FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

HAMPSHIRE v ESSEX Played at United Services Ground, Portsmouth, May 25, 27, 1946. Hampshire won by nine wickets. (Points: Hampshire 12, Essex 0) ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds lbw b Herman 9 (2) c Dean b Hill 13 2 L.S.Clark c McCorkell b Herman 2 (1) b Bailey 28 3 T.P.B.Smith c Holt b Heath 106 c Rogers b Hill 0 4 R.M.Taylor c Holt b Herman 5 (5) c Hill b Bailey 12 5 R.F.T.Paterson b Herman 0 (7) b Knott 0 6 *T.N.Pearce b Herman 49 b Knott 1 7 W.B.Morris run out 19 (8) lbw b Bailey 8 8 E.C.Tedder lbw b Heath 2 (9) b Knott 10 9 R.Smith lbw b Herman 5 (10) c Dean b Knott 2 10 †T.H.Wade c Dean b Heath 1 (11) lbw b Bailey 4 11 F.H.Vigar not out 0 (4) not out 3 Extras b 3, lb 3, nb 1 7 b 5, lb 2 7 —— —— 205 88 FoW (1): 1-12, 2-19, 3-42, 4-42, 5-150, 6-180, 7-189, 8-198, 9-205, 10-205 FoW (2): 1-33, 2-37, 3-42, 4-54, 5-57, 6-57, 7-68, 8-80, 9-83, 10-88 HAMPSHIRE 1 J.Arnold lbw b R.Smith 9 not out 20 2 †N.T.McCorkell c Wade b R.Smith 2 lbw b R.Smith 8 3 A.G.Holt b R.Smith 94 4 J.Bailey c and b T.P.B.Smith 30 5 *E.D.R.Eagar c Tedder b T.P.B.Smith 54 6 N.H.Rogers not out 23 7 G.Hill lbw b T.P.B.Smith 4 (3) not out 5 8 O.W.Herman c Clark b T.P.B.Smith 9 9 T.A.Dean c and b R.Smith 2 10 C.J.Knott b T.P.B.Smith 0 11 G.E.M.Heath b T.P.B.Smith 10 Extras b 19, lb 4, w 1 24 —— —— 261 (1 wicket) 33 FoW (1): 1-2, 2-12, 3-113, 4-205, 5-205, 6-220, 7-238, 8-242, 9-243, 10-261 FoW (2): 1-22 Hampshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Herman 33 6 86 6 5 2 9 0 Heath 34.1 6 81 3 4 1 4 0 Dean 10 5 14 0 Knott 6 0 17 0 17 9 16 4 Bailey (3) 28.2 11 36 4 Hill (5) 11 4 16 2 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W R.Smith 46 17 78 4 (2) 8.5 2 18 1 T.P.B.Smith 56 20 107 6 (1) 9 3 15 0 Paterson 4 0 19 0 Taylor 9 0 33 0 Umpires: J.J.Hills and C.V.Tarbox. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Hampshire (1) 163-3 (Holt 79*, Eagar 30*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. F.H.Vigar took 72 minutes to score his first run in the Essex second innings. 127