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| Venue | Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea on 1st, 2nd, 3rd August 1951 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Essex 2; Sussex 2 |
| Umpires | HG Baldwin, A Skelding |
| Close of play day 1 | Essex (1) 314 all out |
| Close of play day 2 | Sussex (1) 312/5 (James 37*, Wood 29*) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TC Dodds | lbw b Wood | 21 | |||||
| AV Avery | run out | 67 | |||||
| +PA Gibb | lbw b Oakes | 60 | |||||
| R Horsfall | lbw b Cornford | 29 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | b Wood | 5 | |||||
| R Smith | c Sheppard b Wood | 18 | |||||
| FH Vigar | c Webb b James | 46 | |||||
| SC Eve | b Wood | 2 | |||||
| WT Greensmith | st Webb b Oakes | 20 | |||||
| TPB Smith | not out | 28 | |||||
| KC Preston | st Webb b James | 5 | |||||
| Extras | (9 b, 2 lb, 2 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 122.5 overs) | 314 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-29, 2-147, 3-175, 4-185, 5-199, 6-215, 7-217, 8-279, 9-293, 10-314 (122.5 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wood | 31 | 8 | 82 | 4 | - | - | |
| Cornford | 24 | 3 | 66 | 1 | - | - | |
| James | 33.5 | 16 | 51 | 2 | - | - | |
| Oakman | 15 | 2 | 42 | 0 | - | - | |
| Oakes | 19 | 3 | 60 | 2 | - | - | |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Langridge | b Preston | 10 | |||||
| DS Sheppard | b R Smith | 96 | |||||
| C Oakes | run out | 41 | |||||
| GHG Doggart | b Insole | 37 | |||||
| *J Langridge | b Preston | 39 | |||||
| PDS Blake | b Preston | 5 | |||||
| ASM Oakman | c TPB Smith b Insole | 6 | |||||
| AE James | c Horsfall b Vigar | 37 | |||||
| +RT Webb | lbw b Insole | 0 | |||||
| DJ Wood | not out | 31 | |||||
| JH Cornford | c R Smith b Vigar | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 5 lb, 2 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 127 overs) | 314 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-25, 2-151, 3-151, 4-233, 5-239, 6-245, 7-250, 8-253, 9-314, 10-314 (127 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Preston | 33 | 5 | 88 | 3 | - | - | |
| R Smith | 17 | 7 | 42 | 1 | - | - | |
| Insole | 21 | 4 | 50 | 3 | - | - | |
| Greensmith | 21 | 8 | 48 | 0 | - | - | |
| TPB Smith | 28 | 4 | 61 | 0 | - | - | |
| Vigar | 7 | 0 | 13 | 2 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TC Dodds | b Wood | 19 | |||||
| AV Avery | c Doggart b Oakes | 62 | |||||
| +PA Gibb | c and b Oakman | 59 | |||||
| R Horsfall | not out | 52 | |||||
| R Smith | not out | 27 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | did not bat | ||||||
| FH Vigar | did not bat | ||||||
| SC Eve | did not bat | ||||||
| WT Greensmith | did not bat | ||||||
| TPB Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| KC Preston | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 1 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, declared, 56.5 overs) | 225 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-28, 2-107, 3-183 | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wood | 8 | 2 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cornford | 8 | 0 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| James | 7 | 2 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Oakes | 10 | 1 | 48 | 1 | - | - | |
| Oakman | 16 | 1 | 56 | 1 | - | - | |
| Doggart | 7.5 | 1 | 40 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sussex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Langridge | st Gibb b Insole | 17 | |||||
| DS Sheppard | c Greensmith b R Smith | 66 | |||||
| C Oakes | c Preston b Greensmith | 21 | |||||
| GHG Doggart | b Greensmith | 26 | |||||
| PDS Blake | lbw b Vigar | 1 | |||||
| ASM Oakman | not out | 1 | |||||
| DJ Wood | not out | 1 | |||||
| *J Langridge | did not bat | ||||||
| AE James | did not bat | ||||||
| +RT Webb | did not bat | ||||||
| JH Cornford | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 w) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 31 overs) | 134 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-47, 2-100, 3-120, 4-127, 5-134 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Preston | 7 | 0 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Insole | 8 | 1 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| Greensmith | 9 | 2 | 38 | 2 | - | - | |
| R Smith | 5 | 0 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| Vigar | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> PDS Blake made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> AV Avery (1) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 22
--> PA Gibb (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 32
--> PA Gibb (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 2
--> J Langridge (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 38
--> DJ Wood (1) passed his previous highest score of 26 in County Championship matches
--> DJ Wood (1) equalled his previous highest score of 31 in First-Class matches
--> R Smith (2) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
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