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f21902 cc10974	Essex v Middlesex
	County Championship 1957
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 31st July, 1st, 2nd August 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 74 runs
Points	Essex 12; Middlesex 4 (Batting 2)
Umpires	H Elliott, FS Lee
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 115/3 (Robertson 51, Compton 1)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 177/1 (Barker 72, Taylor 46)

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	lbw b Bennett	9
G Barker	c Murray b Warr	3
+B Taylor	b Warr	8
*DJ Insole	lbw b Titmus	31
LA Savill	b Warr	14
MJ Bear	run out	31
WT Greensmith	b Moss	1
LHR Ralph	c Robertson b Compton	1
KC Preston	c Baldry b Titmus	4
JA Bailey	not out	6
IM King	st Murray b Titmus	3
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 57 overs)	115
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-19, 3-24, 4-54, 5-95, 6-100, 7-102, 8-102, 9-106, 10-115 (57 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	12	4	27	1	-	-
Bennett	14	6	21	1	-	-
Warr	15	3	41	3	-	-
Baldry	4	2	7	0	-	-
Titmus	8	5	6	3	-	-
Compton	4	2	9	1	-	-

Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	lbw b Ralph	59
RA Gale	c King b Insole	32
DO Baldry	lbw b Greensmith	27
RJ Hurst	c Ralph b Greensmith	0
DCS Compton	b Ralph	109
AC Walton	lbw b Greensmith	18
FJ Titmus	c Insole b Ralph	14
+JT Murray	c and b Preston	0
D Bennett	c and b Preston	3
*JJ Warr	not out	2
AE Moss	lbw b Ralph	0
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 89.5 overs)	274
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-111, 3-113, 4-143, 5-186, 6-262, 7-263, 8-267, 9-273, 10-274 (89.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	25	7	62	2	-	-
Ralph	21.5	6	62	4	-	-
Bailey	14	4	48	0	-	-
Insole	9	5	14	1	-	-
King	7	1	32	0	-	-
Greensmith	13	2	46	3	-	-

Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c and b Titmus	48
G Barker	lbw b Hurst	117
+B Taylor	b Titmus	46
*DJ Insole	b Bennett	93
LA Savill	run out	32
MJ Bear	run out	1
WT Greensmith	not out	5
LHR Ralph	not out	18
KC Preston	did not bat
JA Bailey	did not bat
IM King	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 7 lb)	17
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 131 overs)	377
Fall of wickets:
1-70, 2-183, 3-285, 4-350, 5-352, 6-355

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	20	3	58	0	-	-
Bennett	6	1	34	1	-	-
Warr	22	5	50	0	-	-
Baldry	5	0	19	0	-	-
Titmus	44	15	104	2	-	-
Compton	5	0	26	0	-	-
Hurst	29	12	69	1	-	-

Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Dodds b Ralph	11
RA Gale	b Greensmith	60
DO Baldry	b Bailey	17
DCS Compton	b Preston	21
AC Walton	c King b Bailey	12
FJ Titmus	c and b Bailey	10
+JT Murray	c Insole b Preston	2
D Bennett	c Ralph b Preston	5
AE Moss	c and b Preston	1
*JJ Warr	not out	1
RJ Hurst	lbw b Preston	0
Extras	(2 lb, 2 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 36 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-72, 3-90, 4-105, 5-123, 6-135, 7-139, 8-140, 9-143, 10-144 (36 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	14	7	42	5	-	-
Ralph	6	0	24	1	-	-
Bailey	10	0	42	3	-	-
Insole	1	0	2	0	-	-
Greensmith	5	1	30	1	-	-

Notes
--> Day 2 Lunch: Middlesex (1) ?/? (Compton 104*, [unknown] ?*)
--> DJ Insole (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 7
--> RA Gale (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 2
--> DCS Compton (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 15
--> AC Walton (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in County Championship matches
--> DJ Insole (2) passed 19500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 44
--> JJ Warr reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> KC Preston reached 650 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Middlesex second innings