First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

ESSEX v LEICESTERSHIRE Played at Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea, July 3, 5, 6, 1948. Match drawn. (Points: Essex 4, Leicestershire 0) LEICESTERSHIRE 1 *G.L.Berry c Avery b T.P.B.Smith 58 b Price 68 2 G.Lester c and b Morris 27 c Rist b T.P.B.Smith 33 3 F.T.Prentice c Rist b R.Smith 76 b T.P.B.Smith 0 4 M.Tompkin c Horsfall b Morris 31 c T.P.B.Smith b Morris 10 5 V.E.Jackson c Dodds b Price 134 b Price 17 6 W.B.Cornock b Price 0 not out 55 7 S.J.Symington b R.Smith 21 st Rist b Dodds 40 8 J.Howard b R.Smith 6 not out 2 9 J.E.Walsh c Cray b Price 25 10 †P.Corrall not out 12 11 J.Sperry c Dodds b R.Smith 4 Extras b 18, lb 9 27 b 21 21 —— —— 421 (6 wickets) 246 FoW (1): 1-59, 2-135, 3-190, 4-243, 5-244, 6-337, 7-345, 8-382, 9-408, 10-421 FoW (2): 1-87, 2-91, 3-112, 4-132, 5-151, 6-232 ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds c Sperry b Symington 8 2 S.J.Cray c Corrall b Jackson 31 3 A.V.Avery b Walsh 18 4 F.H.Vigar b Walsh 8 5 R.Horsfall c Corrall b Jackson 0 6 *T.N.Pearce not out 211 7 †F.H.Rist c Corrall b Cornock 34 8 W.B.Morris c Berry b Walsh 39 9 R.Smith c Berry b Symington 15 10 T.P.B.Smith c Corrall b Sperry 32 11 E.J.Price not out 5 Extras b 15, lb 6, w 1, nb 2 24 —— (9 wickets, declared) 425 FoW (1): 1-12, 2-57, 3-63, 4-63, 5-71, 6-189, 7-270, 8-289, 9-397 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W R.Smith 33.5 10 70 4 19 2 51 0 T.P.B.Smith 40 10 99 1 23 6 53 2 Price 28 7 73 3 (5) 14 4 36 2 Vigar 14 5 22 0 (3) 3 0 8 0 Morris 49 17 130 2 (4) 13 1 39 1 Avery (6) 4 1 15 0 Horsfall (7) 2 0 10 0 Dodds (8) 1 0 13 1 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W Sperry 24 4 53 1 Symington 22 5 70 2 Walsh 54 4 142 3 Jackson 39 12 65 2 Cornock 11 0 33 1 Lester 20 6 38 0 Umpires: J.J.Hills and E.Robinson. Toss: Leicestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Leicestershire (1) 407-8 (Jackson 133*, Corrall 3*); 2nd day: Essex (1) 345-8 (Pearce 159*, T.P.B.Smith 9*). V.E.Jackson’s 134 took 175 minutes and included 21 fours and 1 six. T.N.Pearce’s 211 took 350 minutes and included 19 fours. 258