First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

ESSEX v GLOUCESTERSHIRE Played at Valentine’s Park, Ilford, June 9, 10, 11, 1948. Essex won by an innings and 37 runs. (Points: Essex 12, Gloucestershire 0) ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds c Allen b Scott 16 2 S.J.Cray lbw b Goddard 32 3 A.V.Avery run out 51 4 F.H.Vigar c Emmett b Cook 103 5 R.Horsfall c Emmett b Scott 97 6 *T.N.Pearce c and b Cook 54 7 R.Smith c Scott b Cranfield 13 8 †F.H.Rist c Crapp b Goddard 9 9 W.B.Morris c Goddard b Cook 8 10 E.J.Price c Crapp b Cook 0 11 K.C.Preston not out 4 Extras b 8, lb 6, w 1, nb 3 18 —— 405 FoW (1): 1-21, 2-97, 3-102, 4-244, 5-350, 6-367, 7-387, 8-393, 9-393, 10-405 GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1 G.M.Emmett c and b Price 27 b Price 38 2 A.G.S.Wilcox c Smith b Preston 9 c Price b Smith 0 3 *B.O.Allen c Pearce b Morris 26 c and b Vigar 25 4 J.F.Crapp b Vigar 94 c Preston b Vigar 8 5 W.L.Neale b Morris 0 c Smith b Vigar 0 6 †A.E.Wilson c Preston b Smith 4 (7) c Rist b Preston 3 7 L.M.Cranfield c Price b Smith 3 (8) b Preston 2 8 C.J.Scott c Pearce b Smith 0 (9) c Rist b Price 25 9 G.E.E.Lambert not out 46 (6) b Preston 0 10 T.W.J.Goddard c Horsfall b Preston 27 c Horsfall b Preston 4 11 C.Cook b Price 0 not out 7 Extras b 7, lb 7, w 1 15 b 3, lb 1, w 1 5 —— —— 251 117 FoW (1): 1-15, 2-44, 3-91, 4-91, 5-104, 6-116, 7-116, 8-207, 9-246, 10-251 FoW (2): 1-1, 2-56, 3-70, 4-72, 5-72, 6-75, 7-76, 8-95, 9-107, 10-117 Gloucestershire Bowling O M R W Lambert 21 2 68 0 Scott 22 2 92 2 Cook 43.2 14 78 4 Goddard 32 5 92 2 Cranfield 19 6 57 1 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Preston 17 5 39 2 (2) 13.2 4 26 4 Price 10.5 2 31 2 (4) 20 10 41 2 Smith 27 10 65 3 (1) 4 1 16 1 Morris 26 6 66 2 Vigar 9 3 35 1 (3) 11 2 29 3 Umpires: B.Flint and J.A.Smart. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 386-6 (Vigar 97*, Rist 9*); 2nd day: Gloucestershire (2) 75-5 (Lambert 0*, Wilson 3*). 198