f23366 cc11685	Lancashire v Essex
	County Championship 1960
Venue	Stanley Park, Blackpool on 27th, 28th, 29th July 1960 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Lancashire 4 (Batting 2); Essex 0
Umpires	JS Buller, JG Langridge
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 334/9 (Greensmith 21*, Hurd 11*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (1) 358/6 (Clayton 17*, Collins 13*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	lbw b Greenhough	27
GJ Smith	b Higgs	15
+B Taylor	lbw b Collins	25
*DJ Insole	b Higgs	105
TE Bailey	c Bond b Higgs	82
MJ Bear	b Higgs	5
WT Greensmith	not out	21
LHR Ralph	c Clayton b Higgs	0
CB Clarke	c Clayton b Higgs	0
KC Preston	b Hilton	23
A Hurd	not out	11
Extras	(6 b, 12 lb, 2 nb)	20
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 120 overs)	334
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-68, 3-68, 4-267, 5-268, 6-275, 7-275, 8-275, 9-317

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hilton	15	2	56	1	-	-
Higgs	34	10	84	6	-	-
Collins	25	9	53	1	-	-
Greenhough	25	7	62	1	-	-
Barber	14	2	38	0	-	-
Dyson	7	3	21	0	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Pullar	lbw b Preston	82
*RW Barber	c Bailey b Hurd	97
J Dyson	b Ralph	29
KJ Grieves	c Taylor b Preston	52
PT Marner	c Taylor b Preston	42
JD Bond	c Bear b Ralph	8
+G Clayton	not out	17
R Collins	not out	13
C Hilton	did not bat
T Greenhough	did not bat
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 8 lb)	18
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 119 overs)	358
Fall of wickets:
1-181, 2-195, 3-269, 4-304, 5-317, 6-328

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	26	6	65	0	-	-
Ralph	28	2	98	2	-	-
Preston	26	6	57	3	-	-
Clarke	17	3	45	0	-	-
Hurd	16	5	61	1	-	-
Greensmith	6	0	14	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	b Hilton	21
GJ Smith	c Hilton b Dyson	68
+B Taylor	c Bond b Dyson	59
*DJ Insole	c Higgs b Dyson	13
LHR Ralph	c Higgs b Dyson	31
WT Greensmith	b Dyson	7
KC Preston	b Collins	22
MJ Bear	not out	0
TE Bailey	did not bat
CB Clarke	did not bat
A Hurd	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 50.1 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-122, 3-160, 4-170, 5-200, 6-228, 7-228 (50.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hilton	5	2	16	1	-	-
Higgs	7	0	29	0	-	-
Collins	12.1	1	87	1	-	-
Greenhough	15	5	49	0	-	-
Dyson	11	3	40	5	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Pullar	lbw b Ralph	19
*RW Barber	c Clarke b Bailey	5
KJ Grieves	run out	31
PT Marner	b Preston	18
R Collins	b Clarke	32
JD Bond	not out	33
C Hilton	st Taylor b Greensmith	2
T Greenhough	st Taylor b Greensmith	5
K Higgs	b Clarke	1
J Dyson	not out	5
+G Clayton	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb)	6
Total	(8 wickets, 43 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-27, 3-76, 4-77, 5-123, 6-126, 7-136, 8-137

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	10	3	19	1	-	-
Ralph	6	0	51	1	-	-
Preston	3	0	14	1	-	-
Clarke	10	3	31	2	-	-
Hurd	5	2	8	0	-	-
Greensmith	9	1	28	2	-	-

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Notes
--> G Pullar (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 69
--> RW Barber (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 97
--> G Barker (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 20
--> B Taylor (2) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 59
--> PT Marner (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 18
--> K Higgs completed a hat-trick in the Essex first innings (Bear, Ralph, Clarke)

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