f22773 cc11370	Essex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1959
Venue	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester on 24th, 25th, 26th June 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Leicestershire won by 126 runs
Points	Essex 0; Leicestershire 14 (Batting 2)
Umpires	WH Copson, DJ Wood
Scorers	FN Bloxsom (Leicestershire), CV Jenkinson (Essex)
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 95/5 (Bear 30*, Knight 9*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 51/2 (Taylor 32*, Insole 15*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	c Insole b Bailey	20
J van Geloven	c Preston b Bailey	2
*W Watson	lbw b Bailey	75
LR Gardner	c Insole b Bailey	12
JW Carter	c Ralph b Knight	7
AC Revill	b Preston	12
FM Turner	lbw b Preston	4
+R Julian	c and b Bailey	1
RC Smith	c Taylor b Bailey	31
CT Spencer	not out	51
BS Boshier	b Preston	1
Extras	(7 lb, 3 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 74.2 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-49, 3-69, 4-93, 5-128, 6-132, 7-137, 8-138, 9-215, 10-226 (74.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	24	2	65	6	-	-
Preston	16.2	2	52	3	-	-
Ralph	17	2	47	0	-	-
Knight	11	2	26	1	-	-
Clarke	6	0	26	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Revill b Spencer	24
G Barker	c Hallam b Spencer	11
+B Taylor	c Julian b Spencer	3
*DJ Insole	b van Geloven	14
TE Bailey	b Spencer	4
MJ Bear	b Boshier	42
BR Knight	c Revill b Spencer	24
WT Greensmith	c Julian b Spencer	2
LHR Ralph	b van Geloven	17
CB Clarke	b Boshier	5
KC Preston	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 57.2 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-35, 3-38, 4-52, 5-57, 6-116, 7-119, 8-147, 9-147, 10-152 (57.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	21	4	53	6	-	-
Boshier	24.2	6	76	2	-	-
van Geloven	12	5	17	2	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MR Hallam	b Bailey	4
J van Geloven	c Insole b Knight	8
*W Watson	c Bailey b Preston	0
LR Gardner	c Taylor b Bailey	51
JW Carter	lbw b Bailey	19
AC Revill	b Knight	19
FM Turner	b Knight	28
+R Julian	b Preston	12
RC Smith	not out	12
CT Spencer	b Preston	12
BS Boshier	b Knight	3
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 61 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-7, 3-23, 4-69, 5-88, 6-109, 7-140, 8-148, 9-169, 10-174 (61 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	19	7	43	3	-	-
Preston	19	4	47	3	-	-
Ralph	8	3	25	0	-	-
Knight	15	2	53	4	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Julian b Spencer	0
G Barker	c Julian b Boshier	4
+B Taylor	c Watson b Boshier	50
*DJ Insole	c Julian b Spencer	26
TE Bailey	c van Geloven b Spencer	1
MJ Bear	c Watson b Spencer	2
BR Knight	c van Geloven b Spencer	23
WT Greensmith	b Spencer	3
LHR Ralph	c Hallam b Spencer	0
CB Clarke	not out	6
KC Preston	b Spencer	6
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 52.2 overs)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-4, 3-78, 4-79, 5-82, 6-91, 7-107, 8-107, 9-110, 10-122 (52.2 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spencer	25.2	9	41	8	-	-
Boshier	25	8	77	2	-	-
van Geloven	2	0	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> FM Turner (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in First-Class matches
--> DJ Insole (2) passed 22000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> WT Greensmith (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> CB Clarke made his debut for Essex in County Championship matches
--> BR Knight reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> BS Boshier reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings

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