f22849 cc11425	Leicestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1959
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 22nd, 23rd, 24th July 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 6 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 0; Essex 14 (Batting 2)
Umpires	JF Crapp, N Oldfield
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), CV Jenkinson (Essex)
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 57/1 (Barker 31*, Taylor 20*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 113/1 (Watson 64*, Phillips 26*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	c Taylor b Knight	0
*W Watson	b Knight	5
EF Phillips	c Taylor b Greensmith	55
J van Geloven	c Taylor b Bailey	7
AC Revill	c Bailey b Ralph	33
GW Burch	c Bailey b Clarke	54
+R Julian	c Bailey b Greensmith	1
RC Smith	b Clarke	2
RL Pratt	c Greensmith b Clarke	80
CT Spencer	c Clarke b Knight	24
JS Savage	not out	16
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 102 overs)	290
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-11, 3-45, 4-90, 5-134, 6-136, 7-145, 8-176, 9-246, 10-290 (102 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	23	7	69	3	-	-
Ralph	25	11	55	1	-	-
Bailey	6	1	14	1	-	-
Greensmith	23	5	74	2	-	-
Clarke	18	4	50	3	-	-
Hurd	7	1	15	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	not out	157
LA Savill	c Julian b Spencer	4
+B Taylor	c Burch b Pratt	49
J Milner	b Savage	135
LHR Ralph	not out	17
*TE Bailey	did not bat
MJ Bear	did not bat
BR Knight	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
CB Clarke	did not bat
A Hurd	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb, 1 w)	13
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 101 overs)	375
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-98, 3-350

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	22	3	73	1	-	-
Pratt	18	4	72	1	-	-
van Geloven	15	2	54	0	-	-
Savage	33	8	117	1	-	-
Smith	13	1	46	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	c Barker b Ralph	14
*W Watson	b Greensmith	110
EF Phillips	b Greensmith	34
J van Geloven	c Ralph b Hurd	17
GW Burch	st Taylor b Greensmith	34
AC Revill	c and b Clarke	10
+R Julian	b Greensmith	0
RL Pratt	c Ralph b Clarke	4
RC Smith	not out	1
CT Spencer	c Barker b Greensmith	9
JS Savage	c Ralph b Clarke	0
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 94.2 overs)	243
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-126, 3-170, 4-196, 5-225, 6-225, 7-233, 8-233, 9-243, 10-243 (94.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	9	2	20	0	-	-
Ralph	9	4	15	1	-	-
Greensmith	26	3	74	5	-	-
Clarke	25.2	5	62	3	-	-
Hurd	25	8	62	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	hit wkt b Spencer	14
+B Taylor	b Savage	26
J Milner	c Watson b Smith	11
*TE Bailey	not out	46
MJ Bear	c Watson b Savage	0
BR Knight	not out	57
LA Savill	did not bat
LHR Ralph	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
CB Clarke	did not bat
A Hurd	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 w)	5
Total	(4 wickets, 44.3 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-52, 3-52, 4-53

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	9	1	40	1	-	-
Pratt	6	1	28	0	-	-
van Geloven	5	2	13	0	-	-
Savage	17	3	51	2	-	-
Smith	6	2	16	1	-	-
Watson	1.3	0	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> EF Phillips (1) passed his previous highest score of 45 in First-Class matches
--> EF Phillips (1) passed his previous highest score of 45 in County Championship matches
--> CT Spencer (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 21
--> G Barker (1) equalled his previous highest score of 157 in First-Class matches
--> G Barker (1) equalled his previous highest score of 157 in County Championship matches
--> G Barker (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 69
--> J Milner (1) passed his previous highest score of 79 in First-Class matches
--> J Milner (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> J Milner (1) passed his previous highest score of 79 in County Championship matches
--> J Milner (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> W Watson (2) passed 15000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 24
--> GW Burch (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> B Taylor (2) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> WT Greensmith reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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