f24905 cc12435	Lancashire v Essex
	County Championship 1963
Venue	Stanley Park, Blackpool on 31st July, 1st, 2nd August 1963 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Lancashire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Lancashire 0; Essex 2
Umpires	A Jepson, FS Lee
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 69/2 (Barker 45*, Phelan 1*)
Close of play day 2	Lancashire (2) 133/3 (Grieves 25*, Marner 34*)

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Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Pullar	lbw b Bailey	18
R Bennett	c Barker b Preston	44
JD Bond	c Hobbs b Preston	3
*KJ Grieves	c Fletcher b Preston	39
PT Marner	c Hobbs b Bailey	5
BJ Booth	b Preston	13
+G Clayton	b Hobbs	13
JB Statham	c Taylor b Preston	6
K Higgs	c Taylor b Hobbs	22
T Greenhough	not out	22
C Hilton	b Phelan	0
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 85.5 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-64, 3-74, 4-82, 5-107, 6-126, 7-136, 8-165, 9-180, 10-187 (85.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	20	6	41	0	-	-
Bailey	23	7	38	2	-	-
Edmeades	5	0	21	0	-	-
Preston	30	6	54	5	-	-
Phelan	4.5	2	9	1	-	-
Hobbs	3	0	22	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Bear	b Statham	0
GJ Smith	c Bond b Greenhough	21
G Barker	b Greenhough	118
PJ Phelan	c Clayton b Greenhough	9
BR Knight	c Clayton b Hilton	2
*TE Bailey	c Marner b Greenhough	2
KWR Fletcher	c Clayton b Grieves	33
+B Taylor	b Statham	25
BEA Edmeades	c Bond b Greenhough	6
RNS Hobbs	c Hilton b Greenhough	10
KC Preston	not out	1
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 6 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 95.2 overs)	239
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-63, 3-93, 4-96, 5-117, 6-174, 7-203, 8-227, 9-237, 10-239 (95.2 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	22	3	55	2	-	-
Hilton	15	3	47	1	-	-
Greenhough	34.2	14	60	6	-	-
Higgs	15	6	38	0	-	-
Grieves	9	2	27	1	-	-

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Lancashire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Pullar	run out	41
R Bennett	lbw b Bailey	7
JD Bond	c Smith b Phelan	24
*KJ Grieves	c Preston b Knight	40
PT Marner	c Taylor b Preston	63
BJ Booth	st Taylor b Hobbs	12
+G Clayton	lbw b Knight	32
JB Statham	c Preston b Knight	11
K Higgs	b Knight	11
T Greenhough	not out	9
C Hilton	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 nb)	6
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 96.3 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-64, 3-82, 4-156, 5-189, 6-189, 7-228, 8-243, 9-256 (96.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	21.3	3	61	4	-	-
Bailey	16	5	41	1	-	-
Preston	14	3	31	1	-	-
Phelan	27	6	75	1	-	-
Hobbs	18	5	42	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Bear	b Higgs	12
GJ Smith	c Statham b Higgs	29
G Barker	not out	54
BR Knight	run out	10
KWR Fletcher	not out	12
PJ Phelan	did not bat
*TE Bailey	did not bat
+B Taylor	did not bat
BEA Edmeades	did not bat
RNS Hobbs	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb)	10
Total	(3 wickets, 40 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-56, 3-94

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	9	1	11	0	-	-
Greenhough	6	3	18	0	-	-
Higgs	12	2	39	2	-	-
Grieves	5	3	12	0	-	-
Booth	5	0	18	0	-	-
Pullar	3	0	19	0	-	-

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Notes
--> G Clayton (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 1
--> G Barker (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 5
--> G Barker (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 108
--> KWR Fletcher (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 20
--> MJ Bear (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 4
--> K Higgs reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings

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