f19993 cc9901	Worcestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1953
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 23rd, 25th, 26th May 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Worcestershire 0; Essex 4
Umpires	TJ Bartley, WT Jones
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 13/2 (Gibb 0*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 133/0 (Richardson 60*, Kenyon 71*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Kenyon	c Gibb b Preston	54
PE Richardson	c Greensmith b Smith	30
RG Broadbent	b Greensmith	11
*RE Bird	c Gibb b Bailey	42
G Dews	c Insole b Preston	139
+H Yarnold	c Insole b Bailey	20
LN Devereux	not out	28
RO Jenkins	lbw b Insole	4
RTD Perks	not out	15
JA Flavell	did not bat
JR Ashman	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 5 nb)	12
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 118 overs)	355
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-72, 3-118, 4-165, 5-259, 6-330, 7-336

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	31	8	71	2	-	-
Preston	19	3	69	2	-	-
Smith	25	1	77	1	-	-
Greensmith	33	8	73	1	-	-
Insole	5	1	23	1	-	-
Vigar	5	0	30	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Flavell	13
AV Avery	b Flavell	0
+PA Gibb	c Kenyon b Perks	10
R Horsfall	c Yarnold b Jenkins	118
*DJ Insole	not out	160
TE Bailey	not out	48
R Smith	did not bat
C Griffiths	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
FH Vigar	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 91.3 overs)	359
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-13, 3-30, 4-257

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	23	8	60	1	-	-
Flavell	18	3	66	2	-	-
Jenkins	21	1	81	1	-	-
Ashman	13	0	60	0	-	-
Devereux	15.3	1	76	0	-	-
Broadbent	1	0	6	0	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	c Smith b Greensmith	99
D Kenyon	b Smith	120
RTD Perks	c Preston b Greensmith	34
G Dews	c Insole b Smith	1
RG Broadbent	c Insole b Greensmith	15
*RE Bird	not out	15
+H Yarnold	did not bat
LN Devereux	did not bat
RO Jenkins	did not bat
JA Flavell	did not bat
JR Ashman	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 68.2 overs)	288
Fall of wickets:
1-212, 2-238, 3-257, 4-259, 5-288 (68.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	7	0	21	0	-	-
Preston	20	5	72	0	-	-
Smith	20	1	110	2	-	-
Greensmith	19.2	2	63	3	-	-
Insole	1	0	5	0	-	-
Vigar	1	0	13	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AV Avery	lbw b Perks	7
TC Dodds	c Bird b Devereux	81
+PA Gibb	c Devereux b Perks	48
R Horsfall	c Yarnold b Devereux	28
*DJ Insole	c Kenyon b Perks	38
R Smith	c Kenyon b Perks	31
C Griffiths	st Yarnold b Devereux	17
TE Bailey	c sub b Perks	8
WT Greensmith	lbw b Perks	8
FH Vigar	not out	14
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(9 wickets, 57 overs)	282
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-114, 3-158, 4-175, 5-221, 6-252, 7-252, 8-261, 9-282 (57 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	29	4	107	6	-	-
Flavell	7	0	60	0	-	-
Jenkins	1	1	0	0	-	-
Ashman	4	0	31	0	-	-
Devereux	16	0	82	3	-	-

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Notes
--> PE Richardson (1) passed 2000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 5
--> G Dews (1) passed his previous highest score of 104 in County Championship matches
--> D Kenyon (2) passed 12000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 41
--> PE Richardson (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 77
--> RE Bird (2) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> RTD Perks (2) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 28

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