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f19968 cc9881	Essex v Middlesex
	County Championship 1953
Venue	Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea on 16th, 18th, 19th May 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 0; Middlesex 4
Umpires	HG Baldwin, JS Buller
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 29/0 (Robertson 18, Brown 9)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (1) 395 all out

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Edrich b Warr	19
AV Avery	b Titmus	22
+PA Gibb	c Brown b Young	138
R Horsfall	c Compton b Titmus	56
*DJ Insole	c Thompson b Warr	53
FH Vigar	b Bennett	5
R Smith	c Titmus b Bennett	30
C Griffiths	b Young	14
WT Greensmith	lbw b Warr	11
D Watkins	not out	2
KC Preston	b Young	1
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 111.2 overs)	357
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-48, 3-161, 4-255, 5-268, 6-318, 7-332, 8-348, 9-356, 10-357 (111.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	21	4	57	3	-	-
Bennett	23	3	96	2	-	-
Young	27.2	5	73	3	-	-
Titmus	34	6	106	2	-	-
Edrich	6	1	19	0	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Gibb b Preston	41
SM Brown	c Insole b Watkins	100
*WJ Edrich	c Vigar b Insole	166
AW Thompson	c Preston b Vigar	41
HPH Sharp	lbw b Greensmith	1
DO Baldry	c Vigar b Insole	9
D Bennett	c and b Greensmith	6
FJ Titmus	c Gibb b Greensmith	16
+LH Compton	c Watkins b Preston	4
JJ Warr	not out	2
JA Young	c Dodds b Greensmith	0
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 117.4 overs)	395
Fall of wickets:
1-84, 2-192, 3-284, 4-291, 5-332, 6-345, 7-377, 8-392, 9-394, 10-395 (117.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	25	1	93	2	-	-
Smith	24	5	78	0	-	-
Watkins	19	3	76	1	-	-
Greensmith	31.4	9	73	4	-	-
Vigar	5	0	25	1	-	-
Insole	13	3	41	2	-	-

Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Bennett	15
AV Avery	c Compton b Bennett	58
+PA Gibb	b Bennett	31
R Horsfall	c Compton b Bennett	74
*DJ Insole	b Young	1
FH Vigar	b Warr	47
R Smith	c Edrich b Bennett	7
C Griffiths	b Warr	6
WT Greensmith	not out	0
D Watkins	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 72.1 overs)	243
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-107, 3-107, 4-108, 5-219, 6-236, 7-243, 8-243 (72.1 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	21.1	1	86	2	-	-
Bennett	22	4	69	5	-	-
Young	22	6	69	1	-	-
Titmus	7	1	15	0	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	st Gibb b Greensmith	43
SM Brown	lbw b Smith	1
*WJ Edrich	b Smith	62
AW Thompson	c Greensmith b Smith	32
HPH Sharp	st Gibb b Greensmith	2
DO Baldry	b Smith	5
D Bennett	st Gibb b Greensmith	14
+LH Compton	st Gibb b Greensmith	18
JJ Warr	c Gibb b Smith	3
JA Young	not out	6
FJ Titmus	not out	3
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(9 wickets, 48 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-77, 3-136, 4-139, 5-141, 6-149, 7-175, 8-184, 9-184

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	6	0	37	0	-	-
Smith	22	2	70	5	-	-
Watkins	3	0	28	0	-	-
Greensmith	17	0	54	4	-	-

Notes
--> PA Gibb (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 98
--> R Horsfall (1) passed 6500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 19
--> WJ Edrich (1) passed 27500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 123
--> AW Thompson (1) passed 6000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 13
--> DO Baldry made his debut in first-class matches
--> DO Baldry made his debut in County Championship matches
--> R Smith (2) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 4
--> D Bennett reached 100 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex second innings