f20090 cc9966	Middlesex v Essex
	County Championship 1953
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 1st, 2nd, 3rd July 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 141 runs
Points	Middlesex 12; Essex 0
Umpires	F Chester, A Skelding
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 343/8 (Warr 0*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 84/2 (Sharp 29*, DCS Compton 47*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Brown	c Ralph b Preston	26
HPH Sharp	c Ralph b Bailey	13
*WJ Edrich	c Ralph b Bailey	211
DCS Compton	lbw b Greensmith	12
AW Thompson	b Preston	6
D Bennett	b Bailey	37
FJ Titmus	c Gibb b Insole	30
+LH Compton	b Bailey	2
JJ Warr	not out	0
JA Young	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb)	6
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 104.5 overs)	343
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-64, 3-115, 4-128, 5-234, 6-341, 7-343, 8-343 (104.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	20.5	3	75	4	-	-
Preston	23	1	83	2	-	-
Smith	17	2	59	0	-	-
Ralph	3	0	5	0	-	-
Cousens	9	0	32	0	-	-
Greensmith	22	5	54	1	-	-
Vigar	2	0	9	0	-	-
Insole	8	2	20	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+PA Gibb	c LH Compton b DCS Compton	47
FH Vigar	b Bennett	20
TE Bailey	b Moss	84
R Horsfall	c DCS Compton b Young	52
*DJ Insole	c Sharp b Titmus	0
WT Greensmith	not out	26
LA Savill	b Moss	2
R Smith	c Moss b Warr	0
LHR Ralph	b Warr	8
KC Preston	c Warr b Moss	0
P Cousens	b Moss	1
Extras	(5 b, 8 lb, 2 w)	15
Total	(all out, 89.2 overs)	255
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-87, 3-173, 4-173, 5-207, 6-208, 7-218, 8-247, 9-247, 10-255 (89.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	22.2	6	56	4	-	-
Warr	20	1	72	2	-	-
Bennett	8	2	22	1	-	-
Titmus	16	3	34	1	-	-
DCS Compton	9	1	37	1	-	-
Young	14	5	19	1	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Brown	c Horsfall b Preston	1
HPH Sharp	b Smith	85
*WJ Edrich	c Gibb b Preston	2
DCS Compton	b Preston	54
AW Thompson	b Smith	13
D Bennett	c Smith b Preston	18
+LH Compton	not out	12
FJ Titmus	not out	16
JJ Warr	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 50 overs)	207
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-14, 3-100, 4-127, 5-176, 6-180

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	16	2	67	4	-	-
Smith	19	3	89	2	-	-
Cousens	5	1	23	0	-	-
Greensmith	10	1	22	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+PA Gibb	c LH Compton b Bennett	41
FH Vigar	lbw b DCS Compton	12
R Horsfall	c LH Compton b DCS Compton	1
*DJ Insole	c LH Compton b Bennett	0
WT Greensmith	st LH Compton b DCS Compton	9
LA Savill	c DCS Compton b Titmus	48
R Smith	c LH Compton b DCS Compton	6
LHR Ralph	st LH Compton b DCS Compton	22
KC Preston	lbw b Titmus	1
P Cousens	not out	2
TE Bailey	absent hurt
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 50.4 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-58, 3-58, 4-60, 5-72, 6-90, 7-132, 8-141, 9-154 (50.4 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	9	0	32	0	-	-
Warr	8	3	20	0	-	-
Bennett	12	4	21	2	-	-
Titmus	4.4	1	11	2	-	-
DCS Compton	17	2	58	5	-	-

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Notes
--> D Bennett (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 35
--> TE Bailey (1) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 76
--> HPH Sharp (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 18
--> LH Compton (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> FH Vigar (2) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 7
--> AE Moss reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> TE Bailey retired not out in the Essex first innings having scored 68 (team had lost 4 wickets) - he returned when the score was 218/7

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