FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

WORCESTERSHIRE v ESSEX Played at County Ground, New Road, Worcester, August 3, 5, 6, 1946. Match drawn. (Points: Worcestershire 0, Essex 4) ESSEX 1 A.V.Avery c White b Perks 12 c Palmer b Wyatt 1 2 H.P.Crabtree c Howorth b Wyatt 21 b Singleton 101 3 T.C.Dodds c Singleton b Wyatt 0 b Howorth 54 4 T.E.Bailey not out 97 c Palmer b Howorth 16 5 T.P.B.Smith c Wyatt b Perks 1 c sub b Jackson 99 6 *T.N.Pearce b Perks 0 c Jackson b Howorth 31 7 D.R.Wilcox c Palmer b Howorth 66 not out 0 8 R.Smith run out 1 9 R.M.Taylor lbw b Perks 21 10 R.F.T.Paterson c Singleton b Jackson 17 11 †T.H.Wade c Kenyon b Howorth 4 Extras b 9, nb 1 10 b 6, lb 1, w 1 8 —— —— 250 (6 wickets, declared) 310 FoW (1): 1-19, 2-20, 3-37, 4-38, 5-38, 6-152, 7-154, 8-203, 9-241, 10-250 FoW (2): 1-5, 2-158, 3-164, 4-214, 5-310, 6-310 WORCESTERSHIRE 1 *A.P.Singleton b Bailey 5 c and b T.P.B.Smith 97 2 R.E.Bird lbw b Bailey 7 (5) c Wade b R.Smith 37 3 †J.S.Buller c Wade b R.Smith 2 (9) lbw b R.Smith 1 4 R.Howorth c Dodds b R.Smith 4 (3) c Pearce b T.P.B.Smith 46 5 R.E.S.Wyatt b T.P.B.Smith 83 (4) c and b R.Smith 20 6 A.F.T.White b R.Smith 5 (2) b R.Smith 22 7 C.H.Palmer b R.Smith 10 (6) not out 52 8 D.Kenyon run out 26 9 R.O.Jenkins not out 25 (7) c Wade b T.P.B.Smith 29 10 R.T.D.Perks b Bailey 15 (8) c Taylor b R.Smith 11 11 P.F.Jackson c Crabtree b Bailey 4 (10) not out 0 Extras b 9, lb 7, nb 1 17 b 3, lb 9 12 —— —— 203 (8 wickets) 327 FoW (1): 1-11, 2-15, 3-19, 4-23, 5-44, 6-72, 7-122, 8-175, 9-199, 10-203 FoW (2): 1-53, 2-159, 3-174, 4-195, 5-236, 6-315, 7-326, 8-327 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Perks 27 6 82 4 23 6 80 0 Wyatt 28 9 67 2 8 0 27 1 Jackson 13 3 44 1 18 2 61 1 Howorth 12.1 5 16 2 (5) 28.2 6 78 3 Jenkins 4 0 19 0 (4) 3 0 9 0 Singleton 2 0 12 0 18 4 47 1 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W R.Smith 29 6 74 4 42.1 7 147 5 Bailey 15.3 5 46 4 10 1 46 0 T.P.B.Smith 21 3 66 1 32 6 104 3 Dodds (4) 2 0 12 0 Taylor (5) 2 1 6 0 Umpires: E.Cooke and D.Davies. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Worcestershire (1) 19-3 (Bird 6*); 2nd day: Essex (2) 204-3 (Bailey 11*, T.P.B.Smith 31*). H.P.Crabtree’s 101 included 13 fours. 304