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| Venue | County Ground, Leyton on 5th, 7th, 8th August 1961 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Worcestershire won by 5 wickets |
| Points | Essex 4 (Batting 2); Worcestershire 12 |
| Umpires | JS Buller, JF Crapp |
| Close of play day 1 | Worcestershire (1) 34/1 (Horton 17*, Headley 6*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (2) 105/7 (Greensmith 12*, Ralph 18*) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Barker | c Dews b Flavell | 24 | |||||
| GJ Smith | c Richardson b Standen | 43 | |||||
| DJ Insole | c Broadbent b Standen | 30 | |||||
| J Milner | c Broadbent b Standen | 41 | |||||
| *TE Bailey | b Standen | 43 | |||||
| BR Knight | lbw b Coldwell | 44 | |||||
| WT Greensmith | b Coldwell | 2 | |||||
| +B Taylor | c Broadbent b Coldwell | 5 | |||||
| LHR Ralph | b Flavell | 15 | |||||
| PJ Phelan | not out | 8 | |||||
| KC Preston | c Broadbent b Flavell | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (5 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 91.5 overs) | 260 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-34, 2-90, 3-105, 4-156, 5-230, 6-232, 7-232, 8-240, 9-260, 10-260 (91.5 ov) | |||||||
| Worcestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Flavell | 19.5 | 3 | 76 | 3 | - | - | |
| Coldwell | 33 | 9 | 68 | 3 | - | - | |
| Horton | 11 | 3 | 37 | 0 | - | - | |
| Standen | 26 | 3 | 61 | 4 | - | - | |
| Gifford | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Worcestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *D Kenyon | b Preston | 10 | |||||
| MJ Horton | c Taylor b Bailey | 17 | |||||
| RGA Headley | b Ralph | 67 | |||||
| DW Richardson | b Ralph | 6 | |||||
| RG Broadbent | c Preston b Ralph | 2 | |||||
| G Dews | c Taylor b Knight | 30 | |||||
| +R Booth | c Knight b Bailey | 6 | |||||
| JA Standen | c Insole b Preston | 4 | |||||
| N Gifford | c Taylor b Ralph | 0 | |||||
| LJ Coldwell | not out | 6 | |||||
| JA Flavell | c Taylor b Ralph | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (7 lb, 1 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 69.4 overs) | 160 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15, 2-36, 3-52, 4-54, 5-110, 6-133, 7-150, 8-150, 9-150, 10-160 (69.4 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bailey | 25 | 11 | 62 | 2 | - | - | |
| Preston | 20 | 7 | 44 | 2 | - | - | |
| Knight | 13 | 4 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ralph | 10.4 | 5 | 23 | 5 | - | - | |
| Greensmith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Barker | c Booth b Coldwell | 2 | |||||
| GJ Smith | c Broadbent b Coldwell | 3 | |||||
| DJ Insole | b Flavell | 11 | |||||
| J Milner | c Booth b Gifford | 30 | |||||
| *TE Bailey | c Richardson b Gifford | 16 | |||||
| BR Knight | c Broadbent b Gifford | 3 | |||||
| WT Greensmith | c Kenyon b Coldwell | 22 | |||||
| +B Taylor | b Standen | 4 | |||||
| LHR Ralph | lbw b Flavell | 21 | |||||
| PJ Phelan | c Richardson b Flavell | 3 | |||||
| KC Preston | not out | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (7 lb, 2 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 67.2 overs) | 128 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-7, 3-23, 4-63, 5-66, 6-73, 7-78, 8-110, 9-117, 10-128 (67.2 ov) | |||||||
| Worcestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Flavell | 23 | 7 | 36 | 3 | - | - | |
| Coldwell | 22.2 | 2 | 53 | 3 | - | - | |
| Standen | 12 | 3 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gifford | 10 | 6 | 11 | 3 | - | - | |
| Worcestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *D Kenyon | c Preston b Ralph | 38 | |||||
| MJ Horton | c Knight b Bailey | 19 | |||||
| RGA Headley | c Barker b Greensmith | 40 | |||||
| DW Richardson | lbw b Bailey | 72 | |||||
| RG Broadbent | c Taylor b Bailey | 12 | |||||
| G Dews | not out | 14 | |||||
| +R Booth | not out | 32 | |||||
| JA Standen | did not bat | ||||||
| N Gifford | did not bat | ||||||
| LJ Coldwell | did not bat | ||||||
| JA Flavell | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 3 lb, 1 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 70 overs) | 232 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-44, 2-67, 3-146, 4-183, 5-186 | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bailey | 17 | 7 | 34 | 3 | - | - | |
| Preston | 17 | 1 | 52 | 0 | - | - | |
| Knight | 10 | 1 | 47 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ralph | 13 | 1 | 49 | 1 | - | - | |
| Greensmith | 8 | 0 | 27 | 1 | - | - | |
| Phelan | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Insole | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> J Milner (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 19
--> D Kenyon (1) passed 24000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 4
--> RGA Headley (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 22
--> G Dews (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 21
--> B Taylor (2) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 4
--> DW Richardson (2) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> JA Standen reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> LJ Coldwell reached 350 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> LJ Coldwell reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> LHR Ralph reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> TE Bailey reached 1600 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> N Gifford reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> TE Bailey reached 1050 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire second innings
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