First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE v ESSEX Played at County Ground, Northampton, June 17, 19, 20, 1950. Match drawn. (Points: Northamptonshire 0, Essex 4) ESSEX 1 A.V.Avery b Nutter 33 2 S.J.Cray c Fiddling b Clarke 9 3 F.H.Vigar c Clarke b Nutter 144 4 R.Horsfall b Garlick 63 5 *D.J.Insole st Fiddling b Nutter 81 6 T.E.Bailey run out 5 7 R.Smith b Nutter 15 8 T.N.Pearce lbw b Clarke 24 9 T.P.B.Smith b Brown 23 10 †T.H.Wade not out 0 11 I.J.Skinner Extras b 17, lb 10, w 2, nb 5 34 —— (9 wickets, declared) 431 FoW (1): 1-16, 2-53, 3-169, 4-309, 5-326, 6-358, 7-386, 8-431, 9-431 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 1 D.Brookes c Pearce b R.Smith 74 c Skinner b R.Smith 14 2 N.Oldfield lbw b Bailey 0 b Skinner 6 3 L.Livingston c Wade b T.P.B.Smith 66 c Bailey b Skinner 85 4 F.Jakeman c Wade b T.P.B.Smith 4 c Bailey b R.Smith 0 5 *F.R.Brown c Wade b T.P.B.Smith 57 not out 134 6 G.H.J.Brice b T.P.B.Smith 6 c and b Bailey 9 7 A.E.Nutter c Wade b R.Smith 8 b Bailey 3 8 R.W.Clarke b T.P.B.Smith 4 c Vigar b T.P.B.Smith 11 9 R.G.Garlick c Skinner b Bailey 4 not out 4 10 †K.Fiddling not out 0 11 W.Barron absent hurt 0 Extras b 6, lb 9, nb 2 17 b 9, lb 3, w 1, nb 2 15 —— —— 240 (7 wickets) 281 FoW (1): 1-1, 2-148, 3-158, 4-158, 5-179, 6-216, 7-231, 8-240, 9-240 FoW (2): 1-7, 2-29, 3-35, 4-195, 5-206, 6-222, 7-270 Northamptonshire Bowling O M R W Nutter 39 8 97 4 Clarke 25 1 66 2 Brice 32 3 98 0 Garlick 29 7 53 1 Brown 25.2 5 83 1 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Bailey 11.1 3 25 2 17 0 40 2 Skinner 8 1 35 0 13 1 39 2 T.P.B.Smith 47 18 77 5 (4) 37 13 91 1 R.Smith 38 19 68 2 (3) 23 5 58 2 Vigar 6 1 18 0 10 1 38 0 Umpires: T.J.Bartley and W.F.F.Price. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 342-5 (Vigar 123*, R.Smith 8*); 2nd day: Northamptonshire (1) 231-6 (Brown 52*, Clarke 4*). F.H.Vigar’s 144 took 390 minutes. F.R.Brown’s 134 included 13 fours. 221