f19332 cc9589	Leicestershire v Essex
	County Championship 1951
Venue	Bath Grounds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch on 15th, 16th, 17th August 1951 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Leicestershire 0; Essex 4
Umpires	TJ Bartley, E Cooke
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 62/4 (Horsfall 14*, Bailey 4*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 201/3 (Smithson 80*, Hallam 3*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Smithson	b Smith	2
VS Munden	lbw b Preston	1
M Tompkin	c Gibb b Bailey	20
MR Hallam	b Bailey	13
VE Jackson	c Stanley b Greensmith	17
*GL Berry	lbw b Bailey	2
+J Firth	lbw b Greensmith	4
G Lester	lbw b Bailey	33
JE Walsh	c Horsfall b Vigar	67
CRD Wooler	run out	0
J Sperry	not out	2
Extras	(12 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 94.4 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-5, 3-37, 4-42, 5-52, 6-63, 7-70, 8-171, 9-172, 10-180 (94.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	18	4	27	1	-	-
Smith	19	5	40	1	-	-
Bailey	29.4	16	27	4	-	-
Greensmith	20	10	42	2	-	-
Vigar	8	2	25	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Firth b Wooler	7
AV Avery	b Jackson	20
+PA Gibb	b Jackson	3
R Horsfall	c Jackson b Walsh	86
*DJ Insole	lbw b Jackson	7
TE Bailey	b Walsh	19
R Smith	lbw b Walsh	34
FH Vigar	c Firth b Munden	7
EAW Stanley	lbw b Munden	0
WT Greensmith	lbw b Walsh	4
KC Preston	not out	5
Extras	(7 b, 6 lb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 92 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-30, 3-31, 4-49, 5-150, 6-155, 7-170, 8-174, 9-189, 10-206 (92 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wooler	7	2	18	1	-	-
Sperry	12	4	21	0	-	-
Jackson	21	13	34	3	-	-
Walsh	20	2	66	4	-	-
Munden	28	15	39	2	-	-
Lester	4	1	14	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Smithson	not out	80
G Lester	lbw b Smith	25
M Tompkin	b Smith	50
JE Walsh	c Gibb b Bailey	34
MR Hallam	not out	3
VS Munden	did not bat
VE Jackson	did not bat
*GL Berry	did not bat
+J Firth	did not bat
CRD Wooler	did not bat
J Sperry	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	9
Total	(3 wickets, 87 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-129, 3-186

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	11	2	37	0	-	-
Bailey	18	9	34	1	-	-
Smith	34	8	66	2	-	-
Vigar	15	3	32	0	-	-
Greensmith	9	1	23	0	-	-

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Notes
--> MR Hallam (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in County Championship matches
--> MR Hallam (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in First-Class matches
--> VE Jackson (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 10
--> TC Dodds (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 4
--> R Horsfall (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 75
--> WT Greensmith reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> WT Greensmith reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings

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