First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

ESSEX v YORKSHIRE Played at Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea, June 30, July 1, 2, 1948. Yorkshire won by seven wickets. (Points: Essex 0, Yorkshire 12) ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds c Whitehead b Wardle 53 c Halliday b Whitehead 4 2 S.J.Cray b Whitehead 28 c Wardle b Coxon 23 3 A.V.Avery b Coxon 28 (5) lbw b Wardle 17 4 F.H.Vigar b Wardle 0 c Coxon b Wardle 30 5 R.Horsfall c Smales b Wardle 25 (6) c Whitehead b Wardle 24 6 *T.N.Pearce c and b Wardle 32 (7) c Wilson b Wardle 33 7 †F.H.Rist c Wilson b Wardle 17 (8) c Hutton b Wardle 13 8 W.B.Morris not out 29 (3) c Brennan b Whitehead 0 9 R.Smith b Wardle 13 c Halliday b Smales 30 10 T.P.B.Smith c Brennan b Whitehead 0 not out 7 11 E.J.Price c and b Wardle 0 b Smales 1 Extras b 2, w 1, nb 4 7 lb 4, w 1, nb 5 10 —— —— 232 192 FoW (1): 1-82, 2-82, 3-82, 4-135, 5-137, 6-170, 7-202, 8-224, 9-230, 10-232 FoW (2): 1-4, 2-4, 3-40, 4-63, 5-78, 6-123, 7-145, 8-182, 9-184, 10-192 YORKSHIRE 1 L.Hutton c Morris b Price 103 lbw b R.Smith 45 2 H.Halliday b T.P.B.Smith 7 b R.Smith 17 3 J.V.Wilson c Price b R.Smith 69 c R.Smith b Vigar 19 4 *N.W.D.Yardley b Price 22 not out 32 5 W.Watson b Price 7 not out 6 6 E.I.Lester b R.Smith 49 7 A.Coxon b R.Smith 11 8 K.Smales b R.Smith 6 9 J.P.Whitehead c R.Smith b Price 4 10 J.H.Wardle not out 4 11 †D.V.Brennan b Price 0 Extras b 3, lb 2 5 b 18, lb 2 20 —— —— 287 (3 wickets) 139 FoW (1): 1-20, 2-180, 3-184, 4-205, 5-218, 6-247, 7-277, 8-283, 9-286, 10-287 FoW (2): 1-70, 2-75, 3-121 Yorkshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Coxon 16 5 36 1 17 8 28 1 Whitehead 21 5 54 2 1w,4nb 16 3 44 2 5nb Wardle 37.4 13 88 7 44 22 72 5 Smales 14 2 40 0 25.4 11 38 2 Yardley 3 1 7 0 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W T.P.B.Smith 25 10 42 1 (2) 8 1 27 0 R.Smith 49 16 97 4 (1) 21 5 57 2 Price 32.5 10 94 5 10 2 30 0 Morris 11 1 39 0 Vigar 2 0 10 0 (4) 2 0 5 1 Umpires: F.Chester and E.Robinson. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Yorkshire (1) 117-1 (Hutton 66*, Wilson 40*); 2nd day: Essex (2) 123-6 (Pearce 8*, Rist 0*). L.Hutton’s 103 took 210 minutes and included 12 fours. 248