f18707 cc9203	Essex v Warwickshire
	County Championship 1950
Venue	Valentine's Park, Ilford on 3rd, 5th, 6th June 1950 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Warwickshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 0; Warwickshire 4
Umpires	E Cooke, AE Pothecary
Scorers	GC Austin (Warwickshire), C Livsey (Essex)
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 40/3 (Cray 10*, Insole 3*)
Close of play day 2	Warwickshire (2) 145/2 (Gardner 57*, Ord 11*)

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	c TPB Smith b Pullinger	113
+RT Spooner	c Wade b R Smith	48
A Townsend	c Insole b R Smith	34
JS Ord	c Avery b TPB Smith	44
*HE Dollery	lbw b TPB Smith	17
AVG Wolton	c Wade b R Smith	38
AH Kardar	c Insole b Bailey	4
RE Hitchcock	c Pearce b TPB Smith	11
CWC Grove	b R Smith	0
TL Pritchard	not out	13
WE Hollies	lbw b R Smith	4
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 3 nb, 3 w)	9
Total	(all out, 115.2 overs)	335
Fall of wickets:
1-88, 2-142, 3-209, 4-265, 5-269, 6-284, 7-318, 8-318, 9-318, 10-335 (115.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	23	1	77	1	-	-
Pullinger	21	2	75	1	-	-
TPB Smith	40	14	97	3	-	-
R Smith	31.2	10	77	5	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AV Avery	lbw b Hollies	19
TC Dodds	c Spooner b Pritchard	8
SJ Cray	c Townsend b Hollies	39
FH Vigar	lbw b Hollies	0
DJ Insole	c and b Townsend	106
TE Bailey	c Townsend b Hollies	6
*TN Pearce	b Hollies	6
R Smith	b Townsend	42
TPB Smith	c Dollery b Townsend	63
+TH Wade	run out	8
GR Pullinger	not out	2
Extras	(1 b, 9 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 115.2 overs)	309
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-27, 3-35, 4-108, 5-116, 6-134, 7-223, 8-238, 9-275, 10-309 (115.2 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pritchard	30	6	102	1	-	-
Grove	24	3	73	0	-	-
Hollies	40	16	74	5	-	-
Kardar	8	1	27	0	-	-
Townsend	13.2	2	23	3	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	not out	101
+RT Spooner	b R Smith	23
A Townsend	c and b Vigar	46
JS Ord	c Cray b TPB Smith	55
*HE Dollery	c Wade b Pullinger	38
AVG Wolton	not out	15
AH Kardar	did not bat
RE Hitchcock	did not bat
CWC Grove	did not bat
TL Pritchard	did not bat
WE Hollies	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	11
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 79 overs)	289
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-114, 3-215, 4-261

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	18	2	60	0	-	-
Pullinger	8	0	54	1	-	-
R Smith	30	8	87	1	-	-
TPB Smith	16	3	61	1	-	-
Vigar	7	1	16	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AV Avery	c Townsend b Pritchard	45
TC Dodds	b Pritchard	35
SJ Cray	not out	75
FH Vigar	run out	20
R Smith	c Wolton b Grove	15
TPB Smith	c Spooner b Grove	15
DJ Insole	not out	3
TE Bailey	did not bat
*TN Pearce	did not bat
+TH Wade	did not bat
GR Pullinger	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	5
Total	(5 wickets, 62 overs)	213
Fall of wickets:
1-67, 2-82, 3-155, 4-180, 5-210

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grove	11	1	53	2	-	-
Hollies	25	5	72	0	-	-
Pritchard	17	3	59	2	-	-
Townsend	9	1	24	0	-	-

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Notes
--> A Townsend (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> SJ Cray (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 38
--> R Smith (1) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 40
--> R Smith (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> TPB Smith (1) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> FC Gardner (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 72
--> SJ Cray (2) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 45
--> WE Hollies reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings

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