f23680 cc11786	Essex v Lancashire
	County Championship 1961
Venue	Old County Ground, Brentwood on 13th, 15th, 16th May 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 0; Lancashire 2
Umpires	AEG Rhodes, DJ Wood
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 57/0 (Pullar 40*, Bolton 17*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 50/0 (Barker 23*, Smith 25*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	b Greenhough	50
GJ Smith	lbw b Statham	4
MJ Bear	lbw b Statham	0
DJ Insole	b Greenhough	14
*TE Bailey	c Grieves b Greenhough	28
J Milner	c Clayton b Higgs	42
BR Knight	b Booth	48
WT Greensmith	b Statham	20
+JF Taylor	c and b Statham	47
PJ Phelan	not out	16
KC Preston	lbw b Greenhough	3
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 85.1 overs)	276
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-11, 3-54, 4-93, 5-100, 6-170, 7-207, 8-214, 9-267, 10-276 (85.1 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	26	9	56	4	-	-
Higgs	25	4	85	1	-	-
Marner	3	1	6	0	-	-
Greenhough	22.1	4	77	4	-	-
Booth	9	0	48	1	-	-

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Pullar	c Smith b Greensmith	88
A Bolton	c Smith b Preston	24
PT Marner	b Knight	44
KJ Grieves	c Preston b Knight	78
*RW Barber	c and b Phelan	38
JD Bond	c Milner b Greensmith	0
BJ Booth	b Bailey	8
+G Clayton	b Knight	8
JB Statham	not out	17
T Greenhough	b Knight	9
K Higgs	c Knight b Bailey	1
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 110.1 overs)	327
Fall of wickets:
1-84, 2-136, 3-174, 4-264, 5-265, 6-286, 7-292, 8-305, 9-322, 10-327 (110.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	28.1	7	53	2	-	-
Knight	28	4	81	4	-	-
Preston	28	3	83	1	-	-
Greensmith	18	1	69	2	-	-
Phelan	8	0	29	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	lbw b Statham	30
GJ Smith	c Marner b Statham	36
MJ Bear	c Bolton b Greenhough	3
DJ Insole	c Clayton b Statham	29
*TE Bailey	c Clayton b Higgs	16
J Milner	run out	24
BR Knight	c Clayton b Statham	6
WT Greensmith	not out	21
+JF Taylor	c Marner b Statham	0
PJ Phelan	c Pullar b Booth	19
KC Preston	c Marner b Booth	7
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 88.4 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-68, 2-71, 3-71, 4-104, 5-132, 6-150, 7-152, 8-152, 9-182, 10-197 (88.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	26	12	38	5	-	-
Higgs	25	7	53	1	-	-
Greenhough	34	9	86	1	-	-
Booth	3.4	0	14	2	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Pullar	c Insole b Knight	7
A Bolton	run out	14
PT Marner	lbw b Bailey	27
KJ Grieves	c Preston b Knight	3
*RW Barber	c sub b Knight	1
JD Bond	not out	29
BJ Booth	c Insole b Knight	2
+G Clayton	c Insole b Knight	9
JB Statham	c Taylor b Knight	0
T Greenhough	not out	24
K Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 2 nb)	4
Total	(8 wickets, 46 overs)	120
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-42, 3-52, 4-54, 5-54, 6-58, 7-74, 8-76

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	16	6	34	1	-	-
Knight	17	4	41	6	-	-
Preston	6	1	23	0	-	-
Greensmith	6	2	14	0	-	-
Phelan	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GJ Smith (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 2
--> JF Taylor (1) equalled his previous highest score of 47 in County Championship matches
--> PT Marner (2) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 3
--> T Greenhough (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> BJ Booth reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings

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