f21258 cc10582	Essex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Valentine's Park, Ilford on 12th, 14th, 15th May 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Leicestershire won by 4 wickets
Points	Essex 4; Leicestershire 12
Umpires	H Elliott, FW Shipston
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 34/0 (Lester 9*, Hallam 25*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 147/6 (Taylor 22*, Greensmith 14*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Jackson b Munden	28
G Barker	c van Geloven b Goodwin	157
PA Gibb	c Hallam b Jackson	6
*DJ Insole	b Jackson	18
TE Bailey	c Firth b Spencer	55
LA Savill	b Palmer	36
+B Taylor	c Hallam b van Geloven	35
R Smith	b Palmer	10
WT Greensmith	not out	18
LHR Ralph	not out	3
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(13 b, 8 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	24
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 105 overs)	390
Fall of wickets:
1-103, 2-127, 3-171, 4-252, 5-287, 6-343, 7-356, 8-375

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	24	6	92	1	-	-
Goodwin	15	1	71	1	-	-
van Geloven	18	4	72	1	-	-
Palmer	11	2	36	2	-	-
Jackson	14	2	50	2	-	-
Munden	15	8	26	1	-	-
Lester	8	2	19	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	b Ralph	72
G Lester	c Insole b Bailey	63
M Tompkin	c Bailey b Greensmith	25
*CH Palmer	b Greensmith	10
VE Jackson	c Bailey b Preston	2
GA Smithson	st +Gibb b Greensmith	22
VS Munden	c Insole b Greensmith	4
J van Geloven	not out	42
+J Firth	b Preston	9
CT Spencer	c Gibb b Bailey	4
TJ Goodwin	c Smith b Bailey	0
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 82.4 overs)	257
Fall of wickets:
1-110, 2-140, 3-173, 4-174, 5-186, 6-200, 7-215, 8-225, 9-249, 10-257 (82.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	20.4	2	65	3	-	-
Smith	11	3	43	0	-	-
Ralph	11	2	26	1	-	-
Preston	17	6	38	2	-	-
Greensmith	23	1	81	4	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Smithson b Spencer	17
G Barker	b Goodwin	14
PA Gibb	b Spencer	39
*DJ Insole	b Munden	20
LA Savill	b Spencer	0
TE Bailey	b Spencer	9
+B Taylor	not out	58
WT Greensmith	c Lester b Spencer	19
R Smith	not out	8
LHR Ralph	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 5 nb)	17
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 53 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-35, 3-86, 4-87, 5-103, 6-114, 7-166

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	26	5	102	5	-	-
Goodwin	7	1	39	1	-	-
Munden	19	6	43	1	-	-
Lester	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	c and b Greensmith	33
G Lester	st Taylor b Dodds	71
M Tompkin	lbw b Greensmith	8
*CH Palmer	c Taylor b Bailey	120
VE Jackson	c Preston b Insole	11
GA Smithson	not out	50
VS Munden	c Smith b Bailey	19
J van Geloven	not out	17
+J Firth	did not bat
CT Spencer	did not bat
TJ Goodwin	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(6 wickets, 85.4 overs)	337
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-72, 3-187, 4-210, 5-253, 6-295

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	21	2	87	2	-	-
Smith	10	1	45	0	-	-
Ralph	8	1	34	0	-	-
Preston	6	0	26	0	-	-
Greensmith	28.4	0	104	2	-	-
Insole	8	2	24	1	-	-
Dodds	4	1	9	1	-	-

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Notes
--> G Barker (1) passed his previous highest score of 106 in County Championship matches
--> G Barker (1) passed his previous highest score of 107 in first-class matches
--> WT Greensmith (1) passed 3000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 6
--> J van Geloven (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in County Championship matches
--> PA Gibb (2) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 9
--> PA Gibb (2) passed 12500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 34
--> GA Smithson (2) passed 6500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 14
--> KC Preston reached 450 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> WT Greensmith reached 300 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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