First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

ESSEX v WORCESTERSHIRE Played at County Ground, Chelmsford, August 2, 4, 5, 1947. Worcestershire won by ten wickets. (Points: Essex 0, Worcestershire 12) WORCESTERSHIRE 1 E.Cooper c Wade b Bailey 3 not out 9 2 D.Kenyon c Wade b R.Smith 3 not out 8 3 C.H.Palmer b R.Smith 16 4 R.E.S.Wyatt c Wilcox b Vigar 23 5 R.Howorth c Pearce b T.P.B.Smith 95 6 *A.F.T.White b Bailey 44 7 R.O.Jenkins b Bailey 63 8 L.F.Outschoorn st Wade b T.P.B.Smith 2 9 R.T.D.Perks st Wade b T.P.B.Smith 5 10 †H.Yarnold b T.P.B.Smith 4 11 P.F.Jackson not out 31 Extras b 8 8 —— —— 297 (no wicket) 17 FoW (1): 1-5, 2-21, 3-37, 4-72, 5-165, 6-205, 7-209, 8-217, 9-225, 10-297 ESSEX 1 H.P.Crabtree c Outschoorn b Howorth 29 b Perks 5 2 S.J.Cray b Perks 3 c Palmer b Jackson 14 3 A.V.Avery b Perks 0 st Yarnold b Jenkins 23 4 F.H.Vigar b Perks 7 lbw b Jenkins 40 5 D.R.Wilcox c Kenyon b Perks 0 lbw b Jackson 13 6 *T.N.Pearce c Cooper b Perks 2 c Jackson b Howorth 73 7 T.E.Bailey b Jackson 10 b Palmer 19 8 R.Smith c Outschoorn b Perks 0 c Perks b Palmer 24 9 D.J.Insole b Jackson 6 b Jackson 21 10 T.P.B.Smith b Jackson 0 b Jackson 0 11 †T.H.Wade not out 3 not out 7 Extras b 4, lb 1 5 b 8, lb 1 9 —— —— 65 248 FoW (1): 1-9, 2-9, 3-37, 4-38, 5-39, 6-44, 7-44, 8-62, 9-62, 10-65 FoW (2): 1-8, 2-23, 3-78, 4-83, 5-126, 6-152, 7-184, 8-230, 9-230, 10-248 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Bailey 25.3 3 86 3 R.Smith 31 5 87 2 (1) 4 1 5 0 Vigar 13 3 47 1 T.P.B.Smith 29 9 64 4 Insole 2 0 5 0 Avery (2) 3 0 8 0 Cray (3) 0.2 0 4 0 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Perks 16 4 24 6 16 5 47 1 Palmer 6 1 17 0 16 5 38 2 Howorth 12 7 14 1 (4) 24.1 8 55 1 Jackson 2.2 1 5 3 (3) 22 8 41 4 Jenkins (5) 14 2 58 2 Umpires: N.Harris and J.J.Hills. Toss: Worcestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Worcestershire (1) 183-5 (Howorth 84*, Jenkins 6*); 2nd day: Essex (1) 144-5 (Pearce 37*, Bailey 11*). 319