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| Venue | FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 10th, 12th, 13th May 1947 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Cambridge University won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | J Clover, HL Palmer |
| Close of play day 1 | Essex (1) 224 all out |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (2) 42/2 (Dodds 24*, Vigar 0*) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AV Avery | run out | 21 | |||||
| TC Dodds | b Griffiths | 10 | |||||
| SJ Cray | c Willatt b Datta | 45 | |||||
| FH Vigar | b Griffiths | 5 | |||||
| LS Clark | st Mischler b Datta | 51 | |||||
| *TN Pearce | c and b Pearsall | 33 | |||||
| TPB Smith | b Datta | 38 | |||||
| DAA Gray | c and b Datta | 6 | |||||
| +CJ Searle | not out | 5 | |||||
| WJ Dines | lbw b Griffiths | 0 | |||||
| WB Morris | c Pearsall b Datta | 5 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 3 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 97.3 overs) | 224 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-31, 2-31, 3-38, 4-104, 5-155, 6-192, 7-207, 8-218, 9-219, 10-224 (97.3 ov) | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bailey | 11 | 0 | 46 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pearsall | 19 | 5 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Griffiths | 22 | 4 | 69 | 3 | - | - | |
| Datta | 31.3 | 13 | 52 | 5 | - | - | |
| Mills | 14 | 4 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cambridge University first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *GL Willatt | b Smith | 46 | |||||
| J Pepper | st Searle b Smith | 62 | |||||
| GW Lees | b Gray | 12 | |||||
| GF Anson | b Smith | 20 | |||||
| TE Bailey | c and b Smith | 28 | |||||
| BGM Cangley | c Dodds b Smith | 10 | |||||
| +NM Mischler | b Smith | 0 | |||||
| JM Mills | b Avery | 44 | |||||
| PB Datta | lbw b Morris | 41 | |||||
| RD Pearsall | c Cray b Smith | 29 | |||||
| WH Griffiths | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 2 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 137.4 overs) | 299 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-103, 2-110, 3-140, 4-144, 5-168, 6-168, 7-187, 8-245, 9-272, 10-299 (137.4 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Dines | 12 | 2 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 51.4 | 11 | 92 | 7 | - | - | |
| Gray | 21 | 5 | 34 | 1 | - | - | |
| Morris | 20 | 5 | 51 | 1 | - | - | |
| Vigar | 21 | 3 | 69 | 0 | - | - | |
| Avery | 12 | 3 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AV Avery | lbw b Bailey | 7 | |||||
| TC Dodds | c Bailey b Datta | 64 | |||||
| SJ Cray | b Bailey | 8 | |||||
| FH Vigar | not out | 84 | |||||
| LS Clark | c and b Mills | 1 | |||||
| *TN Pearce | c and b Datta | 54 | |||||
| TPB Smith | not out | 51 | |||||
| DAA Gray | did not bat | ||||||
| +CJ Searle | did not bat | ||||||
| WJ Dines | did not bat | ||||||
| WB Morris | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 lb, 1 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 90 overs) | 275 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21, 2-28, 3-99, 4-100, 5-195 | |||||||
| Cambridge University bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bailey | 15 | 2 | 32 | 2 | - | - | |
| Pearsall | 13 | 1 | 60 | 0 | - | - | |
| Griffiths | 8 | 1 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mills | 26 | 3 | 59 | 1 | - | - | |
| Datta | 28 | 9 | 88 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cambridge University second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BGM Cangley | c Dines b Smith | 8 | |||||
| GF Anson | run out | 44 | |||||
| RD Pearsall | c Searle b Dines | 0 | |||||
| TE Bailey | b Smith | 20 | |||||
| J Pepper | b Smith | 2 | |||||
| *GL Willatt | not out | 30 | |||||
| GW Lees | b Smith | 0 | |||||
| +NM Mischler | b Smith | 0 | |||||
| JM Mills | not out | 18 | |||||
| PB Datta | did not bat | ||||||
| WH Griffiths | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b, 6 lb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 55 overs) | 134 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13, 2-14, 3-50, 4-75, 5-77, 6-77, 7-77 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Dines | 7 | 1 | 13 | 1 | - | - | |
| Smith | 25 | 8 | 46 | 5 | - | - | |
| Gray | 8 | 0 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Vigar | 8 | 3 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Morris | 7 | 1 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> CJ Searle made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GW Lees made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GF Anson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RD Pearsall made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DAA Gray made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CJ Searle made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> SJ Cray (1) passed his previous highest score of 44 in First-Class matches
--> LS Clark (1) passed his previous highest score of 46 in First-Class matches
--> TE Bailey (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> JM Mills (1) passed his previous highest score of 35 in First-Class matches
--> DAA Gray made his debut for Essex in First-Class matches
--> PB Datta achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 4-84)
--> PB Datta achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings
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