f21476 cc10751	Worcestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1956
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 4th, 6th, 7th August 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Worcestershire 4; Essex 0
Umpires	P Corrall, EA Roberts
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 15/2 (Greensmith 4*, Taylor 0*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 42/3 (Taylor 23*, Insole 1*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	st Taylor b Greensmith	49
*PE Richardson	c and b Dodds	147
LF Outschoorn	b Preston	45
G Dews	c Taylor b Bailey	19
DW Richardson	c and b Bailey	32
MJ Horton	c and b Bailey	11
RO Jenkins	c Savill b Greensmith	15
+R Booth	b R Smith	1
R Berry	run out	2
DB Pearson	b R Smith	0
KJ Aldridge	not out	1
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 107.3 overs)	331
Fall of wickets:
1-89, 2-234, 3-250, 4-296, 5-312, 6-313, 7-314, 8-316, 9-317, 10-331 (107.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	20	7	48	1	-	-
Bailey	29	2	72	3	-	-
Greensmith	21.3	3	76	2	-	-
R Smith	25	3	75	2	-	-
Insole	3	1	11	0	-	-
Knight	3	0	13	0	-	-
Dodds	6	0	27	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c DW Richardson b Pearson	2
WT Greensmith	lbw b Berry	5
LA Savill	b Aldridge	9
+B Taylor	c Berry b Aldridge	34
*DJ Insole	c DW Richardson b Horton	56
MJ Bear	b Aldridge	4
GJ Smith	b Pearson	52
BR Knight	st Booth b Jenkins	4
R Smith	st Booth b Jenkins	0
JA Bailey	b Pearson	5
KC Preston	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 95.5 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-15, 3-37, 4-56, 5-92, 6-134, 7-143, 8-145, 9-177, 10-178 (95.5 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Aldridge	21	9	40	3	-	-
Pearson	17.5	8	36	3	-	-
Horton	34	16	58	1	-	-
Berry	12	6	16	1	-	-
Jenkins	11	4	21	2	-	-

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Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Aldridge	0
WT Greensmith	not out	31
+B Taylor	not out	31
LA Savill	did not bat
*DJ Insole	did not bat
MJ Bear	did not bat
GJ Smith	did not bat
BR Knight	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
JA Bailey	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(1 wicket, 23 overs)	63
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Dodds)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Aldridge	3	1	11	1	-	-
Pearson	3	2	1	0	-	-
Horton	3	1	5	0	-	-
Jenkins	4	0	14	0	-	-
DW Richardson	6	2	16	0	-	-
PE Richardson	2	1	4	0	-	-
Kenyon	2	0	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PE Richardson (1) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 114
--> GJ Smith (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 35
--> B Taylor (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> R Smith reached 1200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> KJ Aldridge achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 3-43)
--> KJ Aldridge achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 3-43)
--> DB Pearson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 1-4)

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