f20560 cc10243	Leicestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1954
Venue	Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch on 17th, 19th, 20th July 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 4; Essex 0
Umpires	WT Jones, N Oldfield
Scorers	WH Hansford (Essex), WH Price (Leicestershire)
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 53/5 (JA Bailey 0*, TE Bailey 4*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	lbw b TE Bailey	7
MJK Smith	c JA Bailey b Cousens	72
M Tompkin	b Greensmith	86
GA Smithson	b Cousens	0
*CH Palmer	b TE Bailey	43
VE Jackson	c Insole b Greensmith	10
VS Munden	c TE Bailey b Greensmith	0
JE Walsh	c Greensmith b TE Bailey	50
CT Spencer	b JA Bailey	16
+J Firth	b JA Bailey	0
TJ Goodwin	not out	0
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 100.4 overs)	285
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-164, 3-166, 4-170, 5-191, 6-196, 7-260, 8-283, 9-283, 10-285 (100.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
TE Bailey	23.4	4	54	3	-	-
JA Bailey	18	1	62	2	-	-
Smith	15	1	40	0	-	-
Cousens	22	6	61	2	-	-
Insole	3	0	9	0	-	-
Greensmith	19	3	58	3	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Smithson b Munden	8
+PA Gibb	c Goodwin b Spencer	0
CCP Williams	lbw b Jackson	14
R Horsfall	c Firth b Munden	17
*DJ Insole	b Walsh	6
JA Bailey	b Jackson	1
TE Bailey	b Jackson	50
LHR Ralph	lbw b Walsh	7
R Smith	c Spencer b Walsh	26
WT Greensmith	c Spencer b Munden	17
P Cousens	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 74.5 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-26, 3-26, 4-49, 5-49, 6-54, 7-64, 8-98, 9-143, 10-153 (74.5 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	6	1	15	1	-	-
Goodwin	3	0	8	0	-	-
Jackson	22.5	10	32	3	-	-
Munden	26	15	32	3	-	-
Walsh	17	3	59	3	-	-

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Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Spencer	0
+PA Gibb	c Jackson b Spencer	5
CCP Williams	c Goodwin b Lester	32
R Horsfall	b Palmer	1
*DJ Insole	not out	34
TE Bailey	c Smithson b Lester	35
LHR Ralph	b Lester	0
R Smith	b Palmer	5
WT Greensmith	not out	20
JA Bailey	did not bat
P Cousens	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(7 wickets, 67 overs)	136
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-7, 3-63, 4-72, 5-76, 6-84, 7-87

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	5	2	10	2	-	-
Goodwin	4	1	10	0	-	-
Jackson	8	3	12	0	-	-
Munden	10	4	20	0	-	-
Walsh	10	2	26	0	-	-
Lester	17	5	43	3	-	-
Palmer	13	10	11	2	-	-

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Notes
--> MJK Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 53 in County Championship matches
--> M Tompkin (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 15

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