f19235 cc9502	Essex v Lancashire
	County Championship 1951
Venue	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester on 7th, 9th, 10th July 1951 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 4; Lancashire 0
Umpires	JT Bell, HL Parkin
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 337/7 (Vigar 23*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (1) 221/6 (Edrich 97*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Edrich b Hilton	57
AV Avery	c Wilson b Highton	7
+PA Gibb	b Grieves	19
R Horsfall	lbw b Grieves	0
*DJ Insole	st Wilson b Hilton	19
TE Bailey	c Booth b Berry	92
R Smith	c Howard b Wharton	103
FH Vigar	not out	52
TPB Smith	b Hilton	1
WT Greensmith	not out	15
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(14 b, 3 lb, 2 w)	19
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 173 overs)	384
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-78, 3-78, 4-108, 5-113, 6-291, 7-337, 8-338

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wharton	40	9	97	1	-	-
Highton	10	1	49	1	-	-
Berry	40	20	57	1	-	-
Grieves	36	9	95	2	-	-
Hilton	47	25	67	3	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Washbrook	b TPB Smith	22
A Wharton	b TPB Smith	42
GA Edrich	lbw b TPB Smith	142
W Place	b Bailey	17
KJ Grieves	c TPB Smith b Greensmith	28
*ND Howard	b Bailey	10
A Booth	lbw b Greensmith	1
EFW Highton	c and b Greensmith	6
MJ Hilton	b Preston	5
R Berry	c Preston b Bailey	1
+A Wilson	not out	3
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 142.5 overs)	286
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-110, 3-145, 4-205, 5-218, 6-221, 7-239, 8-263, 9-274, 10-286 (142.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	30	12	52	3	-	-
Preston	17	2	44	1	-	-
TPB Smith	41.5	15	83	3	-	-
R Smith	28	14	42	0	-	-
Greensmith	26	8	56	3	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Howard b Hilton	8
AV Avery	not out	12
+PA Gibb	c Highton b Hilton	0
R Horsfall	not out	18
*DJ Insole	did not bat
TE Bailey	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
FH Vigar	did not bat
TPB Smith	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 25 overs)	40
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-10

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wharton	2	1	5	0	-	-
Berry	12	6	13	0	-	-
Hilton	11	6	20	2	-	-

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Notes
--> TC Dodds (1) passed 9500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 53
--> GA Edrich (1) passed his previous highest score of 136 in County Championship matches
--> GA Edrich (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 14
--> EFW Highton made his debut in County Championship matches
--> TE Bailey reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Lancashire first innings

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