f21392 cc10680	Essex v Middlesex
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea on 4th, 5th, 6th July 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 115 runs
Points	Essex 0; Middlesex 12
Umpires	DE Davies, H Elliott
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 260/8 (Warr 5*, Hurst 0*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 18/1 (Barker 9*, Ralph 1*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Dodds b Bailey	89
DA Bick	c Taylor b Ralph	45
*WJ Edrich	b Bailey	3
RW Hooker	c Taylor b Bailey	0
+JT Murray	c GJ Smith b Bailey	5
FJ Titmus	b Bailey	46
D Bennett	c Taylor b Bailey	43
PH Parfitt	c Dodds b R Smith	13
JJ Warr	not out	5
RJ Hurst	not out	0
T Angus	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 88 overs)	260
Fall of wickets:
1-143, 2-143, 3-144, 4-148, 5-153, 6-231, 7-248, 8-260

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	23	5	46	6	-	-
Preston	16	4	43	0	-	-
Ralph	14	2	58	1	-	-
R Smith	11	2	32	1	-	-
Insole	13	1	40	0	-	-
Greensmith	11	3	30	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Angus b Bennett	29
G Barker	c Robertson b Warr	7
+B Taylor	b Bennett	17
*DJ Insole	c Edrich b Angus	4
TE Bailey	c Titmus b Hooker	4
GJ Smith	b Angus	3
BR Knight	c Murray b Angus	12
WT Greensmith	lbw b Bennett	40
R Smith	c Murray b Warr	0
LHR Ralph	b Bennett	12
KC Preston	not out	5
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 50 overs)	133
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-44, 3-57, 4-57, 5-64, 6-64, 7-94, 8-95, 9-128, 10-133 (50 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	15	2	47	2	-	-
Bennett	10	3	36	4	-	-
Angus	17	4	31	3	-	-
Hooker	8	2	19	1	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Bailey b Ralph	28
DA Bick	b Knight	64
PH Parfitt	c Taylor b R Smith	56
*WJ Edrich	b Bailey	25
RW Hooker	b R Smith	8
+JT Murray	c Insole b Bailey	28
FJ Titmus	not out	11
D Bennett	not out	1
JJ Warr	did not bat
RJ Hurst	did not bat
T Angus	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 48 overs)	225
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-123, 3-165, 4-184, 5-185, 6-217

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	16	3	77	2	-	-
Preston	6	0	16	0	-	-
Ralph	8	1	37	1	-	-
R Smith	7	0	27	2	-	-
Insole	7	0	36	0	-	-
Knight	4	0	28	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Bennett	3
G Barker	c Edrich b Warr	89
LHR Ralph	c Hurst b Angus	6
+B Taylor	c Hooker b Warr	0
*DJ Insole	run out	4
TE Bailey	not out	74
GJ Smith	b Hurst	22
BR Knight	c Robertson b Bennett	12
WT Greensmith	c Murray b Bennett	1
R Smith	c Hooker b Angus	16
KC Preston	b Angus	0
Extras	(5 lb, 1 nb, 4 w)	10
Total	(all out, 96.5 overs)	237
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-29, 3-29, 4-74, 5-147, 6-183, 7-203, 8-205, 9-237, 10-237 (96.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	28	5	55	2	-	-
Bennett	19	5	62	3	-	-
Angus	16.5	6	35	3	-	-
Hooker	3	0	14	0	-	-
Titmus	21	11	41	0	-	-
Hurst	9	3	20	1	-	-

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Notes
--> T Angus made his debut in First-Class matches
--> T Angus made his debut in County Championship matches
--> DA Bick (1) passed his previous highest score of 33 in First-Class matches
--> DA Bick (1) passed his previous highest score of 33 in County Championship matches
--> TE Bailey (1) passed 13500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> DA Bick (2) passed his previous highest score of 45 in First-Class matches
--> DA Bick (2) passed his previous highest score of 45 in County Championship matches
--> TE Bailey reached 600 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> TE Bailey reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Middlesex second innings
--> RJ Hurst reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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