f20123 cc9995	Essex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1953
Venue	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester on 15th, 16th, 17th July 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 0; Leicestershire 4
Umpires	F Chester, FS Lee
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 75/1 (Hallam 40*, Tompkin 20*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 77/2 (Avery 20*, Horsfall 25*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Firth b Spencer	18
*AV Avery	c Firth b Goodwin	3
+PA Gibb	c Firth b Goodwin	14
R Horsfall	c Firth b Goodwin	26
WT Greensmith	c Smithson b Munden	34
FH Vigar	c Jackson b Goodwin	64
LA Savill	lbw b Walsh	7
FH Rist	c Firth b Goodwin	10
R Smith	c Spence b Goodwin	4
AB Lavers	b Walsh	40
KC Preston	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 85.2 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-27, 3-59, 4-64, 5-117, 6-130, 7-154, 8-166, 9-230, 10-230 (85.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Goodwin	20	1	86	6	-	-
Spencer	19	5	67	1	-	-
Jackson	11	2	24	0	-	-
Munden	20	12	16	1	-	-
Walsh	15.2	3	27	2	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Lester	b Preston	15
MR Hallam	b Preston	51
M Tompkin	c Vigar b Smith	66
VE Jackson	b Smith	25
GA Smithson	c Savill b Smith	17
VS Munden	c Avery b Greensmith	31
JE Walsh	c and b Greensmith	32
LA Spence	st Gibb b Greensmith	40
+J Firth	lbw b Greensmith	8
CT Spencer	b Smith	13
TJ Goodwin	not out	14
Extras	(7 lb, 3 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 129.2 overs)	322
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-90, 3-127, 4-178, 5-185, 6-241, 7-252, 8-262, 9-293, 10-322 (129.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	36	9	73	2	-	-
Smith	54	12	151	4	-	-
Greensmith	21.2	6	60	4	-	-
Lavers	18	4	28	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Firth b Goodwin	30
*AV Avery	c Firth b Walsh	39
+PA Gibb	c Munden b Spencer	1
R Horsfall	st Firth b Walsh	103
WT Greensmith	b Walsh	2
FH Vigar	not out	48
LA Savill	lbw b Walsh	0
FH Rist	lbw b Walsh	2
R Smith	c Lester b Walsh	4
AB Lavers	not out	42
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(3 nb)	3
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 87 overs)	274
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-48, 3-124, 4-132, 5-199, 6-199, 7-201, 8-209

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Goodwin	16	3	59	1	-	-
Spencer	15	2	63	1	-	-
Jackson	16	9	26	0	-	-
Munden	12	3	38	0	-	-
Walsh	28	4	85	6	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Smithson	run out	8
MR Hallam	b Smith	10
M Tompkin	b Preston	3
VE Jackson	c Avery b Smith	14
JE Walsh	run out	8
VS Munden	c Preston b Smith	3
*G Lester	not out	18
LA Spence	not out	4
+J Firth	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
TJ Goodwin	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(6 wickets, 40 overs)	75
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-21, 3-23, 4-43, 5-47, 6-48

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	9	1	26	1	-	-
Smith	11	4	33	3	-	-
Greensmith	11	9	3	0	-	-
Dodds	9	7	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AB Lavers (1) passed his previous highest score of 39 in County Championship matches
--> AB Lavers (1) passed his previous highest score of 39 in first-class matches
--> M Tompkin (1) passed 14000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 25
--> R Horsfall (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 40
--> AB Lavers (2) passed his previous highest score of 40 in County Championship matches
--> AB Lavers (2) passed his previous highest score of 40 in first-class matches
--> TJ Goodwin reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> TJ Goodwin reached 150 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> TJ Goodwin reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 5th wicket in the Essex first innings
--> KC Preston reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> JE Walsh reached 900 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Essex second innings
--> R Smith reached 1100 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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