f20484 cc10183	Essex v Northamptonshire
	County Championship 1954
Venue	Gidea Park Sports Ground, Romford on 19th, 21st, 22nd June 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by 3 wickets
Points	Essex 4; Northamptonshire 12
Umpires	HG Baldwin, LH Gray
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 326/7 (Insole 156*, Greensmith 16*)
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (1) 340/9 (Starkie 40*, Andrew 38*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Tyson	8
AV Avery	c Clarke b Barrick	23
PA Gibb	c Barrick b Clarke	38
R Horsfall	lbw b Tribe	0
*DJ Insole	not out	156
TE Bailey	b Tyson	34
+B Taylor	b Tyson	21
R Smith	c Clarke b Tyson	3
WT Greensmith	not out	16
JA Bailey	did not bat
P Cousens	did not bat
Extras	(14 b, 5 lb, 5 nb, 3 w)	27
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 108 overs)	326
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-44, 3-45, 4-124, 5-229, 6-280, 7-290

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyson	24	5	77	4	-	-
Clarke	25	6	79	1	-	-
Barrick	13	2	40	1	-	-
Tribe	31	13	57	1	-	-
Starkie	11	3	28	0	-	-
Greasley	4	1	18	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*D Brookes	c Taylor b TE Bailey	10
E Davis	c Greensmith b Cousens	79
L Livingston	c Taylor b Smith	25
DW Barrick	lbw b TE Bailey	37
F Jakeman	st +Gibb b Greensmith	37
DG Greasley	lbw b TE Bailey	32
GE Tribe	c Gibb b TE Bailey	13
FH Tyson	b Smith	2
S Starkie	lbw b TE Bailey	44
RW Clarke	c Insole b Smith	4
+KV Andrew	not out	38
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 124.1 overs)	322
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-84, 3-139, 4-189, 5-189, 6-233, 7-236, 8-236, 9-252, 10-322 (124.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
TE Bailey	34.1	10	73	5	-	-
Smith	24	5	69	3	-	-
JA Bailey	11	1	43	0	-	-
Greensmith	26	7	65	1	-	-
Cousens	27	12	58	1	-	-
Insole	2	0	13	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	lbw b Clarke	6
AV Avery	c Clarke b Barrick	20
PA Gibb	b Barrick	9
R Horsfall	c Andrew b Tyson	33
*DJ Insole	not out	92
TE Bailey	not out	47
+B Taylor	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
JA Bailey	did not bat
P Cousens	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 4 nb)	10
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 62.2 overs)	217
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-35, 3-36, 4-110

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyson	13	2	45	1	-	-
Clarke	15	1	44	1	-	-
Barrick	10	2	42	2	-	-
Tribe	15	4	30	0	-	-
Starkie	8.2	1	39	0	-	-
Greasley	1	0	7	0	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*D Brookes	c and b JA Bailey	42
E Davis	lbw b TE Bailey	3
L Livingston	lbw b JA Bailey	29
DW Barrick	not out	100
F Jakeman	b JA Bailey	0
DG Greasley	b Cousens	5
GE Tribe	b Cousens	0
FH Tyson	c Dodds b TE Bailey	39
RW Clarke	not out	4
S Starkie	did not bat
+KV Andrew	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(7 wickets, 39.4 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-65, 2-74, 3-74, 4-93, 5-93, 6-192, 7-203

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
TE Bailey	9	1	55	2	-	-
Smith	5	0	43	0	-	-
JA Bailey	13.4	1	61	3	-	-
Cousens	12	1	63	2	-	-

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Notes
--> DJ Insole (1) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 151
--> DJ Insole (1) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 35
--> WT Greensmith (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> S Starkie (1) passed his previous highest score of 38 in County Championship matches
--> S Starkie (1) passed his previous highest score of 38 in First-Class matches
--> KV Andrew (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in County Championship matches
--> KV Andrew (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in First-Class matches
--> TE Bailey (2) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> FH Tyson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> R Smith reached 1050 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> TE Bailey reached 450 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings

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