f23672 cc11782	Essex v Middlesex
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Old County Ground, Brentwood on 10th, 11th, 12th May 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Essex won by 115 runs
Points	Essex 14 (Batting 2); Middlesex 0
Umpires	AEG Rhodes, DJ Wood
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 82/2 (SEJ Russell 30*, Clark 43*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 124/6 (Savill 26*, Greensmith 8*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c Parfitt b Titmus	80
GJ Smith	c Murray b Bennett	13
MJ Bear	c Parfitt b Titmus	40
*TE Bailey	c Murray b Bennett	10
LA Savill	lbw b Titmus	42
JH Purves	b Titmus	9
BR Knight	c Murray b Bennett	70
WT Greensmith	c Bedford b Moss	38
+JF Taylor	lbw b Moss	13
PJ Phelan	c Murray b Titmus	1
KC Preston	not out	4
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 99.1 overs)	326
Fall of wickets:
1-75, 2-109, 3-128, 4-161, 5-193, 6-204, 7-284, 8-316, 9-322, 10-326 (99.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	24	6	75	2	-	-
Bennett	21.1	2	65	3	-	-
Tilly	21	4	81	0	-	-
Titmus	21	7	62	5	-	-
Bedford	12	3	37	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gale	c Smith b Bailey	4
WE Russell	b Knight	4
SEJ Russell	b Preston	45
EA Clark	c Knight b Bailey	45
PH Parfitt	lbw b Bailey	15
FJ Titmus	lbw b Knight	7
+JT Murray	b Preston	2
D Bennett	not out	34
HW Tilly	c Bear b Knight	1
*PI Bedford	lbw b Preston	5
AE Moss	c Preston b Greensmith	4
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 70.3 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-14, 3-84, 4-114, 5-120, 6-124, 7-136, 8-140, 9-167, 10-172 (70.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	24	5	54	3	-	-
Knight	20	6	44	3	-	-
Preston	21	5	49	3	-	-
Greensmith	4.3	0	15	1	-	-
Phelan	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	lbw b Titmus	19
GJ Smith	c Parfitt b Moss	30
MJ Bear	c Titmus b Moss	20
*TE Bailey	run out	11
BR Knight	b Moss	0
LA Savill	not out	63
JH Purves	run out	7
WT Greensmith	c Murray b Titmus	30
+JF Taylor	not out	2
PJ Phelan	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb)	5
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 84 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-66, 3-81, 4-81, 5-87, 6-105, 7-175

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	31	11	79	3	-	-
Tilly	22	3	55	0	-	-
Titmus	31	15	48	2	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gale	c Knight b Bailey	19
WE Russell	c Knight b Bailey	1
SEJ Russell	lbw b Preston	42
EA Clark	c Greensmith b Knight	20
PH Parfitt	c sub b Phelan	45
FJ Titmus	c Barker b Greensmith	1
+JT Murray	c Taylor b Phelan	16
D Bennett	c Knight b Preston	30
HW Tilly	c Bailey b Greensmith	46
*PI Bedford	b Preston	0
AE Moss	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 81.4 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-24, 3-66, 4-88, 5-91, 6-131, 7-154, 8-224, 9-226, 10-226 (81.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	11	3	29	2	-	-
Knight	11	1	41	1	-	-
Preston	17.4	9	19	3	-	-
Greensmith	26	6	79	2	-	-
Phelan	16	3	52	2	-	-

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Notes
--> WE Russell (2) passed 5000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 1
--> HW Tilly (2) passed his previous highest score of 44 in County Championship matches
--> AE Moss reached 800 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings

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