	b Shirreff	51
TPB Smith	c Close b Shirreff	3
R Horsfall	not out	73
WB Morris	c Deighton b Close	19
WT Greensmith	b Close	0
*DJ Insole	c sub b Close	1
+GH Ward	b Close	2
KC Preston	not out	3
LCS Jerman	did not bat
P Cousens	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb)	5
Total	(7 wickets, 55 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-10, 3-92, 4-138, 5-140, 6-148, 7-154

Combined Services bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Deighton	20	1	70	1	-	-
Shirreff	12	1	38	2	-	-
Close	19	6	33	4	-	-
Fisk	4	1	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> E Fisk made his debut in First-Class matches
--> LCS Jerman made his debut in First-Class matches
--> PL Johnson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> SJ Cray made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> WB Morris made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GH Ward made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> FC Boys (1) passed his previous highest score of 64 in First-Class matches
--> JM Vernon (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in First-Class matches
--> RJL Hammond (1) passed his previous highest score of 33 in First-Class matches
--> R Horsfall (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 94
--> KC Preston (1) passed his previous highest score of 31 in First-Class matches
--> AC Shirreff (2) passed his previous highest score of 91 in First-Class matches
--> AC Shirreff (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> S Smith (2) passed his previous highest score of 27 in First-Class matches
--> S Smith (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> GH Ward made his debut for Essex in First-Class matches
--> P Cousens completed a hat-trick in the Combined Services first innings (Shirreff, Devereux, Close)
--> P Cousens achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Combined Services first innings (previous best was 2-58)
--> KC Preston achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Combined Services first innings (previous best was 6-85)

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