f21783 cc10881	Essex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1957
Venue	Old County Ground, Brentwood on 15th, 17th, 18th June 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 181 runs
Points	Essex 12; Leicestershire 2
Umpires	RSM Lay, TW Spencer
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), CV Jenkinson (Essex)
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 159/5 (Palmer 32*, Munden 2*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 233/6 (Smith 19*, Greensmith 14*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c and b Spencer	1
G Barker	b Spencer	5
+B Taylor	c Firth b Boshier	10
*DJ Insole	c and b Boshier	65
TE Bailey	c Firth b Boshier	0
MJ Bear	c Spencer b Boshier	8
GJ Smith	c Hallam b Boshier	0
WT Greensmith	lbw b Boshier	1
LHR Ralph	c Firth b Boshier	31
KC Preston	c Palmer b Boshier	25
IM King	not out	2
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 39.2 overs)	149
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-7, 3-31, 4-43, 5-67, 6-67, 7-73, 8-100, 9-138, 10-149 (39.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	17	1	93	2	-	-
Boshier	19.2	4	45	8	-	-
Palmer	3	0	10	0	-	-

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Taylor b Ralph	67
MR Hallam	b Greensmith	39
LR Gardner	c King b Preston	14
*CH Palmer	not out	102
RA Diment	c Ralph b Greensmith	0
J van Geloven	b Greensmith	1
VS Munden	c Insole b Preston	8
+J Firth	b Preston	12
CT Spencer	c Bailey b King	13
JS Savage	c Barker b Greensmith	0
BS Boshier	run out	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 103.5 overs)	262
Fall of wickets:
1-92, 2-120, 3-120, 4-127, 5-135, 6-181, 7-206, 8-236, 9-237, 10-262 (103.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	11	3	15	0	-	-
Preston	29	6	83	3	-	-
Ralph	18	4	59	1	-	-
Greensmith	32.5	9	85	4	-	-
King	13	5	14	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	run out	57
G Barker	b Palmer	44
+B Taylor	c Firth b Boshier	31
*DJ Insole	c Hallam b Munden	43
TE Bailey	c Firth b Munden	5
MJ Bear	st Firth b Palmer	13
GJ Smith	c Palmer b van Geloven	59
WT Greensmith	lbw b van Geloven	40
LHR Ralph	not out	17
KC Preston	c Diment b Boshier	6
IM King	not out	5
Extras	(6 b, 12 lb, 1 nb)	19
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 117 overs)	339
Fall of wickets:
1-88, 2-130, 3-139, 4-164, 5-193, 6-211, 7-304, 8-311, 9-324

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	17	1	61	0	-	-
Boshier	31	6	71	2	-	-
Palmer	13	2	25	2	-	-
Munden	26	7	85	2	-	-
Savage	20	8	58	0	-	-
van Geloven	8	4	15	2	-	-
Lester	2	0	5	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	c Greensmith b Bailey	1
MR Hallam	c Ralph b Bailey	4
LR Gardner	lbw b Preston	13
*CH Palmer	c Taylor b Bailey	0
RA Diment	c King b Bailey	4
J van Geloven	c Greensmith b Preston	8
VS Munden	b Bailey	0
+J Firth	c Ralph b Preston	9
CT Spencer	c King b Bailey	1
JS Savage	not out	4
BS Boshier	b Preston	0
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(all out, 19.2 overs)	45
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-5, 3-5, 4-9, 5-30, 6-31, 7-37, 8-41, 9-45, 10-45 (19.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	10	1	28	6	-	-
Preston	9.2	4	16	4	-	-

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Notes
--> J Firth (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> BS Boshier achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 6-79)
--> BS Boshier achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 6-79)
--> BS Boshier reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Essex first innings

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