f17126 cc8315	Essex v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1946
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 8th, 10th, 11th June 1946 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Worcestershire won by 5 wickets
Points	Essex 4; Worcestershire 12
Umpires	H Elliott, JJ Hills
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 115/2 (Crabtree 57*, Vigar 19*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 29/1 (Dodds 18*, TPB Smith 0*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HP Crabtree	lbw b Jenkins	79
TC Dodds	c Jackson b Howorth	29
TPB Smith	b Howorth	0
FH Vigar	b Howorth	23
RM Taylor	st Buller b Jenkins	1
*TN Pearce	c Buller b Howorth	7
RFT Paterson	b Howorth	1
EC Tedder	c White b Jenkins	7
R Smith	st Buller b Jenkins	46
+TH Wade	b Jackson	9
F Appleyard	not out	1
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 92.4 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-59, 3-127, 4-130, 5-147, 6-148, 7-155, 8-164, 9-174, 10-214 (92.4 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blunt	8	0	28	0	-	-
Jackson	24	5	47	1	-	-
Howorth	32	10	51	5	-	-
Jenkins	28.4	5	77	4	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Cooper	b R Smith	24
D Kenyon	b R Smith	5
*AFT White	c Paterson b R Smith	18
HHIH Gibbons	c Wade b R Smith	3
RE Bird	run out	0
H Yarnold	b R Smith	2
R Howorth	b R Smith	4
RO Jenkins	b R Smith	0
+JS Buller	c Taylor b TPB Smith	21
L Blunt	c Paterson b TPB Smith	0
PF Jackson	not out	2
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 34 overs)	81
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-43, 3-49, 4-51, 5-51, 6-56, 7-56, 8-61, 9-62, 10-81 (34 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
R Smith	17	5	51	7	-	-
Appleyard	6	3	6	0	-	-
TPB Smith	11	3	22	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HP Crabtree	c and b Jackson	10
TC Dodds	not out	21
TPB Smith	not out	1
FH Vigar	did not bat
RM Taylor	did not bat
*TN Pearce	did not bat
RFT Paterson	did not bat
EC Tedder	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
+TH Wade	did not bat
F Appleyard	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(1 wicket, declared, 19.4 overs)	33
Fall of wickets:
1-29 (Crabtree)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blunt	6	0	14	0	-	-
Jackson	9.4	4	13	1	-	-
Jenkins	2	0	4	0	-	-
Howorth	2	1	1	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AFT White	c Taylor b Vigar	77
R Howorth	b R Smith	38
+JS Buller	lbw b TPB Smith	23
HHIH Gibbons	b R Smith	8
D Kenyon	not out	10
E Cooper	c Appleyard b R Smith	5
RE Bird	not out	5
H Yarnold	did not bat
RO Jenkins	did not bat
L Blunt	did not bat
PF Jackson	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(5 wickets, 47.3 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-110, 2-126, 3-148, 4-156, 5-166

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
R Smith	17	3	64	3	-	-
Appleyard	14	2	50	0	-	-
TPB Smith	14.3	0	47	1	-	-
Vigar	2	0	5	1	-	-

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Notes
--> HHIH Gibbons made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> HHIH Gibbons made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> HP Crabtree (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in First-Class matches
--> HP Crabtree (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in County Championship matches
--> AFT White (2) passed his previous highest score of 72 in County Championship matches
--> R Howorth reached 650 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex first innings
--> R Howorth reached 600 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> R Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Worcestershire first innings (previous best was 6-42)
--> R Smith reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> R Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Worcestershire first innings (previous best was 6-46)

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It is not known if the umpire was Harry Elliott or Harold Elliott