First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

WARWICKSHIRE v ESSEX Played at Edgbaston, Birmingham, May 22, 24, 25, 1948. Warwickshire won by two wickets. (Points: Warwickshire 12, Essex 4) ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds b Pritchard 61 b Pritchard 26 2 S.J.Cray b Pritchard 7 b Pritchard 16 3 A.V.Avery lbw b Hollies 7 c Spooner b Grove 60 4 F.H.Vigar run out 18 c Townsend b Hollies 4 5 R.Horsfall b Pritchard 5 c Wolton b Hollies 6 6 *T.N.Pearce b Pritchard 51 c Townsend b Pritchard 0 7 R.Smith b Hollies 27 b Grove 31 8 †F.H.Rist c Grove b Pritchard 40 not out 21 9 W.J.Dines b Pritchard 0 b Grove 0 10 E.J.Price b Pritchard 1 c Dollery b Grove 4 11 K.C.Preston not out 0 lbw b Pritchard 0 Extras b 6, lb 2, nb 3 11 lb 5, nb 1 6 —— —— 228 174 FoW (1): 1-18, 2-39, 3-88, 4-94, 5-111, 6-159, 7-207, 8-207, 9-219, 10-228 FoW (2): 1-41, 2-46, 3-68, 4-83, 5-83, 6-144, 7-147, 8-155, 9-165, 10-174 WARWICKSHIRE 1 W.A.Hill b Smith 4 b Preston 70 2 K.A.Taylor c Rist b Preston 0 c Price b Smith 2 3 J.S.Ord c Rist b Smith 8 lbw b Price 36 4 *H.E.Dollery b Preston 47 not out 78 5 A.Townsend b Preston 0 b Preston 0 6 A.V.G.Wolton b Smith 10 b Price 7 7 †R.T.Spooner b Vigar 20 c Pearce b Price 17 8 C.W.C.Grove b Smith 32 b Smith 23 9 V.H.D.Cannings c Price b Preston 0 run out 0 10 T.L.Pritchard lbw b Smith 7 not out 0 11 W.E.Hollies not out 6 Extras b 10, lb 5 15 b 15, lb 4, w 3 22 —— —— 149 (8 wickets) 255 FoW (1): 1-1, 2-11, 3-18, 4-21, 5-38, 6-85, 7-120, 8-120, 9-136, 10-149 FoW (2): 1-12, 2-87, 3-147, 4-147, 5-160, 6-201, 7-246, 8-249 Warwickshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Pritchard 26.1 2 71 7 33.2 5 70 4 Grove 15 3 44 0 23 6 54 4 Hollies 29 8 65 2 20 6 33 2 Townsend 4 1 17 0 Cannings 6 2 20 0 (4) 7 2 11 0 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Preston 16 4 52 4 30 11 74 2 Smith 15.2 0 61 5 38 13 68 2 Vigar 4 1 8 1 14 2 48 0 Dines 4 2 13 0 4 1 7 0 Price (5) 27 11 36 3 Umpires: H.Elliott and B.Flint. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (2) 26-0 (Dodds 19*, Cray 7*); 2nd day: Warwickshire (2) 108-2 (Hill 51*, Dollery 7*). 163