| f21696 | |
| Venue | Valentine's Park, Ilford on 11th, 13th, 14th May 1957 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | West Indians won by 4 wickets |
| Umpires | TJ Bartley, JG Langridge |
| Close of play day 1 | West Indians (1) 44/2 (Walcott 26*, Weekes 2*) |
| Close of play day 2 | West Indians (2) 12/2 (Goddard 4*) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Barker | c Walcott b Atkinson | 34 | |||||
| LA Savill | c Asgarali b Worrell | 0 | |||||
| +B Taylor | c Asgarali b Atkinson | 58 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | c Alexander b Gilchrist | 14 | |||||
| TE Bailey | c Smith b Atkinson | 21 | |||||
| MJ Bear | st Alexander b Atkinson | 17 | |||||
| GJ Smith | c Asgarali b Atkinson | 10 | |||||
| BR Knight | b Atkinson | 6 | |||||
| LHR Ralph | b Atkinson | 19 | |||||
| KC Preston | c Ganteaume b Atkinson | 6 | |||||
| IM King | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (7 lb, 1 nb, 4 w) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 88.2 overs) | 197 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-83, 3-102, 4-120, 5-141, 6-153, 7-160, 8-177, 9-191, 10-197 (88.2 ov) | |||||||
| West Indians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gilchrist | 19 | 4 | 45 | 1 | - | - | |
| Worrell | 14 | 2 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Atkinson | 35.2 | 14 | 58 | 8 | - | - | |
| Valentine | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 17 | 3 | 39 | 0 | - | - | |
| West Indians first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NS Asgarali | b Ralph | 11 | |||||
| AG Ganteaume | c Bailey b Preston | 1 | |||||
| CL Walcott | c Taylor b Bailey | 50 | |||||
| ED Weekes | c and b Bailey | 7 | |||||
| FMM Worrell | c Ralph b Bailey | 0 | |||||
| OG Smith | c Preston b Bailey | 7 | |||||
| DS Atkinson | b Ralph | 0 | |||||
| *JDC Goddard | not out | 8 | |||||
| +FCM Alexander | c Ralph b Bailey | 7 | |||||
| AL Valentine | b Bailey | 6 | |||||
| R Gilchrist | b Preston | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (8 b, 6 lb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 50.3 overs) | 115 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-42, 3-66, 4-68, 5-82, 6-85, 7-85, 8-98, 9-110, 10-115 (50.3 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bailey | 23 | 7 | 37 | 6 | - | - | |
| Preston | 15.3 | 3 | 42 | 2 | - | - | |
| Ralph | 10 | 4 | 14 | 2 | - | - | |
| King | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Barker | c Weekes b Atkinson | 22 | |||||
| LA Savill | b Valentine | 13 | |||||
| +B Taylor | c Asgarali b Atkinson | 22 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | lbw b Goddard | 17 | |||||
| TE Bailey | c Walcott b Goddard | 21 | |||||
| MJ Bear | c and b Goddard | 0 | |||||
| GJ Smith | c Walcott b Goddard | 7 | |||||
| BR Knight | c Alexander b Goddard | 0 | |||||
| LHR Ralph | c Asgarali b Atkinson | 1 | |||||
| KC Preston | c Weekes b Atkinson | 7 | |||||
| IM King | not out | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 2 lb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 66.5 overs) | 121 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-36, 2-36, 3-62, 4-92, 5-93, 6-100, 7-102, 8-103, 9-117, 10-121 (66.5 ov) | |||||||
| West Indians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gilchrist | 8 | 1 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Worrell | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Atkinson | 28.5 | 11 | 55 | 4 | - | - | |
| Valentine | 10 | 3 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| Goddard | 15 | 5 | 20 | 5 | - | - | |
| West Indians second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NS Asgarali | c Bear b Preston | 1 | |||||
| AG Ganteaume | lbw b Bailey | 7 | |||||
| *JDC Goddard | c King b Bailey | 7 | |||||
| +FCM Alexander | b Preston | 0 | |||||
| CL Walcott | c King b Preston | 29 | |||||
| ED Weekes | lbw b Bailey | 59 | |||||
| FMM Worrell | not out | 61 | |||||
| OG Smith | not out | 40 | |||||
| DS Atkinson | did not bat | ||||||
| AL Valentine | did not bat | ||||||
| R Gilchrist | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 64.5 overs) | 204 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-12, 3-15, 4-15, 5-78, 6-125 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bailey | 27 | 12 | 69 | 3 | - | - | |
| Preston | 21.5 | 6 | 57 | 3 | - | - | |
| Ralph | 13 | 2 | 54 | 0 | - | - | |
| King | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Knight | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> DS Atkinson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 7-53)
--> DS Atkinson reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 8th wicket in the Essex first innings
--> JDC Goddard achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 5-31)
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