First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE v ESSEX Played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, May 31, June 2, 3, 1947. Match drawn. (Points: Nottinghamshire 4, Essex 0) NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 1 W.W.Keeton c R.Smith b Vigar 188 2 C.B.Harris c Avery b Appleyard 0 3 R.T.Simpson c Wade b R.Smith 63 4 J.Hardstaff c Appleyard b T.P.B.Smith 134 5 F.H.Winrow c Appleyard b T.P.B.Smith 73 6 T.B.Reddick lbw b Vigar 20 7 *W.A.Sime c Pearce b T.P.B.Smith 36 8 W.Voce c Vigar b T.P.B.Smith 57 9 H.J.Butler not out 51 10 A.Jepson not out 31 11 †E.A.Meads Extras b 4, lb 3, w 2 9 —— (8 wickets, declared) 662 FoW (1): 1-3, 2-124, 3-360, 4-410, 5-439, 6-511, 7-579, 8-580 ESSEX 1 A.V.Avery b Butler 31 2 T.C.Dodds lbw b Voce 45 c Jepson b Butler 28 3 S.J.Cray c Meads b Butler 16 c Harris b Hardstaff 105 4 F.H.Vigar not out 111 c Sime b Winrow 27 5 L.S.Clark b Voce 29 not out 10 6 *T.N.Pearce b Voce 25 (1) c Meads b Jepson 5 7 R.Smith lbw b Winrow 2 (6) not out 2 8 T.P.B.Smith c Voce b Winrow 10 9 F.H.Rist b Sime 11 10 †T.H.Wade run out 21 11 F.Appleyard c Winrow b Butler 7 Extras b 8, lb 5, w 2, nb 1 16 b 3 3 —— —— 324 (4 wickets) 180 FoW (1): 1-61, 2-95, 3-108, 4-161, 5-227, 6-230, 7-246, 8-263, 9-305, 10-324 FoW (2): 1-33, 2-35, 3-125, 4-178 Essex Bowling O M R W R.Smith 47 6 171 1 Appleyard 23 2 83 1 T.P.B.Smith 63 9 203 4 Vigar 37.1 0 177 2 Avery 6 0 19 0 Nottinghamshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Butler 30.3 7 48 3 6 2 17 1 Jepson 22 1 79 0 8 1 38 1 Voce 51 21 72 3 5 1 16 0 Winrow 41 14 74 2 (5) 14 1 52 1 Reddick 6 0 17 0 (9) 5 0 14 0 Sime 6 1 18 1 (7) 8 2 15 0 Hardstaff (4) 4 0 9 1 Harris (6) 6 1 7 0 Simpson (8) 2 0 9 0 Umpires: A.Skelding and J.A.Smart. Toss: Nottinghamshire Close of Play: 1st day: Nottinghamshire (1) 468-5 (Winrow 49*, Sime 9*); 2nd day: Essex (1) 227-4 (Vigar 65*, Pearce 25*). W.W.Keeton’s 188 took 285 minutes. J.Hardstaff’s 134 included 15 fours and 1 six. F.H.Vigar’s 111 took 295 minutes. 174