First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

ESSEX v WARWICKSHIRE Played at Old County Ground, Brentwood, June 11, 13, 1949. Essex won by an innings and 1 run. (Points: Essex 12, Warwickshire 0) WARWICKSHIRE 1 F.C.Gardner run out 21 c Vigar b T.P.B.Smith 26 2 L.C.B.Croom c Vigar b R.Smith 26 c Vigar b R.Smith 3 3 J.S.Ord b R.Smith 27 b T.P.B.Smith 17 4 *H.E.Dollery c Price b T.P.B.Smith 30 c Morris b R.Smith 30 5 †R.T.Spooner c Wade b T.P.B.Smith 0 absent ill 0 6 A.V.G.Wolton b T.P.B.Smith 24 c Pullinger b R.Smith 15 7 A.Townsend lbw b T.P.B.Smith 4 b R.Smith 0 8 C.W.C.Grove c Vigar b R.Smith 19 b T.P.B.Smith 0 9 D.D.S.Taylor not out 8 (5) b T.P.B.Smith 0 10 T.L.Pritchard c Avery b T.P.B.Smith 10 (9) c Price b R.Smith 1 11 D.Flint b T.P.B.Smith 1 (10) not out 0 Extras b 6, lb 8 14 b 6, lb 5 11 —— —— 184 103 FoW (1): 1-38, 2-80, 3-82, 4-84, 5-135, 6-140, 7-145, 8-165, 9-180, 10-184 FoW (2): 1-28, 2-36, 3-59, 4-59, 5-100, 6-101, 7-101, 8-101, 9-103 ESSEX 1 A.V.Avery lbw b Taylor 13 2 T.C.Dodds c and b Townsend 36 3 W.B.Morris c Spooner b Townsend 0 4 F.H.Vigar c Gardner b Townsend 36 5 S.C.Eve c Dollery b Townsend 120 6 R.Smith c Wolton b Townsend 23 7 *F.S.Unwin c Townsend b Taylor 6 8 T.P.B.Smith c Grove b Pritchard 18 9 †T.H.Wade b Townsend 23 10 E.J.Price c Wolton b Townsend 1 11 G.R.Pullinger not out 1 Extras b 2, lb 9 11 —— 288 FoW (1): 1-49, 2-49, 3-49, 4-212, 5-219, 6-238, 7-249, 8-280, 9-281, 10-288 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Pullinger 11 1 22 0 3 1 8 0 R.Smith 24 7 48 3 24.5 10 39 5 Price 15 2 51 0 T.P.B.Smith 17.3 3 49 6 (3) 22 3 45 4 Warwickshire Bowling O M R W Pritchard 11 0 43 1 Grove 19 8 33 0 Flint 12 4 44 0 Taylor 27 8 73 2 Townsend 35.2 13 84 7 Umpires: C.A.R.Coleman and S.J.Staples. Toss: Warwickshire Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 210-3 (Vigar 35*, Eve 117*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. S.C.Eve’s 120 took 125 minutes and included 19 fours. 188