First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

ESSEX v DERBYSHIRE Played at Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester, July 21, 22, 23, 1948. Essex won by an innings and 44 runs. (Points: Essex 12, Derbyshire 0) ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds lbw b Jackson 71 2 A.V.Avery lbw b Jackson 118 3 T.E.Bailey b Pope 6 4 F.H.Vigar lbw b Pope 94 5 R.Horsfall c Dawkes b Jackson 0 6 *T.N.Pearce c Smith b Rhodes 27 7 D.J.Insole b Rhodes 0 8 T.P.B.Smith lbw b Rhodes 0 9 R.Smith c Revill b Gladwin 112 10 †T.H.Wade b Gladwin 0 11 E.J.Price not out 0 Extras b 6, lb 11, nb 1 18 —— 446 FoW (1): 1-138, 2-158, 3-213, 4-213, 5-272, 6-272, 7-272, 8-424, 9-424, 10-446 DERBYSHIRE 1 C.S.Elliott b R.Smith 45 run out 13 2 A.F.Townsend c Price b T.P.B.Smith 27 b R.Smith 13 3 D.Smith b R.Smith 30 b Price 43 4 D.C.Brooke-Taylor lbw b R.Smith 3 c Avery b T.P.B.Smith 21 5 A.C.Revill b R.Smith 28 c Wade b T.P.B.Smith 6 6 G.H.Pope c Wade b T.P.B.Smith 5 c Vigar b T.P.B.Smith 23 7 †G.O.Dawkes not out 30 b T.P.B.Smith 16 8 A.E.G.Rhodes c Vigar b T.P.B.Smith 0 c Insole b R.Smith 18 9 C.Gladwin c Dodds b T.P.B.Smith 13 not out 36 10 *E.J.Gothard st Wade b T.P.B.Smith 8 run out 3 11 H.L.Jackson b T.P.B.Smith 0 run out 2 Extras b 13, lb 2 15 b 1, lb 3 4 —— —— 204 198 FoW (1): 1-53, 2-85, 3-93, 4-128, 5-145, 6-149, 7-149, 8-175, 9-198, 10-204 FoW (2): 1-26, 2-30, 3-72, 4-82, 5-110, 6-133, 7-138, 8-162, 9-167, 10-198 Derbyshire Bowling O M R W Jackson 35 7 114 3 Gladwin 37 8 89 2 Pope 21.2 2 72 2 Rhodes 49 7 133 3 Revill 2 0 20 0 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Bailey 6 1 18 0 4 0 10 0 R.Smith 38 18 58 4 23.5 3 64 2 T.P.B.Smith 41.4 7 80 6 32 7 94 4 Price 9 1 33 0 (5) 2 2 0 1 Vigar (4) 6 1 26 0 Umpires: B.Flint and C.N.Woolley. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 411-7 (Vigar 71*, R.Smith 104*); 2nd day: Derbyshire (2) 111-5 (Pope 13*, Dawkes 0*). R.Smith’s 112 took 81 minutes and included 17 fours. A.E.G.Rhodes completed a hat-trick in the Essex first innings (Pearce, Insole, T.P.B.Smith). R.Smith hit the fastest century of the season. 299