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| Venue | Edgbaston, Birmingham on 10th, 11th, 12th July 1957 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Warwickshire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Warwickshire 4 (Batting 2); Essex 0 |
| Umpires | CAR Coleman, D Davies |
| Close of play day 1 | Essex (1) 5/1 (Barker 2*, Ralph 2*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (1) 185/6 (Savill 37*, Smith 6*) |
| Warwickshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FC Gardner | b Insole | 68 | |||||
| NF Horner | c Dodds b Preston | 44 | |||||
| WJP Stewart | b Insole | 30 | |||||
| *MJK Smith | not out | 85 | |||||
| A Townsend | lbw b Preston | 31 | |||||
| +RT Spooner | not out | 22 | |||||
| Khalid Ibadulla | did not bat | ||||||
| Swaranjit Singh | did not bat | ||||||
| E Leadbeater | did not bat | ||||||
| RG Carter | did not bat | ||||||
| SS Griffiths | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 b, 1 lb, 1 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 97 overs) | 289 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-77, 2-137, 3-158, 4-215 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Preston | 29 | 3 | 72 | 2 | - | - | |
| Ralph | 23 | 4 | 72 | 0 | - | - | |
| King | 13 | 6 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| Insole | 19 | 4 | 49 | 2 | - | - | |
| Greensmith | 10 | 3 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TC Dodds | c Khalid Ibadulla b Carter | 0 | |||||
| G Barker | b Griffiths | 3 | |||||
| LHR Ralph | c Spooner b Griffiths | 9 | |||||
| +B Taylor | lbw b Townsend | 23 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | b Swaranjit Singh | 80 | |||||
| LA Savill | b Griffiths | 78 | |||||
| MJ Bear | b Swaranjit Singh | 12 | |||||
| GJ Smith | lbw b Carter | 22 | |||||
| WT Greensmith | lbw b Carter | 1 | |||||
| KC Preston | c and b Khalid Ibadulla | 9 | |||||
| IM King | not out | 6 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 15 lb, 2 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 113.1 overs) | 261 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-16, 3-30, 4-60, 5-145, 6-169, 7-226, 8-228, 9-243, 10-261 (113.1 ov) | |||||||
| Warwickshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Carter | 25 | 6 | 55 | 3 | - | - | |
| Griffiths | 19.1 | 3 | 53 | 3 | - | - | |
| Townsend | 12 | 1 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |
| Leadbeater | 13 | 2 | 44 | 0 | - | - | |
| Khalid Ibadulla | 27 | 7 | 36 | 1 | - | - | |
| Swaranjit Singh | 17 | 6 | 25 | 2 | - | - | |
| Warwickshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FC Gardner | c and b Ralph | 8 | |||||
| NF Horner | run out | 6 | |||||
| WJP Stewart | c Preston b Ralph | 18 | |||||
| *MJK Smith | c Preston b Ralph | 2 | |||||
| A Townsend | lbw b Preston | 5 | |||||
| +RT Spooner | b Ralph | 4 | |||||
| Khalid Ibadulla | b Ralph | 0 | |||||
| Swaranjit Singh | c King b Preston | 7 | |||||
| E Leadbeater | lbw b Preston | 1 | |||||
| RG Carter | not out | 1 | |||||
| SS Griffiths | lbw b Preston | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 nb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 24.5 overs) | 53 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-20, 3-26, 4-35, 5-41, 6-41, 7-43, 8-50, 9-53, 10-53 (24.5 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Preston | 12.5 | 4 | 30 | 4 | - | - | |
| Ralph | 12 | 2 | 22 | 5 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TC Dodds | run out | 8 | |||||
| G Barker | c Spooner b Griffiths | 8 | |||||
| +B Taylor | run out | 0 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | b Carter | 16 | |||||
| KC Preston | b Griffiths | 15 | |||||
| GJ Smith | lbw b Griffiths | 9 | |||||
| LHR Ralph | not out | 2 | |||||
| WT Greensmith | run out | 1 | |||||
| LA Savill | not out | 1 | |||||
| MJ Bear | did not bat | ||||||
| IM King | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 1 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 15 overs) | 66 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-20, 2-20, 3-20, 4-44, 5-62, 6-62, 7-64 | |||||||
| Warwickshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Carter | 8 | 0 | 36 | 1 | - | - | |
| Griffiths | 7 | 0 | 24 | 3 | - | - | |
Notes
--> FC Gardner (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 35
--> NF Horner (1) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 43
--> MJK Smith (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 29
--> MJK Smith (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 81
--> LA Savill (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 52
--> KC Preston (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> RG Carter reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> SS Griffiths achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 3-45)
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