First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

ESSEX v COMBINED SERVICES Played at County Ground, Chelmsford, August 16, 17, 18, 1950. Match drawn. COMBINED SERVICES 1 A.C.Shirreff c Greensmith b Cousens 39 not out 115 2 S.Smith c Ward b Preston 0 not out 101 3 M.L.Y.Ainsworth c Insole b Preston 0 4 F.C.Boys c Smith b Preston 84 5 L.N.Devereux c Insole b Cousens 0 6 D.B.Close b Cousens 0 7 J.M.Vernon c Cousens b Preston 58 8 E.Fisk c Jerman b Preston 3 9 P.L.Johnson b Preston 2 10 †R.J.L.Hammond c and b Smith 46 11 J.H.G.Deighton not out 62 Extras b 15, lb 4 19 b 18, lb 3, nb 1 22 —— —— 313 (no wicket, declared) 238 FoW (1): 1-6, 2-6, 3-100, 4-100, 5-100, 6-171, 7-190, 8-192, 9-195, 10-313 ESSEX 1 T.C.Dodds c and b Close 27 lbw b Deighton 0 2 S.J.Cray c Close b Deighton 0 b Shirreff 51 3 T.P.B.Smith b Shirreff 3 c Close b Shirreff 3 4 R.Horsfall c Vernon b Close 110 not out 73 5 *D.J.Insole c and b Close 10 (7) c sub b Close 1 6 W.B.Morris c Fisk b Close 5 (5) c Deighton b Close 19 7 W.T.Greensmith b Deighton 31 (6) b Close 0 8 †G.H.Ward lbw b Deighton 2 b Close 2 9 K.C.Preston not out 36 not out 3 10 L.C.S.Jerman c Shirreff b Close 0 11 P.Cousens c Boys b Close 0 Extras b 18, lb 1, w 1 20 b 3, lb 2 5 —— —— 244 (7 wickets) 157 FoW (1): 1-2, 2-17, 3-51, 4-73, 5-83, 6-173, 7-193, 8-229, 9-229, 10-244 FoW (2): 1-1, 2-10, 3-92, 4-138, 5-140, 6-148, 7-154 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Preston 28 7 78 6 8 1 37 0 Jerman 22 6 40 0 12 3 41 0 Smith 26.2 9 49 1 7 0 34 0 Cousens 16 3 60 3 (5) 9 0 27 0 Morris 6 0 17 0 (7) 3 0 11 0 Greensmith 21 12 50 0 16 2 46 0 Insole (4) 7 0 20 0 Combined Services Bowling O M R W O M R W Deighton 25 6 64 3 20 1 70 1 Shirreff 22 4 71 1 12 1 38 2 Close 14.5 2 61 6 19 6 33 4 Fisk 4 1 17 0 4 1 11 0 Vernon 5 3 11 0 Umpires: H.G.Baldwin and J.J.Hills. Toss: Combined Services Close of Play: 1st day: Combined Services (1) 276-9 (Hammond 29*, Deighton 50*); 2nd day: Combined Services (2) 95-0 (Shirreff 52*, Smith 32*). P.Cousens completed a hat-trick in the Combined Services first innings (Shirreff, Devereux, Close). 365