f17998 cc8809	Essex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1948
Venue	Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea on 3rd, 5th, 6th July 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 4; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	JJ Hills, E Robinson
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 407/8 (Jackson 133*, Corrall 3*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 345/8 (Pearce 159*, TPB Smith 9*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	c Avery b TPB Smith	58
G Lester	c and b Morris	27
FT Prentice	c Rist b R Smith	76
M Tompkin	c Horsfall b Morris	31
VE Jackson	c Dodds b Price	134		175	21	1
WB Cornock	b Price	0
SJ Symington	b R Smith	21
J Howard	b R Smith	6
JE Walsh	c Cray b Price	25
+P Corrall	not out	12
J Sperry	c Dodds b R Smith	4
Extras	(18 b, 9 lb)	27
Total	(all out, 164.5 overs)	421
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-135, 3-190, 4-243, 5-244, 6-337, 7-345, 8-382, 9-408, 10-421 (164.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
R Smith	33.5	10	70	4	-	-
TPB Smith	40	10	99	1	-	-
Price	28	7	73	3	-	-
Vigar	14	5	22	0	-	-
Morris	49	17	130	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Sperry b Symington	8
SJ Cray	c Corrall b Jackson	31
AV Avery	b Walsh	18
FH Vigar	b Walsh	8
R Horsfall	c Corrall b Jackson	0
*TN Pearce	not out	211		350	19	-
+FH Rist	c Corrall b Cornock	34
WB Morris	c Berry b Walsh	39
R Smith	c Berry b Symington	15
TPB Smith	c Corrall b Sperry	32
EJ Price	not out	5
Extras	(15 b, 6 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	24
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 170 overs)	425
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-57, 3-63, 4-63, 5-71, 6-189, 7-270, 8-289, 9-397

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	24	4	53	1	-	-
Symington	22	5	70	2	-	-
Walsh	54	4	142	3	-	-
Jackson	39	12	65	2	-	-
Cornock	11	0	33	1	-	-
Lester	20	6	38	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GL Berry	b Price	68
G Lester	c Rist b TPB Smith	33
FT Prentice	b TPB Smith	0
M Tompkin	c TPB Smith b Morris	10
VE Jackson	b Price	17
WB Cornock	not out	55
SJ Symington	st Rist b Dodds	40
J Howard	not out	2
JE Walsh	did not bat
+P Corrall	did not bat
J Sperry	did not bat
Extras	(21 b)	21
Total	(6 wickets, 79 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-87, 2-91, 3-112, 4-132, 5-151, 6-232

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
R Smith	19	2	51	0	-	-
TPB Smith	23	6	53	2	-	-
Vigar	3	0	8	0	-	-
Morris	13	1	39	1	-	-
Price	14	4	36	2	-	-
Avery	4	1	15	0	-	-
Horsfall	2	0	10	0	-	-
Dodds	1	0	13	1	-	-

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Notes
--> GL Berry (1) passed 25000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 42
--> FT Prentice (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> VE Jackson (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 7
--> SJ Symington (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> SJ Symington (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in County Championship matches
--> TN Pearce (1) passed his previous highest score of 166 in County Championship matches
--> TN Pearce (1) passed his previous highest score of 166 in First-Class matches
--> TN Pearce (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 203
--> WB Cornock (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> SJ Symington (2) passed his previous highest score of 21 in First-Class matches
--> SJ Symington (2) passed his previous highest score of 21 in County Championship matches
--> VE Jackson reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings

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