f21513 cc10784	Essex v Yorkshire
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea on 22nd, 23rd, 24th August 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Yorkshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 5 wickets
Points	Essex 12; Yorkshire 4
Umpires	JS Buller, WFF Price
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 57/3 (Insole 19*, Williams 12*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 79/4 (Williams 24*, Bear 3*)

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FA Lowson	b R Smith	11
*WHH Sutcliffe	b Preston	3
JV Wilson	c Bear b R Smith	65
DEV Padgett	b R Smith	13
W Watson	not out	83
R Illingworth	st Taylor b Greensmith	3
JH Wardle	b Greensmith	5
FS Trueman	c Bear b Greensmith	28
+JG Binks	st Taylor b Greensmith	0
R Appleyard	b Greensmith	1
RK Platt	c Insole b Greensmith	11
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 79.4 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-32, 3-46, 4-129, 5-137, 6-143, 7-197, 8-198, 9-200, 10-224 (79.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	7	3	16	1	-	-
Bailey	13	6	17	0	-	-
Ralph	12	3	32	0	-	-
R Smith	27	5	88	3	-	-
Greensmith	20.4	2	70	6	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Trueman b Platt	10
WT Greensmith	b Platt	1
+B Taylor	c Lowson b Platt	14
*DJ Insole	st Binks b Platt	23
CCP Williams	c Binks b Illingworth	48
MJ Bear	c Sutcliffe b Appleyard	6
GJ Smith	lbw b Wardle	8
R Smith	c Trueman b Illingworth	4
LHR Ralph	c Sutcliffe b Illingworth	16
JA Bailey	b Illingworth	1
KC Preston	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 69.4 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-19, 3-32, 4-73, 5-82, 6-97, 7-110, 8-123, 9-130, 10-139 (69.4 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	16	5	26	0	-	-
Platt	17	8	25	4	-	-
Appleyard	15	5	27	1	-	-
Wardle	15	6	30	1	-	-
Illingworth	6.4	0	23	4	-	-

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Yorkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FA Lowson	c Taylor b Bailey	4
*WHH Sutcliffe	c R Smith b Preston	6
JV Wilson	c Bailey b Preston	13
DEV Padgett	c and b Preston	17
W Watson	not out	25
R Illingworth	c Insole b Bailey	1
JH Wardle	not out	17
FS Trueman	did not bat
+JG Binks	did not bat
R Appleyard	did not bat
RK Platt	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 18 overs)	83
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-17, 3-23, 4-52, 5-61

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	9	0	60	3	-	-
Bailey	9	3	23	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Sutcliffe b Wardle	9
WT Greensmith	lbw b Trueman	0
+B Taylor	c Padgett b Wardle	37
*DJ Insole	b Appleyard	25
CCP Williams	b Appleyard	60
MJ Bear	not out	14
R Smith	not out	14
GJ Smith	did not bat
LHR Ralph	did not bat
JA Bailey	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(5 wickets, 43.5 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-21, 3-70, 4-93, 5-151

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	5.5	1	22	1	-	-
Platt	2	1	1	0	-	-
Appleyard	15	2	49	2	-	-
Wardle	12	2	59	2	-	-
Illingworth	9	2	28	0	-	-

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Notes
--> W Watson (1) passed 14500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 44
--> R Smith (2) passed 12000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> KC Preston reached 500 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Yorkshire second innings

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