f19590 cc9681	Leicestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1952
Venue	Coventry Road, Hinckley on 7th, 9th, 10th June 1952 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 107 runs
Points	Leicestershire 0; Essex 12
Umpires	FS Lee, GS Mobey
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 5/0 (Lester 2*, Hallam 1*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 69/5 (Bailey 3*, Smith 0*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Munden b Spencer	23
AV Avery	b Sperry	4
+PA Gibb	lbw b Walsh	5
R Horsfall	st Firth b Munden	54
*DJ Insole	st Firth b Munden	7
TE Bailey	lbw b Sperry	41
R Smith	c Munden b Sperry	40
FH Vigar	not out	63
C Griffiths	b Spencer	0
WT Greensmith	b Walsh	79
KC Preston	not out	12
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 128 overs)	338
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-30, 3-47, 4-80, 5-107, 6-175, 7-180, 8-185, 9-319

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	28	10	70	2	-	-
Sperry	23	9	43	3	-	-
Walsh	14	4	81	2	-	-
Palmer	12	4	22	0	-	-
Munden	33	14	80	2	-	-
Lester	18	7	32	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	b Preston	2
MR Hallam	st Gibb b Smith	3
M Tompkin	b Bailey	90
*CH Palmer	b Bailey	14
GA Smithson	c Gibb b Bailey	9
VS Munden	c Gibb b Smith	31
MAJ Sargent	c Smith b Preston	8
+J Firth	not out	24
JE Walsh	b Greensmith	14
CT Spencer	c Griffiths b Bailey	3
J Sperry	b Bailey	0
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 98 overs)	210
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-7, 3-47, 4-74, 5-133, 6-161, 7-177, 8-204, 9-207, 10-210 (98 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	19	7	43	2	-	-
Smith	36	17	81	2	-	-
Bailey	30	10	50	5	-	-
Greensmith	13	5	24	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Spencer	2
AV Avery	lbw b Munden	22
+PA Gibb	b Spencer	7
R Horsfall	c Firth b Spencer	20
*DJ Insole	lbw b Sperry	9
TE Bailey	not out	43
R Smith	b Munden	4
FH Vigar	c and b Munden	2
C Griffiths	b Munden	17
WT Greensmith	c Firth b Munden	9
KC Preston	not out	9
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 71.5 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-26, 3-51, 4-65, 5-69, 6-80, 7-88, 8-112, 9-122

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	29	9	65	3	-	-
Sperry	8	3	14	1	-	-
Palmer	8.5	3	17	0	-	-
Munden	24	15	41	5	-	-
Walsh	2	0	7	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	lbw b Greensmith	25
MR Hallam	b Preston	33
M Tompkin	lbw b Greensmith	5
*CH Palmer	st Gibb b Greensmith	0
GA Smithson	c Horsfall b Greensmith	0
VS Munden	c Horsfall b Greensmith	45
MAJ Sargent	st Gibb b Greensmith	1
+J Firth	c Gibb b Smith	5
JE Walsh	lbw b Vigar	18
CT Spencer	c Preston b Vigar	19
J Sperry	not out	20
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 64.3 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-58, 3-62, 4-62, 5-63, 6-65, 7-81, 8-131, 9-135, 10-175 (64.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	10	1	31	1	-	-
Smith	16	8	36	1	-	-
Bailey	8	2	20	0	-	-
Greensmith	22	12	44	6	-	-
Vigar	8.3	0	40	2	-	-

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Notes
--> J Sperry made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> J Sperry made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> FH Vigar (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 48
--> WT Greensmith (1) passed his previous highest score of 51 in First-Class matches
--> WT Greensmith (1) passed his previous highest score of 51 in County Championship matches
--> MR Hallam (2) passed his previous highest score of 25 in County Championship matches
--> TE Bailey reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> WT Greensmith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire second innings (previous best was 4-23)
--> WT Greensmith achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire second innings
--> FH Vigar reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire second innings
--> WT Greensmith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire second innings (previous best was 4-31)
--> WT Greensmith achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire second innings

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