First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY v ESSEX Played at Fenner’s, Cambridge, May 10, 12, 13, 1947. Match drawn. ESSEX 1 A.V.Avery run out 21 lbw b Bailey 7 2 T.C.Dodds b Griffiths 10 c Bailey b Datta 64 3 S.J.Cray c Willatt b Datta 45 b Bailey 8 4 F.H.Vigar b Griffiths 5 not out 84 5 L.S.Clark st Mischler b Datta 51 c and b Mills 1 6 *T.N.Pearce c and b Pearsall 33 c and b Datta 54 7 T.P.B.Smith b Datta 38 not out 51 8 D.A.A.Gray c and b Datta 6 9 †C.J.Searle not out 5 10 W.J.Dines lbw b Griffiths 0 11 W.B.Morris c Pearsall b Datta 5 Extras b 2, nb 3 5 lb 5, nb 1 6 —— —— 224 (5 wickets, declared) 275 FoW (1): 1-31, 2-31, 3-38, 4-104, 5-155, 6-192, 7-207, 8-218, 9-219, 10-224 FoW (2): 1-21, 2-28, 3-99, 4-100, 5-195 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 1 *G.L.Willatt b Smith 46 (6) not out 30 2 J.Pepper st Searle b Smith 62 (5) b Smith 2 3 G.W.Lees b Gray 12 (7) b Smith 0 4 G.F.Anson b Smith 20 (2) run out 44 5 T.E.Bailey c and b Smith 28 (4) b Smith 20 6 B.G.M.Cangley c Dodds b Smith 10 (1) c Dines b Smith 8 7 †N.M.Mischler b Smith 0 (8) b Smith 0 8 J.M.Mills b Avery 44 (9) not out 18 9 P.B.Datta lbw b Morris 41 10 R.D.Pearsall c Cray b Smith 29 (3) c Searle b Dines 0 11 W.H.Griffiths not out 2 Extras b 3, lb 2 5 b 6, lb 6 12 —— —— 299 (7 wickets) 134 FoW (1): 1-103, 2-110, 3-140, 4-144, 5-168, 6-168, 7-187, 8-245, 9-272, 10-299 FoW (2): 1-13, 2-14, 3-50, 4-75, 5-77, 6-77, 7-77 Cambridge University Bowling O M R W O M R W Bailey 11 0 46 0 15 2 32 2 Pearsall 19 5 33 1 13 1 60 0 Griffiths 22 4 69 3 8 1 30 0 Datta 31.3 13 52 5 (5) 28 9 88 2 Mills 14 4 19 0 (4) 26 3 59 1 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Dines 12 2 20 0 7 1 13 1 Smith 51.4 11 92 7 25 8 46 5 Gray 21 5 34 1 8 0 29 0 Morris 20 5 51 1 (5) 7 1 20 0 Vigar 21 3 69 0 (4) 8 3 14 0 Avery 12 3 28 1 Umpires: J.Clover and H.L.Palmer. Toss: Cambridge University Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 224 all out; 2nd day: Essex (2) 42-2 (Dodds 24*, Vigar 0*). 120