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| Venue | Edgbaston, Birmingham on 6th, 7th, 8th June 1951 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Warwickshire 0; Essex 4 |
| Umpires | AE Boulton-Carter, A Skelding |
| Scorers | GC Austin (Warwickshire), C Livsey (Essex) |
| Close of play day 1 | Essex (1) 327/8 (R Smith 120*, TPB Smith 30*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Warwickshire (1) 314/9 (Weeks 10*, Hollies 7*) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TC Dodds | b Grove | 7 | |||||
| AV Avery | st Spooner b Hollies | 35 | |||||
| +PA Gibb | lbw b Grove | 56 | |||||
| R Horsfall | lbw b Pritchard | 23 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | run out | 34 | |||||
| R Smith | c Spooner b Pritchard | 132 | 240 | ||||
| C Griffiths | b Hollies | 9 | |||||
| DC Levick | b Hollies | 0 | |||||
| WT Greensmith | lbw b Pritchard | 11 | |||||
| TPB Smith | c and b Grove | 53 | |||||
| KC Preston | not out | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 nb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 155.4 overs) | 366 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15, 2-68, 3-97, 4-144, 5-165, 6-191, 7-203, 8-246, 9-356, 10-366 (155.4 ov) | |||||||
| Warwickshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pritchard | 40 | 8 | 87 | 3 | - | - | |
| Grove | 30.4 | 4 | 85 | 3 | - | - | |
| Hollies | 57 | 18 | 93 | 3 | - | - | |
| Weeks | 11 | 4 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hitchcock | 9 | 0 | 45 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wolton | 6 | 1 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ord | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Warwickshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FC Gardner | run out | 60 | |||||
| +RT Spooner | c Horsfall b TPB Smith | 12 | |||||
| DD Taylor | lbw b TPB Smith | 84 | |||||
| JS Ord | c Preston b Insole | 45 | |||||
| *HE Dollery | c Gibb b TPB Smith | 24 | |||||
| AVG Wolton | b Preston | 1 | |||||
| RE Hitchcock | c Gibb b Greensmith | 39 | |||||
| TL Pritchard | b Preston | 4 | |||||
| CWC Grove | c Greensmith b TPB Smith | 15 | |||||
| RT Weeks | not out | 10 | |||||
| WE Hollies | not out | 7 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b, 5 lb, 1 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 131 overs) | 314 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19, 2-148, 3-165, 4-228, 5-243, 6-258, 7-258, 8-287, 9-301 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Preston | 18 | 3 | 65 | 2 | - | - | |
| R Smith | 19 | 5 | 48 | 0 | - | - | |
| TPB Smith | 51 | 18 | 100 | 4 | - | - | |
| Greensmith | 36 | 11 | 71 | 1 | - | - | |
| Insole | 7 | 1 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TC Dodds | c Taylor b Pritchard | 23 | |||||
| AV Avery | b Pritchard | 3 | |||||
| +PA Gibb | run out | 74 | |||||
| R Horsfall | c Spooner b Grove | 51 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | b Hollies | 14 | |||||
| R Smith | not out | 22 | |||||
| C Griffiths | b Grove | 0 | |||||
| DC Levick | st Spooner b Hollies | 0 | |||||
| WT Greensmith | not out | 0 | |||||
| TPB Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| KC Preston | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 b, 1 lb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 67 overs) | 195 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-25, 2-26, 3-152, 4-159, 5-177, 6-184, 7-189 | |||||||
| Warwickshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pritchard | 11 | 2 | 54 | 2 | - | - | |
| Grove | 16 | 0 | 56 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hollies | 27 | 9 | 47 | 2 | - | - | |
| Weeks | 13 | 2 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Warwickshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FC Gardner | b Preston | 8 | |||||
| +RT Spooner | c Gibb b Preston | 7 | |||||
| DD Taylor | c Gibb b TPB Smith | 15 | |||||
| JS Ord | b TPB Smith | 16 | |||||
| *HE Dollery | c Dodds b TPB Smith | 25 | |||||
| AVG Wolton | not out | 44 | |||||
| RE Hitchcock | b TPB Smith | 0 | |||||
| RT Weeks | c R Smith b TPB Smith | 4 | |||||
| TL Pritchard | not out | 10 | |||||
| CWC Grove | did not bat | ||||||
| WE Hollies | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 49 overs) | 131 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15, 2-16, 3-42, 4-63, 5-80, 6-80, 7-114 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Preston | 9 | 2 | 46 | 2 | - | - | |
| Insole | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| TPB Smith | 20 | 3 | 49 | 5 | - | - | |
| R Smith | 14 | 5 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Greensmith | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> R Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 112 in County Championship matches
--> DD Taylor (1) passed his previous highest score of 66 in County Championship matches
--> RE Hitchcock (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in County Championship matches
--> RE Hitchcock (1) passed his previous highest score of 34 in First-Class matches
--> DJ Insole (2) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> TL Pritchard reached 600 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> TPB Smith reached 1650 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Warwickshire second innings
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