f21774 cc10873	Essex v Lancashire
	County Championship 1957
Venue	Old County Ground, Brentwood on 12th, 13th, 14th June 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 7 wickets
Points	Essex 14 (Batting 2); Lancashire 0
Umpires	RSM Lay, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 76/2 (Taylor 31*, Ralph 0*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 149/8 (Edrich 49*, Tattersall 0*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GA Edrich	c Taylor b Ralph	31
A Wharton	c Taylor b Preston	1
JT Ikin	c Bailey b Ralph	22
KJ Grieves	c Bailey b Preston	13
G Pullar	b Bailey	23
R Collins	b Ralph	8
MJ Hilton	b Preston	43
+J Jordan	lbw b King	23
JB Statham	c Ralph b Preston	7
R Tattersall	not out	0
T Greenhough	b Preston	0
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 77.2 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-45, 3-58, 4-90, 5-90, 6-104, 7-166, 8-170, 9-177, 10-177 (77.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	20	8	38	1	-	-
Preston	21.2	7	35	5	-	-
Ralph	22	5	54	3	-	-
King	7	2	16	1	-	-
Greensmith	3	0	16	0	-	-
Insole	4	1	12	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Collins b Statham	4
G Barker	b Statham	40
+B Taylor	c Statham b Hilton	34
LHR Ralph	c Edrich b Hilton	27
*DJ Insole	b Greenhough	36
TE Bailey	c Statham b Tattersall	34
MJ Bear	b Greenhough	0
GJ Smith	c Edrich b Tattersall	3
WT Greensmith	lbw b Greenhough	5
KC Preston	b Wharton	14
IM King	not out	2
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 81.3 overs)	211
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-76, 3-95, 4-133, 5-180, 6-184, 7-188, 8-188, 9-194, 10-211 (81.3 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	22	6	39	2	-	-
Wharton	4.3	1	12	1	-	-
Tattersall	22	10	43	2	-	-
Hilton	11	3	39	2	-	-
Greenhough	21	7	66	3	-	-
Ikin	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GA Edrich	b Preston	72
A Wharton	c Taylor b Bailey	20
JT Ikin	run out	50
KJ Grieves	lbw b Bailey	1
G Pullar	b Bailey	4
R Collins	c Insole b Greensmith	10
MJ Hilton	lbw b Greensmith	9
+J Jordan	b Preston	5
JB Statham	b Preston	0
R Tattersall	c Taylor b Greensmith	0
T Greenhough	not out	4
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(all out, 83.5 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-101, 3-102, 4-106, 5-123, 6-138, 7-143, 8-143, 9-151, 10-176 (83.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	26	4	53	3	-	-
Preston	13.5	4	36	3	-	-
Ralph	8	3	10	0	-	-
King	9	2	16	0	-	-
Greensmith	27	7	60	3	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Grieves b Hilton	58
G Barker	b Tattersall	10
+B Taylor	not out	51
*DJ Insole	c Jordan b Hilton	0
TE Bailey	not out	23
LHR Ralph	did not bat
MJ Bear	did not bat
GJ Smith	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
IM King	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 nb)	2
Total	(3 wickets, 38.5 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-76, 3-76

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	10	2	28	0	-	-
Wharton	4	0	11	0	-	-
Tattersall	7	3	24	1	-	-
Hilton	13.5	1	52	2	-	-
Greenhough	4	0	27	0	-	-

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Notes
--> G Pullar (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 4
--> TE Bailey reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> IM King reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> MJ Hilton reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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