f20209 cc10072	Leicestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1953
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 19th, 20th, 21st August 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Leicestershire won by 2 wickets
Points	Leicestershire 12; Essex 4
Umpires	H Elliott, AE Pothecary
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 65/6 (Jackson 21*, Walsh 3*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 103/2 (Tompkin 49*, Palmer 3*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Lester b Goodwin	25
AV Avery	c Firth b Walsh	28
+PA Gibb	b Goodwin	0
R Horsfall	c Smithson b Palmer	42
*DJ Insole	b Goodwin	0
WT Greensmith	c Palmer b Spencer	3
FH Vigar	st Firth b Walsh	42
D Watkins	hit wkt b Walsh	10
R Smith	not out	64
KC Preston	c Lester b Goodwin	5
JA Bailey	run out	0
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 73 overs)	227
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-52, 3-52, 4-57, 5-99, 6-136, 7-147, 8-179, 9-196, 10-227 (73 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	12	1	51	1	-	-
Goodwin	16	2	62	4	-	-
Palmer	9	5	5	1	-	-
Walsh	25	2	87	3	-	-
Munden	8	5	9	0	-	-
Jackson	3	1	5	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	b Smith	25
MR Hallam	c Gibb b Preston	0
M Tompkin	lbw b Preston	5
*CH Palmer	b Bailey	0
VE Jackson	lbw b Greensmith	50
GA Smithson	c Preston b Smith	6
VS Munden	c Insole b Smith	0
JE Walsh	c Dodds b Greensmith	22
+J Firth	c Vigar b Greensmith	5
CT Spencer	c Vigar b Greensmith	0
TJ Goodwin	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 5 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 63.1 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-25, 3-36, 4-38, 5-45, 6-45, 7-108, 8-120, 9-120, 10-121 (63.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	20	8	24	2	-	-
Smith	19	6	41	3	-	-
Bailey	18	4	30	1	-	-
Greensmith	6.1	2	18	4	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Spencer	26
AV Avery	c Firth b Goodwin	5
+PA Gibb	b Spencer	4
R Horsfall	c Walsh b Munden	27
*DJ Insole	b Jackson	35
WT Greensmith	b Jackson	2
FH Vigar	lbw b Jackson	0
D Watkins	lbw b Jackson	4
R Smith	c Palmer b Jackson	25
KC Preston	b Jackson	1
JA Bailey	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 43.4 overs)	136
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-31, 3-41, 4-78, 5-91, 6-95, 7-105, 8-110, 9-135, 10-136 (43.4 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	6	2	21	2	-	-
Goodwin	5	1	23	1	-	-
Munden	16	4	45	1	-	-
Jackson	16.4	3	40	6	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	b Greensmith	36
MR Hallam	lbw b Bailey	12
M Tompkin	c Gibb b Bailey	49
*CH Palmer	c Dodds b Bailey	12
VE Jackson	not out	65
GA Smithson	lbw b Preston	14
VS Munden	c Avery b Smith	37
JE Walsh	lbw b Preston	7
+J Firth	b Preston	0
CT Spencer	not out	4
TJ Goodwin	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(8 wickets, 101 overs)	243
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-96, 3-109, 4-112, 5-142, 6-207, 7-230, 8-230

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	21	3	48	3	-	-
Smith	31	8	80	1	-	-
Bailey	28	6	59	3	-	-
Greensmith	21	3	49	1	-	-

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Notes
--> AV Avery (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 12
--> TC Dodds (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 15
--> G Lester (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 6
--> WT Greensmith reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> WT Greensmith reached 150 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> R Smith reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> WT Greensmith reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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