First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

KENT v ESSEX Played at Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend, June 1, 2, 1949. Essex won by 47 runs. (Points: Kent 0, Essex 12) ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds c Clark b Wright 64 c Walker b Martin 8 2 A.V.Avery c Dovey b Martin 97 b Crush 6 3 W.B.Morris st Walker b Wright 19 c Fagg b Wright 23 4 F.H.Vigar st Walker b Wright 0 c Walker b Dovey 30 5 R.Smith b Edrich 7 c Clark b Martin 37 6 F.S.Unwin c Wright b Martin 15 lbw b Wright 8 7 A.B.Lavers lbw b Martin 21 lbw b Dovey 0 8 T.P.B.Smith lbw b Wright 14 c Clark b Wright 18 9 †T.H.Wade lbw b Martin 5 run out 7 10 E.J.Price c Ames b Crush 1 not out 19 11 G.R.Pullinger not out 0 c and b Dovey 3 Extras b 15, lb 1, nb 1 17 b 17, lb 4, nb 1 22 —— —— 260 181 FoW (1): 1-110, 2-147, 3-153, 4-168, 5-208, 6-219, 7-227, 8-259, 9-260, 10-260 FoW (2): 1-14, 2-16, 3-71, 4-79, 5-94, 6-129, 7-129, 8-151, 9-168, 10-181 KENT 1 A.E.Fagg lbw b Price 38 st Wade b T.P.B.Smith 92 2 L.J.Todd c Morris b Pullinger 12 c Pullinger b Lavers 32 3 L.E.G.Ames c Pullinger b Lavers 18 c Pullinger b Lavers 33 4 A.H.Phebey lbw b Price 19 c Wade b Vigar 0 5 B.R.Edrich c Unwin b Price 7 lbw b Lavers 33 6 *D.G.Clark c Unwin b Price 13 b T.P.B.Smith 5 7 E.Crush c Pullinger b R.Smith 9 b T.P.B.Smith 0 8 †J.Walker run out 0 not out 19 9 J.W.Martin c and b Price 3 c Vigar b Lavers 10 10 R.R.Dovey b R.Smith 0 c Morris b T.P.B.Smith 1 11 D.V.P.Wright not out 8 st Wade b T.P.B.Smith 9 Extras b 14, lb 3 17 b 8, lb 7, w 1 16 —— —— 144 250 FoW (1): 1-24, 2-74, 3-100, 4-101, 5-118, 6-129, 7-132, 8-135, 9-136, 10-144 FoW (2): 1-94, 2-149, 3-174, 4-196, 5-197, 6-202, 7-210, 8-226, 9-234, 10-250 Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Martin 22.5 2 63 4 11 1 41 2 Crush 8 3 24 1 8 1 19 1 Dovey 10 2 40 0 (4) 19.2 7 34 3 Wright 22 3 74 4 (3) 16 1 65 3 Edrich 10 2 42 1 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Pullinger 8 4 11 1 5 2 12 0 R.Smith 12.3 2 23 2 20 4 59 0 T.P.B.Smith 9 0 28 0 (4) 19.1 4 43 5 Lavers 11 0 31 1 (5) 22 5 68 4 Price 13 3 34 5 (3) 13 1 28 0 Morris (6) 3 1 5 0 Vigar (7) 2 0 19 1 Umpires: F.S.Lee and W.F.F.Price. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Kent (1) 136-9 (Dovey 0*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. A.V.Avery retired hurt in the Essex first innings having scored 71 and later returned. 162