f17503 cc8518	Leicestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1947
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 28th, 29th, 30th May 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 0; Essex 4
Umpires	A Mitchison, JA Smart
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 420/9 (Lester 81*, Sperry 9*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 435 all out

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	c Vigar b TPB Smith	86
FT Prentice	b TPB Smith	55
GS Watson	c Clark b R Smith	66
M Tompkin	b TPB Smith	49
VE Jackson	c Pearce b TPB Smith	30
G Lester	not out	81
A Riddington	st Wade b TPB Smith	7
JE Walsh	c Pearce b R Smith	12
VS Munden	st Wade b TPB Smith	4
+P Corrall	lbw b R Smith	13
J Sperry	not out	9
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 145 overs)	420
Fall of wickets:
1-125, 2-168, 3-249, 4-272, 5-314, 6-330, 7-349, 8-356, 9-385

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
R Smith	56	11	122	3	-	-
Appleyard	20	3	58	0	-	-
TPB Smith	48	7	148	6	-	-
Vigar	19	3	71	0	-	-
Pearce	2	0	13	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HP Crabtree	c Lester b Sperry	2
TC Dodds	c Munden b Sperry	157		240	13	-
SJ Cray	run out	7
FH Vigar	b Walsh	0
LS Clark	b Walsh	9
*TN Pearce	c Walsh b Prentice	93
R Smith	c Corrall b Sperry	71
TPB Smith	lbw b Walsh	10
FH Rist	b Jackson	37
+TH Wade	not out	27
F Appleyard	lbw b Jackson	0
Extras	(7 b, 11 lb, 4 w)	22
Total	(all out, 135.2 overs)	435
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-48, 3-49, 4-77, 5-264, 6-292, 7-308, 8-391, 9-419, 10-435 (135.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	20	3	66	3	-	-
Munden	13	0	46	0	-	-
Jackson	37.2	12	77	2	-	-
Walsh	42	3	141	3	-	-
Lester	15	1	52	0	-	-
Riddington	5	1	17	0	-	-
Prentice	3	0	14	1	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	c R Smith b Vigar	43
FT Prentice	not out	151
GS Watson	c Pearce b Vigar	2
M Tompkin	not out	101
VE Jackson	did not bat
G Lester	did not bat
A Riddington	did not bat
JE Walsh	did not bat
VS Munden	did not bat
+P Corrall	did not bat
J Sperry	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 5 w)	11
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 80 overs)	308
Fall of wickets:
1-94, 2-98

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
R Smith	29	3	72	0	-	-
Appleyard	3	1	12	0	-	-
TPB Smith	29	1	111	0	-	-
Vigar	12	0	49	2	-	-
Crabtree	5	0	33	0	-	-
Pearce	2	0	20	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Walsh	51
HP Crabtree	c and b Walsh	38
SJ Cray	st Corrall b Walsh	14
FH Vigar	b Walsh	23
LS Clark	lbw b Walsh	7
*TN Pearce	not out	11
R Smith	not out	0
TPB Smith	did not bat
FH Rist	did not bat
+TH Wade	did not bat
F Appleyard	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 3 lb)	14
Total	(5 wickets, 56 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-78, 2-95, 3-112, 4-134, 5-149

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	7	2	22	0	-	-
Munden	6	0	29	0	-	-
Jackson	14	4	28	0	-	-
Walsh	21	3	60	5	-	-
Lester	8	4	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> TC Dodds (1) passed his previous highest score of 111 in First-Class matches
--> TC Dodds (1) passed his previous highest score of 111 in County Championship matches
--> R Smith (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 28
--> FT Prentice (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> M Tompkin (2) passed his previous highest score of 91 in County Championship matches
--> M Tompkin (2) made his first century in County Championship matches

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