First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

LEICESTERSHIRE v ESSEX Played at Grace Road, Leicester, July 6, 7, 8, 1949. Essex won by seven wickets. (Points: Leicestershire 0, Essex 12) LEICESTERSHIRE 1 G.L.Berry st Wade b T.P.B.Smith 41 (7) c Pearce b Vigar 28 2 G.Lester lbw b T.P.B.Smith 21 c Wade b Price 60 3 F.T.Prentice c Pearce b T.P.B.Smith 0 st Wade b T.P.B.Smith 4 4 M.Tompkin lbw b T.P.B.Smith 22 c and b T.P.B.Smith 25 5 V.E.Jackson c Bailey b T.P.B.Smith 1 not out 74 6 J.E.Walsh lbw b Bailey 3 c Wade b Bailey 11 7 *S.J.Symington b R.Smith 65 (8) run out 6 8 T.A.Chapman st Wade b Price 24 (1) hit wkt b Bailey 13 9 V.S.Munden b Bailey 29 st Wade b T.P.B.Smith 0 10 †P.Corrall not out 0 lbw b Bailey 0 11 J.Sperry c Price b Bailey 1 c Cray b Bailey 4 Extras lb 10, w 1 11 b 2, lb 10, w 1 13 —— —— 218 238 FoW (1): 1-61, 2-61, 3-86, 4-90, 5-93, 6-103, 7-149, 8-217, 9-217, 10-218 FoW (2): 1-35, 2-48, 3-94, 4-118, 5-149, 6-219, 7-229, 8-229, 9-234, 10-238 ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds c and b Symington 0 b Sperry 5 2 A.V.Avery c Jackson b Walsh 9 lbw b Walsh 17 3 S.J.Cray lbw b Walsh 46 c sub b Jackson 68 4 F.H.Vigar not out 114 not out 63 5 S.C.Eve c Prentice b Walsh 60 not out 27 6 T.E.Bailey lbw b Jackson 9 7 *T.N.Pearce b Jackson 10 8 R.Smith c Jackson b Walsh 0 9 T.P.B.Smith st Corrall b Walsh 0 10 †T.H.Wade st Corrall b Walsh 0 11 E.J.Price c and b Walsh 3 Extras b 17, lb 7 24 b 4, lb 1 5 —— —— 275 (3 wickets) 185 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-79, 3-210, 4-232, 5-256, 6-263, 7-263, 8-263, 9-275, 10-275 FoW (2): 1-8, 2-33, 3-113 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Bailey 22.1 2 75 3 24.5 8 49 4 R.Smith 19 4 33 1 16 3 47 0 T.P.B.Smith 18 2 48 5 38 8 98 3 Price 16 3 36 1 10 2 16 1 Vigar 2 0 15 0 6 1 15 1 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Sperry 19 2 55 0 12 1 25 1 Symington 14 3 28 1 9 2 25 0 Lester 8 2 9 0 7 3 18 0 Walsh 39.3 5 109 7 19 0 81 1 Jackson 27 8 50 2 19 13 13 1 Munden (6) 4.4 0 18 0 Umpires: J.J.Hills and H.W.Parks. Toss: Leicestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 100-2 (Vigar 30*, Eve 8*); 2nd day: Leicestershire (2) 149-5 (Jackson 25*). A.V.Avery retired hurt in the Essex first innings having scored 9 (team had lost 1 wicket) - he returned when the score was 275-9. 249