f19774 cc9836	Middlesex v Essex
	County Championship 1952
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 20th, 21st, 22nd August 1952 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 111 runs
Points	Middlesex 0; Essex 12
Umpires	JS Buller, AE Pothecary
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 199/7 (Vigar 9*, Greensmith 12*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (1) 185/6 (Bennett 3*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Young	100
AV Avery	c DCS Compton b Warr	24
+PA Gibb	lbw b Warr	2
R Horsfall	lbw b Warr	5
*DJ Insole	st LH Compton b DCS Compton	29
TE Bailey	lbw b Young	8
R Smith	run out	0
FH Vigar	b Warr	12
WT Greensmith	b Young	48
KC Preston	not out	56
CJM Kenny	not out	4
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 5 nb)	12
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 125.3 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-74, 2-81, 3-99, 4-161, 5-171, 6-174, 7-179, 8-203, 9-281

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	29	5	75	4	-	-
Moss	8	0	23	0	-	-
Young	50	24	74	3	-	-
DCS Compton	21	6	61	1	-	-
Edrich	10	0	35	0	-	-
Bennett	7.3	1	20	0	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Gibb b Preston	83
SM Brown	c and b Kenny	52
WJ Edrich	b Preston	26
*DCS Compton	b Preston	0
HPH Sharp	b Bailey	7
W Knightley-Smith	b Preston	1
D Bennett	not out	26
+LH Compton	b Bailey	7
JJ Warr	b Preston	2
JA Young	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 83 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-107, 2-153, 3-153, 4-177, 5-179, 6-185, 7-211, 8-218 (83 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	28	9	57	2	-	-
Preston	19	4	48	5	-	-
Smith	13	2	41	0	-	-
Greensmith	5	0	19	0	-	-
Kenny	18	6	39	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Brown b DCS Compton	55
+PA Gibb	st LH Compton b Young	22
R Smith	b DCS Compton	34
R Horsfall	c Brown b DCS Compton	0
*DJ Insole	c LH Compton b Young	17
KC Preston	b DCS Compton	18
FH Vigar	not out	2
WT Greensmith	lbw b DCS Compton	0
AV Avery	did not bat
TE Bailey	did not bat
CJM Kenny	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb)	8
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 46.5 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-72, 2-86, 3-95, 4-128, 5-146, 6-156, 7-156 (46.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	5	0	18	0	-	-
Warr	4	0	20	0	-	-
Young	19	6	42	2	-	-
Bennett	5	0	16	0	-	-
DCS Compton	13.5	1	52	5	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Brown	b Preston	1
WJ Edrich	c sub b Smith	78
+LH Compton	b Bailey	22
D Bennett	c Greensmith b Kenny	2
HPH Sharp	lbw b Kenny	0
*DCS Compton	c Preston b Smith	2
JDB Robertson	c Greensmith b Smith	2
W Knightley-Smith	b Smith	9
JJ Warr	b Vigar	0
JA Young	b Vigar	0
AE Moss	not out	0
Extras	(9 b, 2 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 37.5 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-55, 3-62, 4-65, 5-82, 6-92, 7-123, 8-127, 9-127, 10-127 (37.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	8	1	17	1	-	-
Preston	5	0	31	1	-	-
Kenny	9	1	31	2	-	-
Smith	11	2	19	4	-	-
Vigar	4.5	1	18	2	-	-

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Notes
--> KC Preston (1) passed his previous highest score of 26 in County Championship matches
--> KC Preston (1) passed his previous highest score of 36 in First-Class matches
--> LH Compton (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 1
--> JJ Warr reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> R Smith reached 900 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex second innings

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