ESSEX CRICKET

f21911 cc10982	Essex v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1957
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 3rd, 5th, 6th August 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 4 (Batting 2); Worcestershire 0
Umpires	H Elliott, FS Lee
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 329/9 (Berry 2*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 7/0 (Kenyon 7, PE Richardson 0)

Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	b JA Bailey	4
*PE Richardson	c JA Bailey b Ralph	24
G Dews	c JA Bailey b Insole	40
DW Richardson	c Preston b Ralph	52
RG Broadbent	lbw b Preston	76
MJ Horton	c Taylor b JA Bailey	93
+R Booth	b JA Bailey	15
RO Jenkins	b Preston	13
GH Chesterton	c Taylor b JA Bailey	0
R Berry	not out	2
LJ Coldwell	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 3 nb)	10
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 112.2 overs)	329
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-40, 3-96, 4-157, 5-234, 6-294, 7-316, 8-324, 9-329 (112.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	26	4	79	2	-	-
Ralph	24	4	63	2	-	-
JA Bailey	28.2	6	60	4	-	-
Insole	14	4	37	1	-	-
Greensmith	20	2	80	0	-	-

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Kenyon b Berry	40
G Barker	c Dews b Berry	38
+B Taylor	c PE Richardson b Berry	11
*DJ Insole	c Dews b Berry	53
TE Bailey	c Dews b Coldwell	132
LA Savill	st Booth b Berry	78
MJ Bear	c PE Richardson b Berry	0
WT Greensmith	not out	21
LHR Ralph	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
JA Bailey	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 118.3 overs)	381
Fall of wickets:
1-74, 2-87, 3-104, 4-179, 5-337, 6-337, 7-381 (118.3 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coldwell	30.3	3	104	1	-	-
Chesterton	22	3	76	0	-	-
Berry	37	10	115	6	-	-
Jenkins	7	0	35	0	-	-
Horton	22	8	43	0	-	-

Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	c Preston b Greensmith	22
*PE Richardson	c Taylor b JA Bailey	49
G Dews	c Bear b Greensmith	24
DW Richardson	c Taylor b JA Bailey	1
RG Broadbent	c Preston b JA Bailey	0
MJ Horton	b Greensmith	54
+R Booth	c Preston b Greensmith	17
RO Jenkins	not out	22
R Berry	not out	2
GH Chesterton	did not bat
LJ Coldwell	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 3 nb)	11
Total	(7 wickets, 85 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-82, 3-98, 4-98, 5-117, 6-150, 7-187

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	19	5	41	0	-	-
Ralph	15	5	40	0	-	-
JA Bailey	17	6	26	3	-	-
Greensmith	32	3	82	4	-	-
Barker	2	0	2	0	-	-

Notes
--> G Dews (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 27
--> DW Richardson (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 14
--> TC Dodds (1) passed 17500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 17
--> G Barker (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 11
--> TE Bailey (1) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 54
--> TE Bailey (1) passed 15500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 62
--> JA Bailey reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> JA Bailey reached 250 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> WT Greensmith reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire second innings