f19942 cc9863	Hampshire v Essex
	County Championship 1953
Venue	County Ground, Southampton on 2nd, 4th, 5th May 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Hampshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Hampshire won by 172 runs
Points	Hampshire 12; Essex 0
Umpires	JJ Hills, WFF Price
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 61/4 (Insole 19*, Bailey 8*)
Close of play day 2	Hampshire (2) 218/8 (Dare 16*, Cannings 2*)

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Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NH Rogers	c Dodds b Smith	72
JR Gray	c Gibb b Preston	7
G Hill	b Bailey	56
+L Harrison	b Bailey	6
AWH Rayment	run out	3
*EDR Eagar	b Smith	19
D Shackleton	lbw b Preston	0
RO Prouton	b Bailey	5
RA Dare	lbw b Bailey	6
VHD Cannings	b Bailey	3
CJ Knott	not out	3
Extras	(3 b, 11 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 80 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-113, 3-126, 4-148, 5-172, 6-174, 7-174, 8-186, 9-190, 10-194 (80 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	22	7	53	5	-	-
Preston	15	1	47	2	-	-
Smith	23	7	48	2	-	-
Greensmith	19	7	32	0	-	-
Avery	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Shackleton	0
AV Avery	run out	14
+PA Gibb	c Prouton b Shackleton	7
R Horsfall	b Knott	10
*DJ Insole	c Rayment b Dare	32
TE Bailey	c Prouton b Dare	45
R Smith	b Knott	29
FH Vigar	c Gray b Knott	2
C Griffiths	b Dare	0
WT Greensmith	c Gray b Knott	5
KC Preston	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 5 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 71.3 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-16, 3-28, 4-39, 5-93, 6-136, 7-139, 8-139, 9-152, 10-152 (71.3 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shackleton	14	3	37	2	-	-
Cannings	16	9	16	0	-	-
Knott	23	5	52	4	-	-
Dare	18.3	5	39	3	-	-

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Hampshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NH Rogers	c Vigar b Greensmith	32
JR Gray	b Bailey	2
G Hill	b Bailey	6
+L Harrison	b Preston	84
AWH Rayment	c Vigar b Greensmith	19
*EDR Eagar	b Bailey	24
D Shackleton	b Greensmith	6
RO Prouton	c Dodds b Bailey	9
RA Dare	not out	35
VHD Cannings	c Vigar b Preston	6
CJ Knott	not out	17
Extras	(12 b, 6 lb, 5 nb)	23
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 89 overs)	263
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-13, 3-100, 4-158, 5-158, 6-165, 7-193, 8-208, 9-231

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	25	4	76	4	-	-
Preston	26	6	63	2	-	-
Smith	14	1	47	0	-	-
Greensmith	24	8	54	3	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Eagar b Shackleton	6
AV Avery	b Dare	18
+PA Gibb	c Rogers b Knott	22
R Horsfall	b Knott	17
*DJ Insole	c Gray b Knott	15
TE Bailey	b Cannings	7
R Smith	b Knott	0
FH Vigar	not out	19
C Griffiths	c Cannings b Hill	15
WT Greensmith	c Prouton b Hill	0
KC Preston	c Prouton b Knott	1
Extras	(7 b, 6 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 66.5 overs)	133
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-48, 3-48, 4-73, 5-90, 6-90, 7-102, 8-128, 9-132, 10-133 (66.5 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shackleton	10	3	24	1	-	-
Cannings	12	4	21	1	-	-
Knott	21.5	7	41	5	-	-
Dare	18	8	27	1	-	-
Hill	5	2	7	2	-	-

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Notes
--> G Hill (1) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> D Shackleton reached 600 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings
--> VHD Cannings reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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