f18129 cc8922	Essex v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1948
Venue	Vista Road Recreation Ground, Clacton-on-Sea on 28th, 30th, 31st August 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 4; Northamptonshire 0
Umpires	WH Ashdown, A Lockett
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 367/5 (Pearce 26*, Bailey 11*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (1) 313/4 (E Davis 16*, Broderick 15*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Clarke	21
AV Avery	lbw b Broderick	100
SJ Cray	b Webster	139
FH Vigar	c CP Davis b Clarke	3
R Horsfall	b Webster	51
*TN Pearce	c and b Nutter	62
TE Bailey	c Childs-Clarke b Clarke	37
R Smith	c Webster b Broderick	60
TPB Smith	c Webster b Clarke	13
+TH Wade	c Childs-Clarke b Broderick	3
KC Preston	not out	1
Extras	(15 b, 3 lb, 6 nb)	24
Total	(all out, 155.4 overs)	514
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-215, 3-250, 4-324, 5-326, 6-424, 7-432, 8-466, 9-471, 10-514 (155.4 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nutter	38	4	133	1	-	-
Webster	36	8	88	2	-	-
Clarke	33	2	124	4	-	-
Broderick	35.4	10	112	3	-	-
Childs-Clarke	13	2	33	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Brookes	lbw b TPB Smith	55
+CP Davis	c Wade b Bailey	120
ACL Bennett	c Wade b Preston	17
N Oldfield	lbw b TPB Smith	74
E Davis	c Wade b Preston	32
V Broderick	not out	115
J Webster	c Pearce b TPB Smith	14
AE Nutter	b R Smith	1
E White	b Bailey	10
*AW Childs-Clarke	b TPB Smith	12
RW Clarke	c TPB Smith b Preston	0
Extras	(15 b, 15 lb, 1 w)	31
Total	(all out, 144.1 overs)	481
Fall of wickets:
1-120, 2-156, 3-275, 4-275, 5-332, 6-364, 7-368, 8-421, 9-476, 10-481 (144.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	27.1	6	108	3	-	-
Bailey	33	8	97	2	-	-
R Smith	40	12	102	1	-	-
TPB Smith	39	11	119	4	-	-
Vigar	5	1	24	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	lbw b Nutter	0
AV Avery	b Webster	23
SJ Cray	lbw b Broderick	33
FH Vigar	c Webster b Broderick	41
R Smith	b Clarke	10
KC Preston	b Broderick	17
R Horsfall	not out	18
TPB Smith	st CP Davis b Broderick	10
TE Bailey	not out	17
*TN Pearce	did not bat
+TH Wade	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb, 2 w)	12
Total	(7 wickets, 52 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-32, 3-72, 4-97, 5-118, 6-135, 7-148

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nutter	14	1	50	1	-	-
Webster	8	2	20	1	-	-
Broderick	18	3	61	4	-	-
Clarke	12	1	38	1	-	-

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Notes
--> AV Avery (1) passed 7000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 81
--> SJ Cray (1) passed his previous highest score of 114 in first-class matches
--> SJ Cray (1) passed his previous highest score of 114 in County Championship matches
--> SJ Cray (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 137
--> TN Pearce (1) passed 10500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 45
--> CP Davis (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 34
--> V Broderick (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 63
--> RW Clarke reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> RW Clarke reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings

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