First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

SURREY v ESSEX Played at Kennington Oval, June 12, 14, 15, 1948. Essex won by eight wickets. (Points: Surrey 0, Essex 12) ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds c McIntyre b Watts 58 run out 52 2 S.J.Cray c McIntyre b Surridge 41 b Watts 1 3 A.V.Avery b Bedser 108 not out 47 4 F.H.Vigar lbw b McMahon 19 5 R.Horsfall c Barton b Watts 48 (4) not out 2 6 *T.N.Pearce not out 43 7 R.Smith not out 15 8 †F.H.Rist 9 W.B.Morris 10 E.J.Price 11 K.C.Preston Extras b 9, w 1 10 lb 1, w 1 2 —— —— (5 wickets, declared) 342 (2 wickets) 104 FoW (1): 1-73, 2-141, 3-210, 4-244, 5-315 FoW (2): 1-11, 2-102 SURREY 1 L.B.Fishlock c Smith b Price 19 c Rist b Preston 0 2 D.G.W.Fletcher c Morris b Price 28 c Dodds b Vigar 41 3 H.S.Squires b Smith 10 b Smith 10 4 H.T.Barling c Preston b Smith 21 (5) c Vigar b Preston 35 5 *M.R.Barton b Smith 18 (6) b Preston 92 6 J.F.Parker c Rist b Smith 0 (7) c Pearce b Vigar 0 7 †A.J.W.McIntyre c Horsfall b Smith 25 (8) b Smith 5 8 E.A.Bedser c and b Smith 20 (9) b Avery 7 9 E.A.Watts not out 21 (4) c Vigar b Morris 32 10 W.S.Surridge c Price b Vigar 11 not out 32 11 J.W.J.McMahon c Pearce b Smith 1 b Preston 5 Extras b 1, lb 2 3 b 6, lb 3 9 —— —— 177 268 FoW (1): 1-45, 2-58, 3-58, 4-92, 5-92, 6-99, 7-134, 8-152, 9-171, 10-177 FoW (2): 1-0, 2-23, 3-84, 4-84, 5-183, 6-184, 7-199, 8-228, 9-256, 10-268 Surrey Bowling O M R W O M R W Surridge 25 4 63 1 8 1 32 0 Parker 14 3 28 0 (5) 1.1 0 10 0 Bedser 23 2 64 1 5 0 21 0 McMahon 30 5 81 1 1 0 14 0 Watts 25 6 62 2 1w (2) 5 0 25 1 1w Squires 13 2 34 0 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Preston 11 4 32 0 22.4 5 61 4 Smith 29.5 5 97 7 31 10 58 2 Price 15 6 21 2 Vigar 10 3 16 1 (3) 41 12 88 2 Morris 5 2 8 0 (4) 17 2 41 1 Avery (5) 3 1 11 1 Umpires: J.J.Hills and C.N.Woolley. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 342-5 (Pearce 43*, Smith 15*); 2nd day: Surrey (2) 36-2 (Fletcher 24*, Watts 2*). 211