First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE v ESSEX Played at County Ground, Northampton, July 9, 10, 11, 1947. Match drawn. (Points: Northamptonshire 4, Essex 0) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 D.Brookes c Vigar b T.P.B.Smith 169 (4) not out 84 2 C.P.Davis c Dodds b R.Smith 4 (5) c Wade b T.P.B.Smith 18 3 A.L.Cox c Wade b Bailey 16 (6) c and b T.P.B.Smith 2 4 J.E.Timms b Bailey 4 (7) not out 7 5 W.Barron c Wade b R.Smith 13 6 V.Broderick c Insole b Vigar 16 7 E.Davis c Pearce b Vigar 1 8 *A.W.Childs-Clarke lbw b R.Smith 50 (3) c Clark b T.P.B.Smith 50 9 C.B.Clarke c Avery b T.P.B.Smith 1 (1) b R.Smith 0 10 †K.Fiddling not out 10 (2) c Wade b Bailey 0 11 E.W.Clark not out 2 Extras b 11, lb 5, w 1 17 b 14, lb 5, w 1, nb 1 21 —— —— (9 wickets, declared) 303 (5 wickets, declared) 182 FoW (1): 1-15, 2-48, 3-60, 4-85, 5-130, 6-134, 7-290, 8-290, 9-297 FoW (2): 1-0, 2-11, 3-116, 4-164, 5-172 ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds c Fiddling b Clark 25 c Childs-Clarke b Broderick 48 2 S.J.Cray b Clarke 12 c Timms b Clark 4 3 A.V.Avery c Barron b Broderick 23 run out 64 4 F.H.Vigar b Cox 20 5 T.E.Bailey lbw b Clarke 67 (6) not out 16 6 *T.N.Pearce lbw b Cox 48 (7) not out 3 7 D.J.Insole c Clarke b Broderick 11 8 L.S.Clark c Clark b Cox 8 9 R.Smith lbw b Broderick 4 (4) c Childs-Clarke b Broderick 19 10 T.P.B.Smith c C.P.Davis b Clark 8 (5) run out 32 11 †T.H.Wade not out 0 Extras lb 4, w 1 5 b 5, lb 3 8 —— —— 231 (5 wickets) 194 FoW (1): 1-29, 2-53, 3-78, 4-88, 5-189, 6-210, 7-210, 8-223, 9-231, 10-231 FoW (2): 1-25, 2-69, 3-99, 4-155, 5-181 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Bailey 29 10 83 2 8 1 23 1 R.Smith 31 12 72 3 25 7 62 1 T.P.B.Smith 23 3 62 2 25 6 57 3 Vigar 20 2 69 2 8 1 19 0 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Clark 23.3 8 32 2 14 2 45 1 Timms 12 2 34 0 5 0 12 0 Clarke 19 4 67 2 11 0 53 0 Broderick 27 9 48 3 8 1 33 2 Cox 23 7 45 3 5 0 23 0 Childs-Clarke (6) 1 0 12 0 C.P.Davis (7) 2 1 8 0 Umpires: P.T.Mills and J.Tranter. Toss: Northamptonshire Close of Play: 1st day: Northamptonshire (1) 303-9 (Fiddling 10*, Clarke 2*); 2nd day: Northamptonshire (2) 7-1 (Clarke 0*, Childs-Clarke 0*). D.Brookes’s 169 took 270 minutes. 266