ESSEX CRICKET

f21382 cc10674	Essex v Hampshire
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea on 30th June, 2nd, 3rd July 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Hampshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 4; Hampshire 0
Umpires	DE Davies, H Elliott
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 158/5 (Bailey 32, Knight 3)
Close of play day 2	Hampshire (2) 87/2 (Horton 41, Rayment 39)

Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Gray	c Preston b Bailey	10
RE Marshall	c Dodds b Ralph	46
H Horton	c Taylor b Bailey	1
AWH Rayment	c Taylor b Bailey	9
ACD Ingleby-Mackenzie	c Barker b Ralph	0
PJ Sainsbury	b Preston	23
HM Barnard	c R Smith b Bailey	21
*EDR Eagar	b R Smith	6
+L Harrison	b Bailey	5
D Shackleton	lbw b Bailey	17
VHD Cannings	not out	9
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 52.1 overs)	155
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-14, 3-44, 4-49, 5-70, 6-95, 7-121, 8-127, 9-128, 10-155 (52.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	19.1	3	69	6	-	-
Preston	11	4	13	1	-	-
Ralph	7	2	27	2	-	-
R Smith	15	4	38	1	-	-

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Sainsbury b Shackleton	7
G Barker	c Harrison b Shackleton	16
+B Taylor	b Sainsbury	60
*DJ Insole	b Sainsbury	36
TE Bailey	not out	141
GJ Smith	c Ingleby-Mackenzie b Gray	0
BR Knight	c Horton b Sainsbury	84
WT Greensmith	st Harrison b Sainsbury	7
R Smith	c Shackleton b Sainsbury	12
LHR Ralph	not out	24
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(11 lb)	11
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 142 overs)	398
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-28, 3-114, 4-139, 5-154, 6-314, 7-326, 8-348

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shackleton	45	11	98	2	-	-
Cannings	32	5	97	0	-	-
Gray	26	10	71	1	-	-
Sainsbury	32	5	104	5	-	-
Marshall	7	2	17	0	-	-

Hampshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Gray	lbw b Bailey	2
RE Marshall	lbw b Preston	2
H Horton	c Taylor b R Smith	84
AWH Rayment	c Dodds b Preston	85
ACD Ingleby-Mackenzie	c Barker b Bailey	23
PJ Sainsbury	not out	24
HM Barnard	lbw b R Smith	9
*EDR Eagar	not out	18
+L Harrison	did not bat
D Shackleton	did not bat
VHD Cannings	did not bat
Extras	(4 nb)	4
Total	(6 wickets, 131 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-14, 3-165, 4-194, 5-205, 6-216

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	32	14	36	2	-	-
Preston	23	4	42	2	-	-
Ralph	11	2	22	0	-	-
R Smith	32	10	54	2	-	-
Greensmith	17	4	39	0	-	-
Insole	3	0	18	0	-	-
Knight	6	2	20	0	-	-
Barker	1	1	0	0	-	-
GJ Smith	2	1	3	0	-	-
Dodds	4	0	13	0	-	-

Notes
--> PJ Sainsbury (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 14
--> TC Dodds (1) passed 16000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 1
--> DJ Insole (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 23
--> TE Bailey (1) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 112
--> BR Knight (1) passed his previous highest score of 40 in first-class matches
--> BR Knight (1) passed his previous highest score of 40 in County Championship matches
--> H Horton (2) passed 3000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 32
--> EDR Eagar (2) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 7
--> TE Bailey reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 6th wicket in the Hampshire first innings
--> KC Preston reached 450 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Hampshire second innings