f22938 cc11504	Essex v Lancashire
	County Championship 1959
Venue	Hoffman's Sports and Social Club Ground, Chelmsford on 29th, 31st August, 1st September 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Lancashire won by 125 runs
Points	Essex 0; Lancashire 14 (Batting 2)
Umpires	LH Gray, WFF Price
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 27/1 (Barker 14*, Taylor 12*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 153/3 (Pullar 82*, Washbrook 30*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Wharton	b Bailey	34
G Pullar	b Ralph	61
JD Bond	lbw b Knight	50
KJ Grieves	lbw b Ralph	0
*C Washbrook	b Knight	16
PT Marner	lbw b Ralph	66
BJ Booth	st Taylor b Ralph	64
+G Clayton	b Ralph	12
JB Statham	b Ralph	6
T Greenhough	b Hurd	16
K Higgs	not out	7
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 104.4 overs)	345
Fall of wickets:
1-63, 2-133, 3-133, 4-164, 5-165, 6-287, 7-302, 8-311, 9-333, 10-345 (104.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	26	3	88	1	-	-
Knight	16	1	67	2	-	-
Ralph	35.4	7	99	6	-	-
Hurd	20	3	52	1	-	-
Greensmith	7	0	26	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LA Savill	lbw b Statham	0
G Barker	lbw b Greenhough	56
+B Taylor	c Statham b Greenhough	81
*DJ Insole	lbw b Statham	6
TE Bailey	c Bond b Statham	29
MJ Bear	lbw b Greenhough	5
GJ Smith	c Bond b Greenhough	2
BR Knight	b Greenhough	0
WT Greensmith	lbw b Greenhough	11
LHR Ralph	not out	12
A Hurd	b Statham	0
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 82.2 overs)	212
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-125, 3-145, 4-151, 5-166, 6-174, 7-174, 8-190, 9-212, 10-212 (82.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	26.2	9	45	4	-	-
Higgs	27	4	71	0	-	-
Greenhough	27	6	82	6	-	-
Wharton	2	0	4	0	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Wharton	c Taylor b Bailey	17
G Pullar	not out	110
JD Bond	c Insole b Ralph	14
KJ Grieves	c Insole b Ralph	7
*C Washbrook	not out	66
PT Marner	did not bat
BJ Booth	did not bat
+G Clayton	did not bat
JB Statham	did not bat
T Greenhough	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 1 nb)	7
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 59 overs)	221
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-64, 3-91

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	23	1	75	1	-	-
Knight	9	2	30	0	-	-
Ralph	15	2	72	2	-	-
Hurd	12	1	37	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LA Savill	c Pullar b Wharton	31
G Barker	c Booth b Statham	17
+B Taylor	b Greenhough	18
*DJ Insole	b Greenhough	19
TE Bailey	lbw b Greenhough	0
MJ Bear	b Statham	25
GJ Smith	c Grieves b Greenhough	4
BR Knight	c Grieves b Greenhough	21
WT Greensmith	c Clayton b Statham	5
LHR Ralph	b Statham	52
A Hurd	not out	20
Extras	(10 b, 3 lb, 4 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 66.4 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-72, 3-78, 4-89, 5-106, 6-124, 7-150, 8-150, 9-156, 10-229 (66.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	23.4	6	64	4	-	-
Higgs	15	5	30	0	-	-
Greenhough	23	1	89	5	-	-
Wharton	5	0	29	1	-	-

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Notes
--> PT Marner (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 34
--> PT Marner (1) passed 3500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 27
--> BJ Booth (1) passed his previous highest score of 62 in first-class matches
--> BJ Booth (1) passed his previous highest score of 62 in County Championship matches
--> BJ Booth (1) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 59
--> A Wharton (2) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 7
--> LA Savill (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 18
--> A Hurd (2) passed his previous highest score of 18 in first-class matches
--> A Hurd (2) passed his previous highest score of 18 in County Championship matches
--> BR Knight reached 100 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> BR Knight reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> T Greenhough reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings

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