First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

M.C.C. v ESSEX Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, April 30, May 2, 3, 1949. M.C.C. won by 183 runs. M.C.C. 1 J.D.B.Robertson lbw b Bailey 95 b Bailey 10 2 N.D.Howard c Wade b Bailey 0 b Bailey 6 3 W.J.Edrich c and b R.Smith 57 c R.Smith b Morris 66 4 R.E.S.Wyatt lbw b R.Smith 18 lbw b Price 15 5 B.J.Howard lbw b Bailey 27 c and b R.Smith 114 6 A.E.Nutter not out 76 c Price b T.P.B.Smith 4 7 R.O.Jenkins lbw b Price 27 not out 68 8 A.B.Lavers c Pearce b Vigar 22 not out 17 9 J.H.G.Deighton c Avery b Price 37 10 †G.O.Dawkes not out 1 11 M.J.Hilton Extras b 9, lb 9 18 b 13, lb 2, w 2, nb 3 20 —— —— (8 wickets, declared) 378 (6 wickets, declared) 320 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-101, 3-135, 4-208, 5-209, 6-279, 7-313, 8-371 FoW (2): 1-15, 2-38, 3-75, 4-157, 5-171, 6-269 ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds lbw b Deighton 9 (2) c Dawkes b Jenkins 21 2 A.V.Avery c Dawkes b Nutter 143 (1) lbw b Deighton 1 3 S.J.Cray b Deighton 3 b Edrich 30 4 W.B.Morris c Edrich b Jenkins 39 c Nutter b Hilton 20 5 T.E.Bailey c Deighton b Jenkins 82 b Hilton 21 6 *T.N.Pearce b Jenkins 9 b Jenkins 10 7 T.P.B.Smith lbw b Jenkins 5 (8) lbw b Jenkins 9 8 R.Smith not out 27 (7) st Dawkes b Jenkins 3 9 F.H.Vigar hit wkt b Hilton 3 b Jenkins 1 10 †T.H.Wade c Dawkes b Hilton 0 not out 29 11 E.J.Price run out 0 lbw b Nutter 8 Extras b 30, lb 4, nb 2 36 b 4, lb 2 6 —— —— 356 159 FoW (1): 1-14, 2-22, 3-107, 4-293, 5-307, 6-316, 7-338, 8-343, 9-351, 10-356 FoW (2): 1-4, 2-42, 3-60, 4-80, 5-105, 6-107, 7-112, 8-121, 9-134, 10-159 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Bailey 25 5 73 3 18 0 99 2 T.P.B.Smith 25 3 80 0 18 3 57 1 R.Smith 42 15 94 2 (4) 23 3 78 1 Price 14 2 34 2 (3) 11 5 25 1 Vigar 12 1 46 1 (6) 3 0 16 0 Morris 12 2 33 0 (5) 8 1 25 1 M.C.C. Bowling O M R W O M R W Deighton 22 3 77 2 8 2 25 1 Nutter 19 4 69 1 8 1 18 1 Jenkins 33 4 93 4 19 4 61 5 Edrich 12 0 50 0 7 1 22 1 Hilton 13 5 17 2 14 4 27 2 Lavers 4 1 14 0 Umpires: W.F.Simpson and D.H.Tregear. Toss: M.C.C. Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 27-2 (Avery 3*, Morris 4*); 2nd day: M.C.C. (2) 108-2 (Edrich 52*, B.J.Howard 14*). B.J.Howard’s 114 took 135 minutes and included 13 fours and 1 six. 92