First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

LEICESTERSHIRE v ESSEX Played at Park Road, Loughborough, June 26, 28, 29, 1948. Match drawn. (Points: Leicestershire 4, Essex 0) LEICESTERSHIRE 1 *G.L.Berry lbw b Price 35 2 F.T.Prentice b R.Smith 5 3 G.Lester c Preston b T.P.B.Smith 108 4 M.Tompkin c Dodds b Price 4 5 V.E.Jackson c Rist b Price 35 6 W.B.Cornock run out 45 7 J.Howard c and b Vigar 31 8 J.E.Walsh run out 106 9 M.W.Etherington c and b R.Smith 27 10 †P.Corrall not out 32 11 J.Sperry c T.P.B.Smith b Price 17 Extras b 25, lb 5, w 2, nb 1 33 —— 478 FoW (1): 1-10, 2-101, 3-107, 4-161, 5-235, 6-262, 7-320, 8-410, 9-444, 10-478 ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds b Walsh 25 run out 10 2 S.J.Cray c Walsh b Etherington 9 c Corrall b Jackson 10 3 A.V.Avery c Corrall b Sperry 31 c Jackson b Walsh 2 4 F.H.Vigar c Walsh b Etherington 10 c Corrall b Jackson 30 5 R.Horsfall c Jackson b Walsh 42 c Howard b Jackson 14 6 F.S.Unwin c Cornock b Sperry 5 st Corrall b Walsh 13 7 R.Smith b Sperry 7 b Jackson 17 8 T.P.B.Smith c Cornock b Sperry 4 c Walsh b Jackson 17 9 †F.H.Rist b Walsh 4 not out 56 10 E.J.Price b Walsh 9 b Jackson 4 11 K.C.Preston not out 0 not out 23 Extras b 13, lb 5, w 1 19 b 14, lb 7, w 2 23 —— —— 165 (9 wickets) 219 FoW (1): 1-28, 2-52, 3-85, 4-89, 5-111, 6-119, 7-124, 8-155, 9-160, 10-165 FoW (2): 1-19, 2-23, 3-26, 4-52, 5-72, 6-99, 7-112, 8-131, 9-147 Essex Bowling O M R W Preston 6 1 13 0 R.Smith 30 5 92 2 T.P.B.Smith 35 7 140 1 Price 36 8 121 4 Vigar 13 0 76 1 Avery 1 0 3 0 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Sperry 19 6 44 4 4 2 3 0 Etherington 15 2 60 2 3 0 14 0 Jackson 12 4 22 0 26 3 95 6 Walsh 8.4 2 20 4 26 4 84 2 Umpires: J.T.Bell and E.Cooke. Toss: Leicestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 78-2 (Avery 23*, Vigar 8*); 2nd day: Essex (1) 99-4 (Horsfall 8*, Unwin 3*). G.Lester’s 108 took 155 minutes and included 15 fours. J.E.Walsh’s 106 took 95 minutes and included 11 fours and 7 sixes. 244