f19738 cc9804	Worcestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1952
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 2nd, 4th, 5th August 1952 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Worcestershire 0; Essex 0
Umpires	AE Boulton-Carter, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 161/2 (Richardson 74*, Broadbent 76*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 220/6 (Smith 33*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	c Gibb b Bailey	8
PE Richardson	c Gibb b Preston	102		360
LF Outschoorn	c Gibb b Smith	1
RG Broadbent	b Preston	76
NH Whiting	c Avery b Greensmith	6
PJ Whitcombe	c Smith b Kenny	73
RO Jenkins	lbw b Kenny	27
LN Devereux	not out	10
RTD Perks	c Insole b Kenny	0
+H Yarnold	c Horsfall b Kenny	5
GH Chesterton	b Preston	1
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 138.3 overs)	320
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-19, 3-166, 4-238, 5-249, 6-295, 7-308, 8-308, 9-315, 10-320 (138.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	37	14	80	1	-	-
Preston	26.3	13	35	3	-	-
Smith	33	6	81	1	-	-
Kenny	21	6	51	4	-	-
Greensmith	21	7	62	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Whiting b Jenkins	73
AV Avery	c Jenkins b Chesterton	51
+PA Gibb	lbw b Perks	21
R Horsfall	c Richardson b Jenkins	7
*DJ Insole	st Yarnold b Jenkins	12
TE Bailey	run out	15
R Smith	not out	33
FH Vigar	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
CJM Kenny	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(6 wickets, 50.5 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-113, 2-137, 3-158, 4-171, 5-171, 6-220 (50.5 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	16.5	0	83	1	-	-
Chesterton	13	3	57	1	-	-
Broadbent	1	0	8	0	-	-
Jenkins	20	3	64	3	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> PJ Whitcombe made his debut in County Championship matches
--> PE Richardson (1) passed his previous highest score of 87 in County Championship matches
--> PE Richardson (1) made his first century in County Championship matches
--> PE Richardson (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 72
--> PJ Whitcombe (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 73
--> NH Whiting retired not out in the Worcestershire first innings having scored 0 (team score 170/3) - he returned when the score was 238/4

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