f21375 cc10670	Middlesex v Essex
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 27th, 28th, 29th June 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 139 runs
Points	Middlesex 0; Essex 12
Umpires	P Corrall, WT Jones
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 4/0 (Robertson 0*, Parfitt 2*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 92/4 (Ralph 11*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	lbw b Hurst	82
G Barker	c Hurst b Tilly	26
+B Taylor	b Titmus	13
*DJ Insole	b Titmus	15
TE Bailey	not out	51
BR Knight	b Titmus	7
LA Savill	b Warr	5
WT Greensmith	c Murray b Warr	0
R Smith	c Parfitt b Titmus	15
LHR Ralph	c Robertson b Hurst	5
KC Preston	run out	5
Extras	(21 b, 4 lb)	25
Total	(all out, 124.2 overs)	249
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-89, 3-137, 4-171, 5-178, 6-199, 7-201, 8-224, 9-243, 10-249 (124.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	17	3	43	2	-	-
Bennett	14	2	40	0	-	-
Hurst	41.2	20	67	2	-	-
Tilly	7	0	18	1	-	-
Titmus	45	21	56	4	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	c Smith b Bailey	21
PH Parfitt	c Barker b Greensmith	23
+JT Murray	b Bailey	4
*WJ Edrich	b Bailey	15
RW Hooker	c Bailey b Greensmith	31
D Bennett	c Taylor b Bailey	5
FJ Titmus	c Taylor b Bailey	35
RA Gale	c Taylor b Insole	13
JJ Warr	c Dodds b Greensmith	8
HW Tilly	c Taylor b Bailey	20
RJ Hurst	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 85.2 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-48, 3-56, 4-75, 5-83, 6-117, 7-144, 8-155, 9-168, 10-182 (85.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	13	4	27	0	-	-
Smith	5	1	12	0	-	-
Ralph	13	3	33	0	-	-
Bailey	24.2	10	42	6	-	-
Greensmith	27	9	53	3	-	-
Insole	3	0	8	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	lbw b Titmus	37
G Barker	c and b Hurst	31
R Smith	lbw b Hurst	10
+B Taylor	c Edrich b Hurst	1
LHR Ralph	c Parfitt b Hurst	17
*DJ Insole	c Edrich b Hurst	35
TE Bailey	not out	39
BR Knight	c Murray b Hurst	0
LA Savill	b Titmus	0
WT Greensmith	not out	23
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 1 w)	7
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 80 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-70, 2-70, 3-75, 4-92, 5-105, 6-142, 7-142, 8-145

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Warr	11	0	28	0	-	-
Bennett	8	1	26	0	-	-
Hurst	29	9	67	6	-	-
Tilly	3	0	15	0	-	-
Titmus	29	10	57	2	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JDB Robertson	b Preston	40
+JT Murray	b Preston	1
*WJ Edrich	b Bailey	29
RW Hooker	c Greensmith b Bailey	2
D Bennett	b Bailey	7
FJ Titmus	c Taylor b Greensmith	27
RA Gale	c Taylor b Preston	0
PH Parfitt	b Bailey	1
JJ Warr	lbw b Bailey	10
HW Tilly	c and b Bailey	2
RJ Hurst	not out	4
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 34.3 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-71, 3-73, 4-78, 5-86, 6-88, 7-102, 8-122, 9-122, 10-128 (34.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	16	2	45	3	-	-
Smith	3	0	12	0	-	-
Bailey	14.3	1	61	6	-	-
Greensmith	1	0	5	1	-	-

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Notes
--> HW Tilly (1) equalled his previous highest score of 20 in County Championship matches
--> G Barker (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> JJ Warr (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> FJ Titmus reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> TE Bailey reached 1000 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> RJ Hurst achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex second innings (previous best was 4-71)
--> RJ Hurst achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Essex second innings

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