First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

YORKSHIRE v ESSEX Played at Headingley, Leeds, August 7, 9, 10, 1948. Match drawn. (Points: Yorkshire 4, Essex 0) ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds c Hutton b Smailes 8 c Smales b Wardle 17 2 A.V.Avery run out 6 c Yardley b Smailes 0 3 W.B.Morris c Brennan b Aspinall 10 c Smailes b Wardle 14 4 F.H.Vigar not out 70 b Aspinall 32 5 R.Horsfall c Brennan b Wardle 12 lbw b Robinson 88 6 *T.N.Pearce b Wardle 8 not out 35 7 T.E.Bailey b Robinson 26 not out 14 8 R.Smith b Robinson 2 9 T.P.B.Smith lbw b Robinson 0 10 †T.H.Wade b Robinson 3 11 E.J.Price b Robinson 0 Extras b 1, lb 1, nb 1 3 b 7, lb 2, nb 4 13 —— —— 148 (5 wickets) 213 FoW (1): 1-9, 2-24, 3-25, 4-49, 5-69, 6-130, 7-132, 8-132, 9-148, 10-148 FoW (2): 1-10, 2-25, 3-34, 4-113, 5-186 YORKSHIRE 1 L.Hutton not out 144 2 W.Watson c Vigar b R.Smith 10 3 J.V.Wilson c Wade b Morris 9 4 E.I.Lester b Bailey 33 5 *N.W.D.Yardley c Vigar b Bailey 65 6 T.F.Smailes c R.Smith b Bailey 0 7 R.Aspinall c Avery b R.Smith 24 8 J.H.Wardle not out 4 9 E.P.Robinson 10 †D.V.Brennan 11 K.Smales Extras b 5, lb 4, nb 4 13 —— (6 wickets, declared) 302 FoW (1): 1-33, 2-87, 3-134, 4-254, 5-256, 6-256 Yorkshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Aspinall 15 1 35 1 8 2 17 1 Smailes 20 11 27 1 1nb 16 5 28 1 6nb Wardle 30 12 51 2 (4) 31 10 71 2 Robinson 17 5 29 5 (3) 25 7 56 1 Smales 2 0 3 0 9 0 23 0 Watson (6) 2 0 5 0 Essex Bowling O M R W Bailey 28 1 111 3 4nb R.Smith 26 4 107 2 Price 3 0 15 0 T.P.B.Smith 15 4 40 0 Morris 5 1 16 1 Umpires: W.H.Ashdown and G.M.Lee. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Yorkshire (1) 99-2 (Hutton 64*, Lester 8*); 2nd day: Yorkshire (1) 249-3 (Hutton 124*, Yardley 52*). L.Hutton’s 144 took 235 minutes. 345