f19244 cc9510	Essex v Middlesex
	County Championship 1951
Venue	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester on 11th, 12th, 13th July 1951 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 4; Middlesex 0
Umpires	JT Bell, HL Parkin
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 53/1 (Avery 23*, Gibb 0*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 32/1 (Robertson 15*, Edrich 7*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Insole b Preston	12
SM Brown	c Gibb b Preston	0
WJ Edrich	c Gibb b Bailey	47
*DCS Compton	c Gibb b Bailey	113		180	14	1
A Fairbairn	c and b Greensmith	24
HPH Sharp	c Gibb b Preston	15
+LH Compton	lbw b Preston	1
JJ Warr	c Gibb b Preston	12
JM Sims	c Greensmith b R Smith	15
JA Young	b R Smith	5
AE Moss	not out	8
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	3
Total	(all out, 102.4 overs)	255
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-38, 3-97, 4-186, 5-210, 6-211, 7-219, 8-234, 9-241, 10-255 (102.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	17	6	22	2	-	-
Preston	21.4	6	65	5	-	-
R Smith	30	8	80	2	-	-
TPB Smith	27	7	66	0	-	-
Greensmith	6	1	14	1	-	-
Insole	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Warr b Sims	26
AV Avery	b Moss	154		330
+PA Gibb	lbw b Sims	11
R Horsfall	c LH Compton b Sims	5
*DJ Insole	c DCS Compton b Warr	22
TE Bailey	c DCS Compton b Moss	14
R Smith	c LH Compton b Young	87
TPB Smith	not out	66
FH Vigar	not out	7
WT Greensmith	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 4 lb, 2 w)	17
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 125 overs)	409
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-92, 3-144, 4-149, 5-175, 6-329, 7-351

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	19	1	82	2	-	-
Warr	19	4	60	1	-	-
Sims	23	4	76	3	-	-
Young	41	18	96	1	-	-
DCS Compton	13	0	43	0	-	-
Edrich	5	1	12	0	-	-
Sharp	5	0	23	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Horsfall b TPB Smith	82
SM Brown	b Preston	10
WJ Edrich	b R Smith	11
*DCS Compton	not out	60
A Fairbairn	not out	0
HPH Sharp	did not bat
+LH Compton	did not bat
JJ Warr	did not bat
JM Sims	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(3 wickets, 78 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-53, 3-161

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	14	3	37	1	-	-
R Smith	32	11	70	1	-	-
Greensmith	16	8	24	0	-	-
TPB Smith	12	5	18	1	-	-
Insole	2	1	3	0	-	-
Vigar	2	0	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DCS Compton (1) passed 26500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 34
--> TC Dodds (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 17
--> TC Dodds (1) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 16
--> TPB Smith (1) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 43
--> WJ Edrich (2) passed 24000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> KC Preston reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> KC Preston reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> R Smith reached 750 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex first innings

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