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| Venue | Edgbaston, Birmingham on 25th, 27th, 28th July 1953 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Warwickshire 4; Essex 0 |
| Umpires | P Corrall, HL Palmer |
| Close of play day 1 | Essex (1) 176/9 (Smith 6*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Warwickshire (1) 76/1 (Horner 43*, Townsend 16*) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TC Dodds | b Grove | 5 | |||||
| AV Avery | b Bannister | 20 | |||||
| +PA Gibb | c Bromley b Hollies | 40 | |||||
| R Horsfall | c Lewis b Hollies | 2 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | b Grove | 66 | |||||
| WT Greensmith | run out | 3 | |||||
| FH Vigar | c Bromley b Grove | 16 | |||||
| LA Savill | b Townsend | 7 | |||||
| R Smith | not out | 17 | |||||
| KC Preston | c Bromley b Hollies | 1 | |||||
| P Cousens | run out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 6 lb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 87.5 overs) | 187 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11, 2-56, 3-63, 4-92, 5-106, 6-133, 7-158, 8-175, 9-176, 10-187 (87.5 ov) | |||||||
| Warwickshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Grove | 23 | 4 | 56 | 3 | - | - | |
| Bannister | 25 | 4 | 72 | 1 | - | - | |
| Townsend | 10 | 1 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hollies | 28.5 | 13 | 27 | 3 | - | - | |
| Bromley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Warwickshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FC Gardner | lbw b Insole | 17 | |||||
| NF Horner | c Savill b Insole | 76 | |||||
| A Townsend | c Preston b Insole | 47 | |||||
| JS Ord | not out | 20 | |||||
| *HE Dollery | c Insole b Smith | 10 | |||||
| AVG Wolton | c Gibb b Preston | 1 | |||||
| PH Bromley | b Preston | 1 | |||||
| +EB Lewis | not out | 15 | |||||
| JD Bannister | did not bat | ||||||
| CWC Grove | did not bat | ||||||
| WE Hollies | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 nb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 88.4 overs) | 189 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-55, 2-138, 3-147, 4-167, 5-170, 6-174 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Preston | 22.4 | 7 | 62 | 2 | - | - | |
| Smith | 31 | 13 | 58 | 1 | - | - | |
| Insole | 19 | 6 | 31 | 3 | - | - | |
| Greensmith | 5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cousens | 11 | 5 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TC Dodds | b Wolton | 51 | |||||
| AV Avery | lbw b Grove | 23 | |||||
| +PA Gibb | not out | 3 | |||||
| R Horsfall | did not bat | ||||||
| *DJ Insole | did not bat | ||||||
| WT Greensmith | did not bat | ||||||
| FH Vigar | did not bat | ||||||
| LA Savill | did not bat | ||||||
| R Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| KC Preston | did not bat | ||||||
| P Cousens | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 5 lb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 38.3 overs) | 84 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-72, 2-84 (38.3 ov) | |||||||
| Warwickshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Grove | 8 | 3 | 13 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bannister | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hollies | 10 | 5 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bromley | 11 | 2 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wolton | 4.3 | 2 | 13 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> TC Dodds (1) passed 12500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> PA Gibb (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 6
--> DJ Insole (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 66
--> FC Gardner (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 16
--> EB Lewis (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in County Championship matches
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