f19578 cc9673	Essex v Hampshire
	County Championship 1952
Venue	Gidea Park Sports Ground, Romford on 4th, 5th, 6th June 1952 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Hampshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 0; Hampshire 4
Umpires	K McCanlis, WFF Price
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 74/6 (Bailey 7*, Vigar 2*)
Close of play day 2	Hampshire (2) 127/6 (Hill 12*, Shackleton 1*)

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Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NH Rogers	c and b Smith	88
C Walker	lbw b Smith	6
L Harrison	lbw b Preston	4
JR Gray	b Insole	1
AWH Rayment	c Gibb b Insole	0
*EDR Eagar	b Preston	15
+RO Prouton	b Preston	0
G Hill	c Horsfall b Smith	28
D Shackleton	st Gibb b Smith	3
RA Dare	lbw b Smith	0
VHD Cannings	not out	19
Extras	(10 b, 4 lb, 6 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 81.2 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-31, 3-54, 4-54, 5-92, 6-105, 7-127, 8-137, 9-137, 10-184 (81.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	23	8	35	3	-	-
Smith	40.2	9	95	5	-	-
Insole	12	4	24	2	-	-
Greensmith	6	3	10	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Gray	17
AV Avery	lbw b Cannings	5
+PA Gibb	lbw b Gray	7
R Horsfall	b Gray	24
*DJ Insole	lbw b Shackleton	8
TE Bailey	b Shackleton	37
R Smith	b Gray	1
FH Vigar	c Eagar b Gray	13
C Griffiths	b Cannings	28
WT Greensmith	not out	18
KC Preston	b Shackleton	5
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 89 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-26, 3-35, 4-62, 5-66, 6-67, 7-97, 8-140, 9-156, 10-166 (89 ov)

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shackleton	32	11	57	3	-	-
Cannings	28	8	63	2	-	-
Gray	18	3	31	5	-	-
Dare	11	4	12	0	-	-

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Hampshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NH Rogers	c Preston b Insole	14
+RO Prouton	lbw b Preston	3
L Harrison	c Avery b Smith	21
JR Gray	c Avery b Preston	21
AWH Rayment	lbw b Greensmith	12
*EDR Eagar	b Greensmith	34
G Hill	lbw b Smith	13
D Shackleton	b Smith	25
RA Dare	b Smith	0
VHD Cannings	not out	5
C Walker	absent hurt
Extras	(6 b, 8 lb, 2 w)	16
Total	(all out, 76 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-44, 3-48, 4-67, 5-91, 6-117, 7-129, 8-134, 9-164 (76 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	21	3	69	2	-	-
Smith	32	18	34	4	-	-
Insole	8	4	23	1	-	-
Greensmith	15	6	22	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Shackleton	76
+PA Gibb	c Rayment b Cannings	40
TE Bailey	not out	11
R Smith	b Shackleton	0
R Horsfall	b Shackleton	7
*DJ Insole	not out	1
AV Avery	did not bat
FH Vigar	did not bat
C Griffiths	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(4 wickets, 43 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-108, 2-122, 3-122, 4-138

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shackleton	16	5	37	3	-	-
Cannings	14	2	51	1	-	-
Gray	6	0	18	0	-	-
Dare	7	0	29	0	-	-

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Notes
--> C Griffiths (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in First-Class matches
--> C Griffiths (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in County Championship matches
--> G Hill (2) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> JR Gray achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 3-21)
--> JR Gray achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Essex first innings
--> D Shackleton reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> JR Gray achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 3-21)
--> JR Gray achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings
--> VHD Cannings reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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