f19618 cc9702	Essex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1952
Venue	Old County Ground, Brentwood on 18th, 19th, 20th June 1952 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 2 wickets
Points	Essex 12; Leicestershire 0
Umpires	TW Spencer, CH Welch
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 332/6 (Jackson 128*, Walsh 44*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 353/5 (Bailey 16*, Smith 0*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	b Bailey	1
MR Hallam	st Gibb b Smith	9
M Tompkin	c and b Greensmith	33
*CH Palmer	c Gibb b Smith	0
VE Jackson	b Bailey	142		300
GA Smithson	b Preston	60
VS Munden	lbw b Greensmith	52
JE Walsh	not out	90
+J Firth	b Preston	3
CT Spencer	not out	2
TJ Goodwin	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb)	10
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 126 overs)	402
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-12, 3-12, 4-73, 5-172, 6-264, 7-356, 8-385

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	28	5	68	2	-	-
Preston	24	3	78	2	-	-
Smith	43	8	111	2	-	-
Greensmith	20	2	95	2	-	-
Vigar	6	1	24	0	-	-
Insole	5	1	16	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Spencer b Jackson	41
AV Avery	c Spencer b Jackson	33
+PA Gibb	c Firth b Spencer	70
R Horsfall	c Walsh b Palmer	143			10	3
*DJ Insole	b Jackson	47
TE Bailey	c Spencer b Walsh	31
R Smith	not out	26
FH Vigar	b Walsh	2
C Griffiths	not out	6
WT Greensmith	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 130.1 overs)	403
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-102, 3-185, 4-265, 5-349, 6-388, 7-390

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Goodwin	19	2	86	0	-	-
Spencer	16	0	57	1	-	-
Walsh	22.1	6	60	2	-	-
Munden	17	3	42	0	-	-
Jackson	39	11	114	3	-	-
Palmer	16	5	31	1	-	-
Lester	1	0	9	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	b Smith	6
GA Smithson	not out	111		120	14	1
M Tompkin	c Greensmith b Smith	54
JE Walsh	c Griffiths b Smith	7
VS Munden	c Horsfall b Bailey	15
MR Hallam	did not bat
*CH Palmer	did not bat
VE Jackson	did not bat
+J Firth	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
TJ Goodwin	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 38.4 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-134, 3-168, 4-194 (38.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	9.4	3	43	1	-	-
Preston	7	1	20	0	-	-
Smith	16	0	85	3	-	-
Insole	2	0	18	0	-	-
Vigar	4	0	27	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Hallam b Spencer	25
AV Avery	not out	3
+PA Gibb	b Palmer	34
R Horsfall	c Palmer b Spencer	9
*DJ Insole	c and b Jackson	61
TE Bailey	c Firth b Jackson	18
R Smith	c Jackson b Palmer	14
C Griffiths	b Jackson	18
WT Greensmith	lbw b Palmer	4
KC Preston	not out	5
FH Vigar	did not bat
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(8 wickets, 29.5 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-58, 3-75, 4-116, 5-139, 6-164, 7-187, 8-187

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Goodwin	4	0	34	0	-	-
Spencer	10	1	62	2	-	-
Palmer	7.5	0	56	3	-	-
Jackson	8	1	39	3	-	-

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Notes
--> VS Munden (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> R Smith (1) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> GA Smithson (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 80
--> KC Preston reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> VE Jackson reached 500 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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