f18039 cc8843	Essex v Derbyshire
	County Championship 1948
Venue	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester on 21st, 22nd, 23rd July 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by an innings and 44 runs
Points	Essex 12; Derbyshire 0
Umpires	B Flint, CN Woolley
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 411/7 (Vigar 71*, R Smith 104*)
Close of play day 2	Derbyshire (2) 111/5 (Pope 13*, Dawkes 0*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	lbw b Jackson	71
AV Avery	lbw b Jackson	118
TE Bailey	b Pope	6
FH Vigar	lbw b Pope	94		240
R Horsfall	c Dawkes b Jackson	0
*TN Pearce	c Smith b Rhodes	27
DJ Insole	b Rhodes	0
TPB Smith	lbw b Rhodes	0
R Smith	c Revill b Gladwin	112		81	17	-
+TH Wade	b Gladwin	0
EJ Price	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 11 lb, 1 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 144.2 overs)	446
Fall of wickets:
1-138, 2-158, 3-213, 4-213, 5-272, 6-272, 7-272, 8-424, 9-424, 10-446 (144.2 ov)

Derbyshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jackson	35	7	114	3	-	-
Gladwin	37	8	89	2	-	-
Pope	21.2	2	72	2	-	-
Rhodes	49	7	133	3	-	-
Revill	2	0	20	0	-	-

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Derbyshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CS Elliott	b R Smith	45
AF Townsend	c Price b TPB Smith	27
D Smith	b R Smith	30
DC Brooke-Taylor	lbw b R Smith	3
AC Revill	b R Smith	28
GH Pope	c Wade b TPB Smith	5
+GO Dawkes	not out	30
AEG Rhodes	c Vigar b TPB Smith	0
C Gladwin	c Dodds b TPB Smith	13
*EJ Gothard	st Wade b TPB Smith	8
HL Jackson	b TPB Smith	0
Extras	(13 b, 2 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 94.4 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-85, 3-93, 4-128, 5-145, 6-149, 7-149, 8-175, 9-198, 10-204 (94.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	6	1	18	0	-	-
R Smith	38	18	58	4	-	-
TPB Smith	41.4	7	80	6	-	-
Price	9	1	33	0	-	-

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Derbyshire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CS Elliott	run out	13
AF Townsend	b R Smith	13
D Smith	b Price	43
DC Brooke-Taylor	c Avery b TPB Smith	21
AC Revill	c Wade b TPB Smith	6
GH Pope	c Vigar b TPB Smith	23
+GO Dawkes	b TPB Smith	16
AEG Rhodes	c Insole b R Smith	18
C Gladwin	not out	36
*EJ Gothard	run out	3
HL Jackson	run out	2
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 67.5 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-30, 3-72, 4-82, 5-110, 6-133, 7-138, 8-162, 9-167, 10-198 (67.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	4	0	10	0	-	-
R Smith	23.5	3	64	2	-	-
TPB Smith	32	7	94	4	-	-
Vigar	6	1	26	0	-	-
Price	2	2	0	1	-	-

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Notes
--> AV Avery (1) passed 6000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 26
--> FH Vigar (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 70
--> R Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 91 in County Championship matches
--> R Smith (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> R Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 91 in first-class matches
--> R Smith (1) made his first century in first-class matches
--> R Smith (1) 100 in 63 minutes
--> AEG Rhodes completed a hat-trick in the Essex first innings (Pearce, Insole, TPB Smith)
--> TPB Smith reached 1350 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Derbyshire second innings

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R Smith hit the fastest century of the season

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