f18031 cc8836	Essex v Hampshire
	County Championship 1948
Venue	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester on 17th, 19th July 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Hampshire won by 10 wickets
Points	Essex 0; Hampshire 12
Umpires	F Chester, B Flint
Close of play day 1	Essex (2) 0/1 (Wade 0*, Morris 0*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Bailey	18
AV Avery	b Bailey	12
WB Morris	c Rogers b Bailey	25
FH Vigar	b Knott	23
R Horsfall	c Harrison b Bailey	8
*TN Pearce	lbw b Bailey	7
DJ Insole	b Knott	8
R Smith	b Knott	0
TPB Smith	b Bailey	8
+TH Wade	not out	5
KC Preston	lbw b Bailey	0
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 66.1 overs)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-35, 3-84, 4-84, 5-93, 6-108, 7-108, 8-112, 9-122, 10-122 (66.1 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Herman	5	2	13	0	-	-
Shackleton	8	2	10	0	-	-
Bailey	28.1	13	39	7	-	-
Knott	23	7	51	3	-	-
Hill	2	1	1	0	-	-

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Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Arnold	c TPB Smith b R Smith	12
NH Rogers	b TPB Smith	100		135	11	2
GW Dawson	b TPB Smith	2
J Bailey	c Vigar b Morris	4
*EDR Eagar	b R Smith	43
JE Manners	b R Smith	5
G Hill	c and b TPB Smith	27
OW Herman	c Dodds b TPB Smith	27
+L Harrison	c Wade b R Smith	0
D Shackleton	c and b TPB Smith	9
CJ Knott	not out	8
Extras	(10 b, 1 lb, 2 w)	13
Total	(all out, 68.2 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-33, 3-50, 4-149, 5-175, 6-175, 7-214, 8-214, 9-227, 10-250 (68.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	4	0	14	0	-	-
R Smith	29	5	92	4	-	-
TPB Smith	22.2	3	80	5	-	-
Vigar	6	3	20	0	-	-
Morris	7	2	31	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+TH Wade	b Knott	19
AV Avery	lbw b Bailey	0
WB Morris	c Harrison b Bailey	15
TC Dodds	c Shackleton b Bailey	72
FH Vigar	b Knott	29
R Horsfall	c Hill b Knott	5
*TN Pearce	c Rogers b Bailey	9
DJ Insole	c Rogers b Knott	9
R Smith	c Hill b Knott	3
TPB Smith	lbw b Knott	0
KC Preston	not out	0
Extras	(21 b, 13 lb, 1 nb)	35
Total	(all out, 88.2 overs)	196
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-36, 3-52, 4-138, 5-146, 6-160, 7-191, 8-195, 9-196, 10-196 (88.2 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knott	40.2	11	95	6	-	-
Bailey	40	15	56	4	-	-
Hill	8	3	10	0	-	-

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Hampshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Arnold	not out	26
NH Rogers	not out	43
GW Dawson	did not bat
J Bailey	did not bat
*EDR Eagar	did not bat
JE Manners	did not bat
G Hill	did not bat
OW Herman	did not bat
+L Harrison	did not bat
D Shackleton	did not bat
CJ Knott	did not bat
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(no wicket, 16.4 overs)	71

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
R Smith	3	0	4	0	-	-
TPB Smith	8	1	39	0	-	-
Morris	5.4	0	26	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> JE Manners made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> WB Morris (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> EDR Eagar (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 29
--> TN Pearce (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 1
--> CJ Knott reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings

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