First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

YORKSHIRE v ESSEX Played at Bramall Lane, Sheffield, June 14, 15, 16, 1950. Yorkshire won by ten wickets. (Points: Yorkshire 12, Essex 0) ESSEX 1 A.V.Avery lbw b Coxon 10 b Coxon 33 2 T.C.Dodds lbw b Coxon 10 lbw b Wardle 35 3 S.J.Cray b Coxon 8 st Brennan b Leadbeater 6 4 R.Horsfall c Wardle b Trueman 35 b Halliday 59 5 *D.J.Insole run out 20 c and b Wardle 54 6 F.H.Vigar b Coxon 0 c Coxon b Trueman 1 7 T.N.Pearce b Wardle 20 c Brennan b Coxon 12 8 R.Smith c Wilson b Coxon 1 c Lester b Halliday 58 9 T.P.B.Smith b Trueman 4 c Wardle b Leadbeater 11 10 †T.H.Wade b Coxon 1 b Halliday 2 11 I.J.Skinner not out 2 not out 7 Extras b 7, nb 2 9 b 10, lb 5, w 1, nb 2 18 —— —— 120 296 FoW (1): 1-12, 2-27, 3-34, 4-79, 5-81, 6-85, 7-89, 8-94, 9-99, 10-120 FoW (2): 1-70, 2-78, 3-97, 4-153, 5-175, 6-209, 7-229, 8-277, 9-287, 10-296 YORKSHIRE 1 F.A.Lowson c and b Skinner 112 not out 40 2 H.Halliday c Insole b R.Smith 22 not out 40 3 J.V.Wilson c Vigar b R.Smith 157 4 E.I.Lester not out 16 5 W.G.Keighley lbw b R.Smith 5 6 *N.W.D.Yardley b R.Smith 10 7 A.Coxon 8 J.H.Wardle 9 E.Leadbeater 10 †D.V.Brennan 11 F.S.Trueman Extras b 14, lb 3 17 —— —— (5 wickets, declared) 339 (no wicket) 80 FoW (1): 1-44, 2-280, 3-309, 4-315, 5-339 Yorkshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Trueman 23 3 52 2 21 2 71 1 Coxon 27 6 52 6 31 9 69 2 Yardley 2 0 4 0 Wardle 2.5 1 3 1 33 21 41 2 Leadbeater (3) 29 15 76 2 Halliday (5) 10.2 5 21 3 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W R.Smith 46.3 18 105 4 10 0 43 0 Skinner 19 3 49 1 3 1 4 0 T.P.B.Smith 39 15 92 0 6 0 23 0 Vigar 15 1 57 0 Insole 1 0 8 0 Avery 2 0 11 0 Pearce (4) 1.3 0 8 0 Cray (5) 1 0 2 0 Umpires: A.Lockett and H.L.Palmer. Toss: Yorkshire Close of Play: 1st day: Yorkshire (1) 26-0 (Lowson 11*, Halliday 15*); 2nd day: Essex (2) 52-0 (Avery 21*, Dodds 25*). F.A.Lowson’s 112 took 270 minutes and included 7 fours. J.V.Wilson’s 157 took 225 minutes and included 23 fours. 216