f17563 cc8562	Essex v Middlesex
	County Championship 1947
Venue	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester on 21st, 23rd, 24th June 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 10 wickets
Points	Essex 12; Middlesex 0
Umpires	PT Mills, CV Tarbox
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 256/6 (R Smith 52*, TPB Smith 2*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 23/0 (Robertson 10*, Brown 9*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Robertson b Gray	10
SJ Cray	b Young	17
AV Avery	c Gray b Young	96
FH Vigar	c Robertson b Compton	66
LS Clark	st Price b Young	4
R Horsfall	b Young	0
R Smith	b Gray	66
TPB Smith	c Price b Compton	62
WJ Dines	b Gray	40
WB Morris	st Price b Young	10
+TH Wade	not out	21
Extras	(7 b, 11 lb)	18
Total	(all out, 178.5 overs)	410
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-43, 3-165, 4-181, 5-181, 6-224, 7-273, 8-379, 9-379, 10-410 (178.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	52	10	124	3	-	-
Young	52.5	19	105	5	-	-
Ingram	31	14	44	0	-	-
Compton	20	8	58	2	-	-
Hever	21	3	58	0	-	-
Robertson	2	0	3	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c and b Vigar	64
SM Brown	c Vigar b TPB Smith	54
LH Compton	c Avery b TPB Smith	2
JT Eaglestone	b TPB Smith	15
*FG Mann	b TPB Smith	58
AW Thompson	b TPB Smith	12
+WFF Price	c Wade b TPB Smith	2
E Ingram	b TPB Smith	0
JA Young	not out	3
LH Gray	b TPB Smith	10
NG Hever	b TPB Smith	0
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 68 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-121, 2-121, 3-134, 4-151, 5-205, 6-215, 7-215, 8-216, 9-228, 10-228 (68 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
R Smith	20	3	76	0	-	-
Dines	3	0	16	0	-	-
Clark	3	0	10	0	-	-
TPB Smith	28	6	77	9	-	-
Vigar	14	3	41	1	-	-

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Middlesex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Clark b Vigar	115
SM Brown	st Wade b TPB Smith	56
AW Thompson	st Wade b TPB Smith	41
*FG Mann	c R Smith b Vigar	19
LH Compton	lbw b TPB Smith	16
JT Eaglestone	st Wade b TPB Smith	8
+WFF Price	c Horsfall b Vigar	5
E Ingram	c Avery b TPB Smith	11
JA Young	b TPB Smith	0
LH Gray	not out	12
NG Hever	st Wade b TPB Smith	1
Extras	(9 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 81.5 overs)	295
Fall of wickets:
1-172, 2-183, 3-206, 4-227, 5-248, 6-264, 7-276, 8-276, 9-287, 10-295 (81.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
R Smith	20	7	43	0	-	-
Dines	4	0	12	0	-	-
Clark	1	0	5	0	-	-
TPB Smith	30.5	5	138	7	-	-
Vigar	26	5	86	3	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	not out	44
SJ Cray	not out	59
AV Avery	did not bat
FH Vigar	did not bat
LS Clark	did not bat
R Horsfall	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
TPB Smith	did not bat
WJ Dines	did not bat
WB Morris	did not bat
+TH Wade	did not bat
Extras	(12 b)	12
Total	(no wicket, 22.5 overs)	115

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gray	4	0	12	0	-	-
Compton	3	1	7	0	-	-
Young	8	1	41	0	-	-
Ingram	5	1	24	0	-	-
Robertson	2.5	0	19	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JDB Robertson (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 50
--> TC Dodds (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 19
--> JA Young reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> TPB Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 9-121)
--> TPB Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Middlesex first innings (previous best was 8-99)
--> TPB Smith reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 9th wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> TPB Smith reached 1050 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex second innings
--> TPB Smith reached 1200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex second innings

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