First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

LEICESTERSHIRE v ESSEX Played at Grace Road, Leicester, August 9, 10, 11, 1950. Essex won by 167 runs. (Points: Leicestershire 0, Essex 12) ESSEX 1 A.V.Avery c Palmer b Walsh 59 c Jackson b Wooler 10 2 T.C.Dodds c Hallam b Walsh 55 b Walsh 74 3 R.E.Evans c Corrall b Jackson 1 lbw b Walsh 68 4 S.J.Cray st Corrall b Walsh 21 b Walsh 0 5 *D.J.Insole b Walsh 43 c Corrall b Walsh 51 6 T.E.Bailey b Jackson 44 not out 43 7 F.H.Vigar c and b Walsh 9 8 R.Smith lbw b Walsh 0 (7) c Palmer b Wooler 69 9 T.P.B.Smith st Corrall b Walsh 17 (8) not out 9 10 †T.H.Wade c Jackson b Walsh 17 11 K.C.Preston not out 4 Extras b 7 7 b 12, lb 10, nb 1 23 —— —— 277 (6 wickets, declared) 347 FoW (1): 1-116, 2-121, 3-121, 4-166, 5-191, 6-207, 7-207, 8-237, 9-273, 10-277 FoW (2): 1-37, 2-118, 3-118, 4-213, 5-226, 6-331 LEICESTERSHIRE 1 G.L.Berry c Evans b T.P.B.Smith 59 c Dodds b R.Smith 106 2 K.D.Smith c Wade b Bailey 1 lbw b R.Smith 12 3 M.Tompkin c and b Preston 3 b R.Smith 30 4 *C.H.Palmer b Vigar 74 c T.P.B.Smith b R.Smith 0 5 V.E.Jackson lbw b T.P.B.Smith 11 c T.P.B.Smith b R.Smith 19 6 M.R.Hallam c Avery b T.P.B.Smith 12 lbw b R.Smith 1 7 C.R.D.Wooler c Wade b T.P.B.Smith 1 b R.Smith 9 8 D.Goodson c Avery b T.P.B.Smith 0 st Wade b T.P.B.Smith 1 9 J.E.Walsh not out 61 c R.Smith b T.P.B.Smith 16 10 †P.Corrall lbw b T.P.B.Smith 3 c Dodds b R.Smith 8 11 J.Sperry b T.P.B.Smith 10 not out 0 Extras b 5, lb 2, w 2 9 b 4, lb 5, w 1, nb 1 11 —— —— 244 213 FoW (1): 1-7, 2-10, 3-121, 4-155, 5-155, 6-161, 7-161, 8-182, 9-198, 10-244 FoW (2): 1-31, 2-112, 3-114, 4-156, 5-173, 6-173, 7-174, 8-189, 9-209, 10-213 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Sperry 11 0 44 0 (2) 18 1 64 0 Wooler 4 0 20 0 (1) 11 0 74 2 Goodson 11 1 43 0 (4) 2 0 11 0 Palmer 6 2 12 0 (3) 14 6 25 0 Jackson 18.1 8 32 2 (6) 22 7 35 0 Walsh 34 3 119 8 (5) 24 1 115 4 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Bailey 14 2 54 1 Preston 13 6 33 1 (1) 5 1 14 0 R.Smith 14 1 55 0 (2) 40 10 87 8 T.P.B.Smith 30.3 8 75 7 35 9 80 2 Vigar 4 0 18 1 (3) 5 0 21 0 Umpires: F.S.Lee and C.H.Welch. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Leicestershire (1) 154-3 (Berry 44*, Jackson 3*); 2nd day: Essex (2) 263-5 (Bailey 14*, R.Smith 24*). G.L.Berry’s 106 took 175 minutes and included 12 fours. 350