f19348 cc9603	Essex v Warwickshire
	County Championship 1951
Venue	Vista Road Recreation Ground, Clacton-on-Sea on 22nd, 23rd, 24th August 1951 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Warwickshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 7 wickets
Points	Essex 12; Warwickshire 0
Umpires	GS Mobey, WFF Price
Scorers	GC Austin (Warwickshire), C Livsey (Essex)
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 107/3 (Horsfall 21*, Insole 4*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 19/1 (Avery 9*, Avery 5*)

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	c Gibb b Preston	33
+RT Spooner	lbw b Preston	18
JS Ord	b Bailey	33
RE Hitchcock	c Preston b TPB Smith	52
*HE Dollery	b Bailey	3
AVG Wolton	lbw b TPB Smith	2
A Townsend	not out	24
CWC Grove	c Insole b Bailey	18
RT Weeks	b Bailey	3
JD Bannister	lbw b TPB Smith	10
WE Hollies	b Bailey	1
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 59.4 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-60, 3-97, 4-113, 5-138, 6-145, 7-176, 8-182, 9-201, 10-204 (59.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	16	2	37	2	-	-
R Smith	8	0	37	0	-	-
Insole	3	0	22	0	-	-
Bailey	13.4	1	62	5	-	-
TPB Smith	19	4	39	3	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Spooner b Grove	26
AV Avery	c Townsend b Hollies	48
+PA Gibb	c Townsend b Weeks	7
R Horsfall	b Bannister	34
*DJ Insole	lbw b Hollies	52
TE Bailey	b Bannister	6
R Smith	b Bannister	23
FH Vigar	c Townsend b Weeks	10
WT Greensmith	not out	4
TPB Smith	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb)	6
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 100.4 overs)	216
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-79, 3-89, 4-146, 5-160, 6-190, 7-204, 8-216 (100.4 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grove	26	7	52	1	-	-
Bannister	23	5	71	3	-	-
Townsend	3	0	11	0	-	-
Hollies	30	13	46	2	-	-
Weeks	18.4	7	30	2	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FC Gardner	b Preston	4
+RT Spooner	c Preston b R Smith	5
JS Ord	c Dodds b TPB Smith	81
RE Hitchcock	c Vigar b R Smith	16
*HE Dollery	c Gibb b Preston	0
AVG Wolton	lbw b R Smith	25
A Townsend	c TPB Smith b R Smith	19
CWC Grove	c and b TPB Smith	8
RT Weeks	b Bailey	7
JD Bannister	not out	3
WE Hollies	b TPB Smith	0
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 62 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-14, 3-34, 4-34, 5-81, 6-124, 7-157, 8-171, 9-173, 10-174 (62 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	13	2	50	2	-	-
R Smith	25	6	70	4	-	-
Bailey	18	5	36	1	-	-
TPB Smith	6	0	12	3	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Bannister	4
AV Avery	lbw b Grove	17
+PA Gibb	lbw b Grove	5
R Horsfall	not out	83
*DJ Insole	not out	51
TE Bailey	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
FH Vigar	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
TPB Smith	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(3 nb)	3
Total	(3 wickets, 50.3 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-19, 3-44

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grove	17	3	36	2	-	-
Bannister	12	1	40	1	-	-
Hollies	9	1	30	0	-	-
Weeks	9	1	35	0	-	-
Townsend	3	0	18	0	-	-
Gardner	0.3	0	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> TE Bailey reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Warwickshire first innings
--> JD Bannister achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 0-16)
--> CWC Grove reached 450 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings
--> CWC Grove reached 100 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings

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