f19661 cc9738	Essex v Middlesex
	County Championship 1952
Venue	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester on 5th, 7th, 8th July 1952 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 4; Middlesex 0
Umpires	HG Baldwin, JJ Hills
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 31/2 (Edrich 9*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 94/3 (Gibb 30*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c and b DCS Compton	75
EAW Stanley	retired hurt	4
+PA Gibb	run out	39
R Horsfall	c Brown b Young	11
*DJ Insole	b Young	14
TE Bailey	c Robertson b Young	82
R Smith	lbw b Bennett	50
FH Vigar	c LH Compton b Bennett	0
C Griffiths	b Young	89
WT Greensmith	not out	24
KC Preston	not out	0
Extras	(9 b, 5 lb)	14
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 108.1 overs)	402
Fall of wickets:
1-113, 2-132, 3-134, 4-151, 5-218, 6-218, 7-349, 8-388

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	18	0	94	0	-	-
Bennett	11	1	34	2	-	-
Edrich	8.1	0	40	0	-	-
Young	42	17	106	4	-	-
DCS Compton	16	1	72	1	-	-
Sims	13	2	42	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Preston b Smith	15
AW Thompson	c Gibb b Preston	7
WJ Edrich	b Greensmith	109		295	11	-
*DCS Compton	b Bailey	90
SM Brown	lbw b Preston	1
W Knightley-Smith	c Vigar b Insole	3
D Bennett	c Preston b Greensmith	19
+LH Compton	c Horsfall b Smith	41
JM Sims	b Bailey	27
AE Moss	not out	0
JA Young	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 102.3 overs)	315
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-31, 3-144, 4-150, 5-165, 6-242, 7-255, 8-309, 9-315 (102.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	26	4	66	2	-	-
Smith	21.3	2	78	2	-	-
Bailey	17	2	48	2	-	-
Insole	28	9	71	1	-	-
Greensmith	10	2	49	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Young	27
EAW Stanley	b Moss	11
+PA Gibb	st LH Compton b Young	49
R Horsfall	b Young	26
*DJ Insole	c Robertson b Bennett	42
R Smith	c Brown b Young	39
C Griffiths	retired hurt	25
TE Bailey	st LH Compton b Young	4
FH Vigar	not out	3
WT Greensmith	not out	2
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 70 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-43, 3-94, 4-133, 5-195, 6-201, 7-210

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	13	2	36	1	-	-
Bennett	11	2	52	1	-	-
Young	33	9	87	5	-	-
DCS Compton	11	3	36	0	-	-
Edrich	2	0	17	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Greensmith b Bailey	22
AW Thompson	c Insole b Bailey	63
WJ Edrich	c Dodds b Bailey	79
*DCS Compton	c Horsfall b Preston	55
SM Brown	c Insole b Bailey	9
W Knightley-Smith	not out	25
+LH Compton	c Insole b Smith	30
D Bennett	b Smith	10
JM Sims	lbw b Smith	0
AE Moss	not out	0
JA Young	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(8 wickets, 59 overs)	296
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-105, 3-220, 4-222, 5-237, 6-277, 7-296, 8-296

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	13	0	77	1	-	-
Smith	13	0	76	3	-	-
Bailey	17	2	69	4	-	-
Insole	11	0	47	0	-	-
Greensmith	5	0	24	0	-	-

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Notes
--> TE Bailey (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 57
--> WJ Edrich (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 35
--> DCS Compton (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 31
--> DCS Compton (1) passed 28500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> TC Dodds (2) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 15
--> PA Gibb (2) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> W Knightley-Smith (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> TE Bailey reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex second innings
--> EAW Stanley retired hurt in the Essex first innings having scored 4 (team had lost 0 wickets)

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