f23649 cc11769	Warwickshire v Essex
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 29th April, 1st, 2nd May 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Warwickshire 4 (Batting 2); Essex 0
Umpires	JG Langridge, FS Lee
Close of play day 1	Warwickshire (1) 25/0 (Khalid Ibadulla 10*, Ratcliffe 15*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 18/0 (Barker 15*, Smith 3*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c Khalid Ibadulla b Thompson	56
GJ Smith	c Khalid Ibadulla b Thompson	7
+B Taylor	c Bridge b Carter	32
*TE Bailey	not out	117
MJ Bear	c Carter b Bridge	14
JH Purves	b Bridge	1
LA Savill	c Ratcliffe b Bridge	23
WT Greensmith	c Carter b Cartwright	2
BR Knight	lbw b Bridge	51
PJ Phelan	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb)	8
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 118 overs)	311
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-88, 3-112, 4-155, 5-157, 6-195, 7-197, 8-311 (118 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bannister	22	11	59	0	-	-
Thompson	21	7	61	2	-	-
Cartwright	20	3	61	1	-	-
Carter	23	8	49	1	-	-
Bridge	32	9	73	4	-	-

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Khalid Ibadulla	c Taylor b Bailey	20
DP Ratcliffe	c Purves b Bailey	18
WJP Stewart	c Taylor b Knight	48
*MJK Smith	c Savill b Knight	145
TW Cartwright	c Knight b Preston	10
RE Hitchcock	b Bailey	83
+AC Smith	c Taylor b Knight	16
WB Bridge	c Taylor b Preston	0
JD Bannister	b Bailey	2
RG Carter	not out	5
RG Thompson	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 105.1 overs)	354
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-39, 3-106, 4-136, 5-296, 6-332, 7-333, 8-347, 9-354 (105.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	26	5	91	3	-	-
Preston	35	6	94	2	-	-
Phelan	17	3	84	0	-	-
Bailey	23.1	4	71	4	-	-
Greensmith	4	1	7	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	not out	15
GJ Smith	not out	3
+B Taylor	did not bat
*TE Bailey	did not bat
MJ Bear	did not bat
JH Purves	did not bat
LA Savill	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
BR Knight	did not bat
PJ Phelan	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 6 overs)	18

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bannister	3	2	3	0	-	-
Thompson	3	0	15	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> JH Purves made his debut in County Championship matches
--> G Barker (1) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 36
--> LA Savill (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> DP Ratcliffe (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in County Championship matches
--> WJP Stewart (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> MJK Smith (1) passed 15500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> RE Hitchcock (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 70

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