First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE v ESSEX Played at County Ground, Northampton, August 21, 23, 24, 1948. Match drawn. (Points: Northamptonshire 4, Essex 0) ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds c C.P.Davis b Nutter 64 2 A.V.Avery c and b Webster 54 3 S.J.Cray c Oldfield b Clarke 11 4 F.H.Vigar b Nutter 50 5 R.Horsfall b Webster 4 6 *T.N.Pearce lbw b Nutter 11 7 T.E.Bailey not out 37 8 R.Smith c and b Webster 1 9 T.P.B.Smith c Oldfield b Broderick 18 10 †T.H.Wade b Broderick 8 11 K.C.Preston st C.P.Davis b Broderick 5 Extras b 9, lb 8, nb 1 18 —— 281 FoW (1): 1-122, 2-124, 3-174, 4-183, 5-206, 6-209, 7-213, 8-251, 9-263, 10-281 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 D.Brookes lbw b R.Smith 85 2 †C.P.Davis c Cray b T.P.B.Smith 12 3 W.Barron c Wade b Bailey 78 4 N.Oldfield not out 55 5 E.Davis not out 65 6 *A.W.Childs-Clarke 7 J.Webster 8 J.E.Timms 9 V.Broderick 10 A.E.Nutter 11 R.W.Clarke Extras b 6, nb 2 8 —— (3 wickets) 303 FoW (1): 1-28, 2-180, 3-180 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W Nutter 34 8 73 3 Webster 35 9 65 3 Clarke 20 2 54 1 Broderick 16.2 5 50 3 Childs-Clarke 5 0 21 0 Essex Bowling O M R W R.Smith 26 7 70 1 Bailey 12 3 31 1 Preston 17 2 55 0 T.P.B.Smith 30 4 103 1 Vigar 7 2 25 0 Pearce 1 0 6 0 Dodds 1 0 5 0 Umpires: H.Elliott and K.McCanlis. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 153-2 (Cray 7*, Vigar 19*); 2nd day: Essex (1) 209-6 (Bailey 2*). 377