f21435 cc10715	Essex v Warwickshire
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester on 21st, 23rd, 24th July 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 77 runs
Points	Essex 12; Warwickshire 0
Umpires	HG Baldwin, H Elliott
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 165/1 (Dodds 99*, Taylor 0*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 120/5 (TE Bailey 21*, GJ Smith 2*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Thompson	128
G Barker	lbw b Weeks	61
+B Taylor	b Thompson	31
*DJ Insole	not out	17
R Smith	c Hitchcock b Bannister	0
TE Bailey	not out	9
LA Savill	did not bat
GJ Smith	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
JA Bailey	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 98 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-148, 2-213, 3-239, 4-241

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bannister	34	12	80	1	-	-
Thompson	10	3	30	2	-	-
Townsend	3	0	15	0	-	-
Hollies	29	11	71	0	-	-
Weeks	22	6	50	1	-	-

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	c JA Bailey b TE Bailey	5
NF Horner	lbw b Preston	14
TW Cartwright	c Taylor b TE Bailey	9
AVG Wolton	c Preston b JA Bailey	25
A Townsend	b R Smith	12
RE Hitchcock	c TE Bailey b R Smith	0
+RT Spooner	b JA Bailey	27
RT Weeks	c TE Bailey b Greensmith	13
JD Bannister	not out	15
RG Thompson	c Taylor b JA Bailey	0
*WE Hollies	c Insole b Greensmith	1
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 37 overs)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-28, 3-32, 4-66, 5-66, 6-66, 7-106, 8-106, 9-119, 10-122 (37 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
TE Bailey	8	3	15	2	-	-
R Smith	10	2	39	2	-	-
JA Bailey	10	1	39	3	-	-
Preston	7	0	25	1	-	-
Greensmith	2	1	3	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Hollies b Weeks	44
G Barker	c Spooner b Thompson	0
+B Taylor	lbw b Thompson	4
*DJ Insole	lbw b Hollies	41
TE Bailey	c Hollies b Weeks	36
LA Savill	b Townsend	0
GJ Smith	st Spooner b Townsend	9
WT Greensmith	not out	12
R Smith	not out	14
JA Bailey	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb, 3 nb)	13
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 65 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-18, 3-81, 4-93, 5-118, 6-136, 7-151

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bannister	8	2	21	0	-	-
Thompson	18	4	54	2	-	-
Townsend	13	4	28	2	-	-
Hollies	14	4	20	1	-	-
Weeks	12	2	37	2	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	b JA Bailey	88
NF Horner	lbw b Greensmith	62
AVG Wolton	run out	27
A Townsend	c JA Bailey b Greensmith	12
RE Hitchcock	c JA Bailey b Greensmith	6
+RT Spooner	c Savill b Greensmith	0
JD Bannister	c JA Bailey b Greensmith	15
RT Weeks	c Barker b Greensmith	0
TW Cartwright	c Barker b JA Bailey	0
RG Thompson	not out	1
*WE Hollies	b JA Bailey	0
Extras	(12 b, 4 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 66.5 overs)	227
Fall of wickets:
1-78, 2-148, 3-183, 4-200, 5-203, 6-225, 7-226, 8-226, 9-226, 10-227 (66.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
JA Bailey	22.5	3	75	3	-	-
Preston	13	3	42	0	-	-
Greensmith	27	6	67	6	-	-
GJ Smith	3	0	12	0	-	-
Insole	1	0	15	0	-	-

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Notes
--> TC Dodds (1) passed 14000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 37
--> DJ Insole (2) passed 16500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> WT Greensmith reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Warwickshire second innings

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