FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

ESSEX v NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Played at Old County Ground, Brentwood, June 22, 24, 1946. Essex won by an innings and 88 runs. (Points: Essex 12, Northamptonshire 0) ESSEX 1 A.V.Avery c Greenwood b Timms 102 2 T.C.Dodds b Partridge 5 3 T.P.B.Smith b Partridge 7 4 F.H.Vigar b Clark 8 5 R.M.Taylor st Greenwood b Timms 31 6 D.F.Cock b Nevell 14 7 R.F.T.Paterson c Barron b Clark 41 8 R.Smith lbw b Nevell 27 9 F.H.Rist c and b Timms 41 10 †T.H.Wade not out 16 11 F.Appleyard not out 13 Extras b 12, lb 6 18 —— (9 wickets, declared) 323 FoW (1): 1-9, 2-19, 3-30, 4-109, 5-143, 6-184, 7-246, 8-252, 9-301 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 C.P.Davis run out 50 b R.Smith 19 2 *P.E.Murray-Willis c Dodds b Vigar 37 run out 22 3 W.Barron b T.P.B.Smith 1 c Taylor b T.P.B.Smith 9 4 J.E.Timms run out 2 c and b Vigar 13 5 E.W.Whitfield c R.Smith b Vigar 1 c Vigar b Taylor 19 6 †H.W.Greenwood c Wade b T.P.B.Smith 0 c Vigar b Taylor 1 7 W.R.F.Chamberlain lbw b T.P.B.Smith 0 c Vigar b T.P.B.Smith 12 8 R.G.Robinson st Wade b T.P.B.Smith 0 (9) not out 15 9 W.T.Nevell c Avery b T.P.B.Smith 0 (8) c Taylor b T.P.B.Smith 2 10 E.W.Clark b T.P.B.Smith 1 (11) b T.P.B.Smith 17 11 R.J.Partridge not out 2 (10) c Vigar b Taylor 0 Extras b 7, lb 3, nb 2 12 —— —— 106 129 FoW (1): 1-96, 2-98, 3-100, 4-100, 5-100, 6-100, 7-100, 8-102, 9-102, 10-106 FoW (2): 1-20, 2-43, 3-58, 4-71, 5-78, 6-83, 7-86, 8-101, 9-102, 10-129 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W Clark 25 4 71 2 Partridge 16 2 37 2 Nevell 30 4 69 2 Robinson 13 1 42 0 Timms 20 3 49 3 Whitfield 12 3 30 0 Barron 2 0 7 0 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W R.Smith 10 5 22 0 9 2 21 1 Appleyard 7 1 19 0 5 1 12 0 T.P.B.Smith 20 11 19 6 23.3 5 61 4 Taylor 8 1 17 0 (5) 12 3 19 3 Vigar 9 1 17 2 (4) 8 3 16 1 Umpires: C.Bentley and N.Kilner. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Northamptonshire (1) 8-0 (Davis 3*, Murray-Willis 5*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. A.V.Avery’s 102 took 200 minutes. 192