f24784 cc12345	Middlesex v Essex
	County Championship 1963
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 8th, 10th, 11th June 1963 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Middlesex won by 158 runs
Points	Middlesex 10; Essex 0
Umpires	JF Crapp, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 26/0 (Barker 20*, Bear 6*)
Close of play day 2	Middlesex (2) 94/2 (Parfitt 29*, White 15*)

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gale	lbw b Preston	86
WE Russell	c and b Knight	130
PH Parfitt	c Taylor b Knight	69
RA White	not out	8
RW Hooker	not out	14
D Bennett	did not bat
+JT Murray	did not bat
DA Bick	did not bat
*CD Drybrough	did not bat
JSE Price	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 6 lb, 5 nb)	19
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 98 overs)	326
Fall of wickets:
1-166, 2-293, 3-305

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	21	4	62	2	-	-
Bailey	19	3	61	0	-	-
Preston	20	3	48	1	-	-
Phelan	20	4	70	0	-	-
Hobbs	10	4	25	0	-	-
Edmeades	8	1	41	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	b Drybrough	80
MJ Bear	c Parfitt b Bick	42
GJ Smith	c Gale b Bick	0
BR Knight	c Drybrough b Bick	1
*TE Bailey	c Murray b Drybrough	13
KWR Fletcher	c Gale b Drybrough	28
+B Taylor	c Murray b Price	70
BEA Edmeades	lbw b Price	38
PJ Phelan	b Moss	0
RNS Hobbs	b Moss	0
KC Preston	not out	4
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 102.3 overs)	287
Fall of wickets:
1-125, 2-127, 3-128, 4-131, 5-168, 6-179, 7-278, 8-283, 9-283, 10-287 (102.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	19.3	9	42	2	-	-
Price	17	2	55	2	-	-
Hooker	6	0	16	0	-	-
Bick	29	8	91	3	-	-
Drybrough	28	10	62	3	-	-
Bennett	3	0	10	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gale	c Smith b Phelan	15
WE Russell	hit wkt b Bailey	0
PH Parfitt	b Phelan	50
RA White	lbw b Phelan	25
RW Hooker	c Bear b Preston	30
D Bennett	b Phelan	34
+JT Murray	c and b Preston	24
DA Bick	not out	19
*CD Drybrough	not out	15
JSE Price	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb)	8
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 67 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-27, 3-78, 4-101, 5-133, 6-168, 7-193

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knight	4	1	20	0	-	-
Bailey	5	2	7	1	-	-
Preston	10	0	42	2	-	-
Phelan	30	8	78	4	-	-
Hobbs	18	2	65	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c Bennett b Price	11
MJ Bear	c and b Moss	4
GJ Smith	c Price b Drybrough	4
BR Knight	c White b Drybrough	15
*TE Bailey	c and b Bick	0
KWR Fletcher	b Bick	7
+B Taylor	c Hooker b Drybrough	31
BEA Edmeades	c Russell b Bick	15
PJ Phelan	b Bick	0
KC Preston	c Bennett b Bick	7
RNS Hobbs	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 40.5 overs)	101
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-19, 3-37, 4-40, 5-40, 6-53, 7-81, 8-89, 9-95, 10-101 (40.5 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	5	3	6	1	-	-
Price	5	2	13	1	-	-
Bick	15.5	5	42	5	-	-
Drybrough	15	7	33	3	-	-

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Notes
--> RA Gale (1) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 72
--> BEA Edmeades (1) passed his previous highest score of 37 in County Championship matches
--> BEA Edmeades (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> RW Hooker (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> BR Knight reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex first innings
--> KC Preston reached 1000 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Middlesex second innings
--> DA Bick reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings

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