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| Venue | Edgbaston, Birmingham on 28th, 30th June, 1st July 1952 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Warwickshire won by 10 wickets |
| Points | Warwickshire 12; Essex 0 |
| Umpires | P Corrall, D Davies |
| Scorers | GC Austin (Warwickshire), WEJ Hansdord (Essex) |
| Close of play day 1 | Warwickshire (1) 56/1 (Spooner 22*, Ord 11*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (2) 38/1 (Stanley 12*, Gibb 14*) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TC Dodds | b Grove | 5 | |||||
| EAW Stanley | b Grove | 0 | |||||
| +PA Gibb | c Grove b Townsend | 54 | |||||
| R Horsfall | c Pritchard b Hollies | 72 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | run out | 3 | |||||
| TE Bailey | b Pritchard | 26 | |||||
| R Smith | b Townsend | 3 | |||||
| FH Vigar | not out | 46 | |||||
| C Griffiths | c Ord b Weeks | 2 | |||||
| WT Greensmith | c Ord b Weeks | 6 | |||||
| KC Preston | st Spooner b Hollies | 6 | |||||
| Extras | (1 lb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 100.3 overs) | 224 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-7, 3-120, 4-129, 5-140, 6-150, 7-192, 8-199, 9-213, 10-224 (100.3 ov) | |||||||
| Warwickshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pritchard | 13 | 1 | 50 | 1 | - | - | |
| Grove | 23 | 7 | 55 | 2 | - | - | |
| Townsend | 16 | 1 | 40 | 2 | - | - | |
| Weeks | 20 | 9 | 28 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hollies | 26.3 | 12 | 44 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bromley | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Warwickshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FC Gardner | c Gibb b Bailey | 15 | |||||
| +RT Spooner | c and b Preston | 33 | |||||
| JS Ord | c Gibb b Bailey | 34 | |||||
| PH Bromley | not out | 121 | 300 | ||||
| *HE Dollery | c Bailey b Preston | 10 | |||||
| RE Hitchcock | st Gibb b Smith | 58 | |||||
| A Townsend | c and b Smith | 30 | |||||
| CWC Grove | not out | 20 | |||||
| RT Weeks | did not bat | ||||||
| TL Pritchard | did not bat | ||||||
| WE Hollies | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (16 b, 6 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 25 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 132 overs) | 346 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-38, 2-76, 3-118, 4-132, 5-246, 6-322 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bailey | 28 | 5 | 49 | 2 | - | - | |
| Preston | 26 | 7 | 70 | 2 | - | - | |
| Smith | 52 | 14 | 139 | 2 | - | - | |
| Greensmith | 22 | 7 | 50 | 0 | - | - | |
| Vigar | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TC Dodds | b Grove | 12 | |||||
| EAW Stanley | b Grove | 20 | |||||
| +PA Gibb | b Hollies | 37 | |||||
| R Horsfall | st Spooner b Hollies | 2 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | c Spooner b Townsend | 60 | |||||
| TE Bailey | c Dollery b Hollies | 6 | |||||
| R Smith | c Townsend b Bromley | 32 | |||||
| FH Vigar | c Dollery b Weeks | 4 | |||||
| C Griffiths | st Spooner b Hollies | 10 | |||||
| WT Greensmith | not out | 11 | |||||
| KC Preston | b Weeks | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 3 lb, 2 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 78.2 overs) | 204 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14, 2-55, 3-69, 4-79, 5-107, 6-154, 7-167, 8-184, 9-204, 10-204 (78.2 ov) | |||||||
| Warwickshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pritchard | 10 | 2 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Grove | 14 | 3 | 39 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hollies | 27 | 11 | 67 | 4 | - | - | |
| Weeks | 14.2 | 6 | 18 | 2 | - | - | |
| Townsend | 10 | 2 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bromley | 3 | 0 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Warwickshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FC Gardner | not out | 40 | |||||
| RE Hitchcock | not out | 34 | |||||
| +RT Spooner | did not bat | ||||||
| JS Ord | did not bat | ||||||
| PH Bromley | did not bat | ||||||
| *HE Dollery | did not bat | ||||||
| A Townsend | did not bat | ||||||
| CWC Grove | did not bat | ||||||
| RT Weeks | did not bat | ||||||
| TL Pritchard | did not bat | ||||||
| WE Hollies | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (9 b, 1 lb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, 19.3 overs) | 84 | |||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bailey | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 4 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Insole | 6 | 1 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Greensmith | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Griffiths | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Horsfall | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stanley | 0.3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> PH Bromley (1) passed his previous highest score of 60 in First-Class matches
--> PH Bromley (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> PH Bromley (1) passed his previous highest score of 60 in County Championship matches
--> PH Bromley (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> PA Gibb (2) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> FC Gardner (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 29
The match was played for the benefit of TL Pritchard
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