First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

DERBYSHIRE v ESSEX Played at Queen’s Park, Chesterfield, August 6, 7, 8, 1947. Essex won by five wickets. (Points: Derbyshire 0, Essex 12) DERBYSHIRE 1 A.F.Townsend b T.P.B.Smith 86 b R.Smith 1 2 C.S.Elliott b R.Smith 2 run out 68 3 T.S.Worthington c T.P.B.Smith b Bailey 0 b Bailey 9 4 D.Smith run out 10 b R.Smith 35 5 G.H.Pope c Insole b Bailey 5 (8) c Dodds b Bailey 11 6 †A.E.Alderman b Bailey 20 c Insole b Bailey 27 7 F.E.Marsh c Crabtree b T.P.B.Smith 24 c Horsfall b Bailey 4 8 A.E.G.Rhodes c Insole b T.P.B.Smith 4 (5) c Horsfall b R.Smith 0 9 *E.J.Gothard not out 24 b R.Smith 40 10 C.Gladwin c Insole b Bailey 27 c Wilcox b Bailey 52 11 W.H.Copson b Bailey 0 not out 38 Extras b 16, lb 4, nb 1 21 b 9, lb 8, w 1, nb 1 19 —— —— 223 304 FoW (1): 1-8, 2-9, 3-39, 4-45, 5-89, 6-153, 7-162, 8-167, 9-223, 10-223 FoW (2): 1-2, 2-22, 3-83, 4-85, 5-146, 6-150, 7-155, 8-170, 9-242, 10-304 ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds lbw b Copson 20 c Townsend b Copson 23 2 S.J.Cray b Copson 11 b Pope 9 3 A.V.Avery c Pope b Copson 0 (4) lbw b Pope 0 4 H.P.Crabtree lbw b Pope 2 (5) c Worthington b Gladwin 30 5 F.H.Vigar not out 114 (6) not out 40 6 R.Horsfall b Pope 8 (7) not out 3 7 *D.R.Wilcox b Gladwin 9 8 T.E.Bailey b Worthington 19 9 †D.J.Insole b Copson 48 10 R.Smith c Marsh b Pope 21 11 T.P.B.Smith b Worthington 163 (3) c Worthington b Copson 4 Extras b 1, nb 1 2 lb 5 5 —— —— 417 (5 wickets) 114 FoW (1): 1-30, 2-30, 3-33, 4-33, 5-51, 6-65, 7-104, 8-160, 9-199, 10-417 FoW (2): 1-32, 2-36, 3-36, 4-36, 5-103 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Bailey 24.2 1 83 5 30.5 6 92 5 R.Smith 18 3 50 1 49 14 122 4 T.P.B.Smith 18 2 59 3 22 6 53 0 Vigar 2 0 10 0 5 0 18 0 Derbyshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Copson 36 8 117 4 14 3 36 2 Pope 27 8 73 3 15 5 39 2 Gladwin 13 3 54 1 (4) 3.1 0 15 1 Worthington 21.5 1 90 2 Rhodes 18 4 44 0 (3) 5 0 19 0 Marsh 11 3 37 0 Umpires: N.Harris and D.Hendren. Toss: Derbyshire Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 173-8 (Vigar 46*, R.Smith 10*); 2nd day: Derbyshire (2) 209-8 (Gothard 20*, Gladwin 24*). F.H.Vigar’s 114 took 300 minutes. T.P.B.Smith’s 163 took 150 minutes and included 22 fours and 3 sixes. 327