f17097 cc8292	Hampshire v Essex
	County Championship 1946
Venue	United Services Ground, Portsmouth on 25th, 27th May 1946 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Hampshire won by 9 wickets
Points	Hampshire 12; Essex 0
Umpires	JJ Hills, CV Tarbox
Close of play day 1	Hampshire (1) 163/3 (Holt 79*, Eagar 30*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	lbw b Herman	9
LS Clark	c McCorkell b Herman	2
TPB Smith	c Holt b Heath	106
RM Taylor	c Holt b Herman	5
RFT Paterson	b Herman	0
*TN Pearce	b Herman	49
WB Morris	run out	19
EC Tedder	lbw b Heath	2
R Smith	lbw b Herman	5
+TH Wade	c Dean b Heath	1
FH Vigar	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 83.1 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-19, 3-42, 4-42, 5-150, 6-180, 7-189, 8-198, 9-205, 10-205 (83.1 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Herman	33	6	86	6	-	-
Heath	34.1	6	81	3	-	-
Dean	10	5	14	0	-	-
Knott	6	0	17	0	-	-

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Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Arnold	lbw b R Smith	9
+NT McCorkell	c Wade b R Smith	2
AG Holt	b R Smith	94
J Bailey	c and b TPB Smith	30
*EDR Eagar	c Tedder b TPB Smith	54
NH Rogers	not out	23
G Hill	lbw b TPB Smith	4
OW Herman	c Clark b TPB Smith	9
TA Dean	c and b R Smith	2
CJ Knott	b TPB Smith	0
GEM Heath	b TPB Smith	10
Extras	(19 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	24
Total	(all out, 115 overs)	261
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-12, 3-113, 4-205, 5-205, 6-220, 7-238, 8-242, 9-243, 10-261 (115 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
R Smith	46	17	78	4	-	-
TPB Smith	56	20	107	6	-	-
Paterson	4	0	19	0	-	-
Taylor	9	0	33	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LS Clark	b Bailey	28
TC Dodds	c Dean b Hill	13
TPB Smith	c Rogers b Hill	0
FH Vigar	not out	3
RM Taylor	c Hill b Bailey	12
*TN Pearce	b Knott	1
RFT Paterson	b Knott	0
WB Morris	lbw b Bailey	8
EC Tedder	b Knott	10
R Smith	c Dean b Knott	2
+TH Wade	lbw b Bailey	4
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 65.2 overs)	88
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-37, 3-42, 4-54, 5-57, 6-57, 7-68, 8-80, 9-83, 10-88 (65.2 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Herman	5	2	9	0	-	-
Heath	4	1	4	0	-	-
Bailey	28.2	11	36	4	-	-
Knott	17	9	16	4	-	-
Hill	11	4	16	2	-	-

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Hampshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Arnold	not out	20
+NT McCorkell	lbw b R Smith	8
G Hill	not out	5
AG Holt	did not bat
J Bailey	did not bat
*EDR Eagar	did not bat
NH Rogers	did not bat
OW Herman	did not bat
TA Dean	did not bat
CJ Knott	did not bat
GEM Heath	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 17.5 overs)	33
Fall of wickets:
1-22 (McCorkell)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
TPB Smith	9	3	15	0	-	-
R Smith	8.5	2	18	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> WB Morris made his debut in First-Class matches
--> WB Morris made his debut in County Championship matches
--> EDR Eagar (1) passed his previous highest score of 49 in County Championship matches
--> FH Vigar did not score for 72 minutes when 0 in the Essex second innings

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