f20164 cc10032	Essex v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1953
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 1st, 3rd, 4th August 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 7 wickets
Points	Essex 12; Worcestershire 0
Umpires	JJ Hills, EA Roberts
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 113/2 (Outschoorn 35*, Dews 13*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 107/6 (Broadbent 24*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	b Insole	34
D Kenyon	b Smith	29
LF Outschoorn	c Vigar b Bailey	35
G Dews	c Gibb b Preston	14
DW Richardson	c Smith b Bailey	1
RG Broadbent	c Preston b Bailey	0
LN Devereux	c and b Bailey	5
+H Yarnold	c and b Preston	13
*RTD Perks	not out	0
HWK Lobban	b Bailey	0
JR Ashman	absent hurt
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 65.5 overs)	133
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-78, 3-113, 4-115, 5-115, 6-115, 7-133, 8-133, 9-133 (65.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	13	4	31	2	-	-
Bailey	24.5	11	43	5	-	-
Smith	18	3	37	1	-	-
Insole	6	3	7	1	-	-
Cousens	4	1	13	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Outschoorn b Lobban	4
AV Avery	c DW Richardson b Perks	19
+PA Gibb	lbw b Lobban	4
R Horsfall	b Perks	4
*DJ Insole	c Devereux b Perks	0
TE Bailey	b Devereux	75
WT Greensmith	lbw b Lobban	10
FH Vigar	c DW Richardson b Perks	15
R Smith	c Yarnold b Perks	19
KC Preston	c Broadbent b Perks	2
P Cousens	not out	3
Extras	(9 b, 2 lb, 3 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 50.3 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-30, 3-30, 4-30, 5-35, 6-64, 7-143, 8-147, 9-154, 10-169 (50.3 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	25.3	11	40	6	-	-
Lobban	15	1	77	3	-	-
Outschoorn	2	0	15	0	-	-
Devereux	8	1	23	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	c and b Preston	22
D Kenyon	lbw b Smith	18
LF Outschoorn	b Smith	29
G Dews	b Preston	1
DW Richardson	c Avery b Preston	1
RG Broadbent	c Preston b Smith	26
LN Devereux	b Preston	9
+H Yarnold	b Smith	2
*RTD Perks	c Insole b Smith	0
HWK Lobban	not out	0
JR Ashman	absent hurt
Extras	(3 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 49 overs)	111
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-40, 3-45, 4-55, 5-84, 6-107, 7-111, 8-111, 9-111 (49 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	15	7	32	4	-	-
Bailey	13	4	25	0	-	-
Smith	21	7	51	5	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Lobban b Perks	17
AV Avery	not out	26
+PA Gibb	run out	2
R Horsfall	c Yarnold b Perks	0
*DJ Insole	not out	31
TE Bailey	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
FH Vigar	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
P Cousens	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(3 wickets, 20.5 overs)	76
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-33, 3-33

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Perks	10.5	4	33	2	-	-
Lobban	3	1	13	0	-	-
Devereux	7	1	30	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DW Richardson made his debut in County Championship matches
--> LF Outschoorn (1) passed 7000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 6
--> FH Vigar (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> TE Bailey reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> RTD Perks reached 2000 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Essex first innings
--> KC Preston reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Worcestershire second innings

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