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| Venue | Valentine's Park, Ilford on 12th, 14th, 15th May 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Leicestershire won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Leicestershire won by 4 wickets |
| Points | Essex 4; Leicestershire 12 |
| Umpires | H Elliott, FW Shipston |
| Scorers | FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), CV Jenkinson (Essex) |
| Close of play day 1 | Leicestershire (1) 34/0 (Hallam 25*, Lester 9*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (2) 147/6 (Taylor 22*, Greensmith 14*) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TC Dodds | c Jackson b Munden | 28 | |||||
| G Barker | c van Geloven b Goodwin | 157 | |||||
| PA Gibb | c Hallam b Jackson | 6 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | b Jackson | 18 | |||||
| TE Bailey | c Firth b Spencer | 55 | |||||
| LA Savill | b Palmer | 36 | |||||
| +B Taylor | c Hallam b van Geloven | 35 | |||||
| R Smith | b Palmer | 10 | |||||
| WT Greensmith | not out | 18 | |||||
| LHR Ralph | not out | 3 | |||||
| KC Preston | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (13 b, 8 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 105 overs) | 390 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-103, 2-127, 3-171, 4-252, 5-287, 6-343, 7-356, 8-375 | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Spencer | 24 | 6 | 92 | 1 | - | - | |
| Goodwin | 15 | 1 | 71 | 1 | - | - | |
| van Geloven | 18 | 4 | 72 | 1 | - | - | |
| Palmer | 11 | 2 | 36 | 2 | - | - | |
| Jackson | 14 | 2 | 50 | 2 | - | - | |
| Munden | 15 | 8 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lester | 8 | 2 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MR Hallam | b Ralph | 72 | |||||
| G Lester | c Insole b Bailey | 63 | |||||
| M Tompkin | c Bailey b Greensmith | 25 | |||||
| *CH Palmer | b Greensmith | 10 | |||||
| VE Jackson | c Bailey b Preston | 2 | |||||
| GA Smithson | st +Gibb b Greensmith | 22 | |||||
| VS Munden | c Insole b Greensmith | 4 | |||||
| J van Geloven | not out | 42 | |||||
| +J Firth | b Preston | 9 | |||||
| CT Spencer | c Gibb b Bailey | 4 | |||||
| TJ Goodwin | c Smith b Bailey | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 2 lb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 82.4 overs) | 257 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-110, 2-140, 3-173, 4-174, 5-186, 6-200, 7-215, 8-225, 9-249, 10-257 (82.4 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bailey | 20.4 | 2 | 65 | 3 | - | - | |
| Smith | 11 | 3 | 43 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ralph | 11 | 2 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Preston | 17 | 6 | 38 | 2 | - | - | |
| Greensmith | 23 | 1 | 81 | 4 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TC Dodds | c Smithson b Spencer | 17 | |||||
| G Barker | b Goodwin | 14 | |||||
| PA Gibb | b Spencer | 39 | |||||
| *DJ Insole | b Munden | 20 | |||||
| LA Savill | b Spencer | 0 | |||||
| TE Bailey | b Spencer | 9 | |||||
| +B Taylor | not out | 58 | |||||
| WT Greensmith | c Lester b Spencer | 19 | |||||
| R Smith | not out | 8 | |||||
| LHR Ralph | did not bat | ||||||
| KC Preston | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (12 b, 5 nb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 53 overs) | 201 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21, 2-35, 3-86, 4-87, 5-103, 6-114, 7-166 | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Spencer | 26 | 5 | 102 | 5 | - | - | |
| Goodwin | 7 | 1 | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| Munden | 19 | 6 | 43 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lester | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MR Hallam | c and b Greensmith | 33 | |||||
| G Lester | st Taylor b Dodds | 71 | |||||
| M Tompkin | lbw b Greensmith | 8 | |||||
| *CH Palmer | c Taylor b Bailey | 120 | |||||
| VE Jackson | c Preston b Insole | 11 | |||||
| GA Smithson | not out | 50 | |||||
| VS Munden | c Smith b Bailey | 19 | |||||
| J van Geloven | not out | 17 | |||||
| +J Firth | did not bat | ||||||
| CT Spencer | did not bat | ||||||
| TJ Goodwin | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 3 lb, 2 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 85.4 overs) | 337 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-62, 2-72, 3-187, 4-210, 5-253, 6-295 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bailey | 21 | 2 | 87 | 2 | - | - | |
| Smith | 10 | 1 | 45 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ralph | 8 | 1 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Preston | 6 | 0 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Greensmith | 28.4 | 0 | 104 | 2 | - | - | |
| Insole | 8 | 2 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dodds | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> G Barker (1) passed his previous highest score of 106 in County Championship matches
--> G Barker (1) passed his previous highest score of 107 in First-Class matches
--> WT Greensmith (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> J van Geloven (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in County Championship matches
--> PA Gibb (2) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 9
--> PA Gibb (2) passed 12500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 34
--> GA Smithson (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> KC Preston reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> WT Greensmith reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
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