f20469 cc10171	Northamptonshire v Essex
	County Championship 1954
Venue	Town Ground, Rushden on 12th, 14th, 15th June 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 0; Essex 4
Umpires	GS Mobey, HL Palmer
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 112/2 (Gibb 25*, Horsfall 13*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 147/6 (Greensmith 0*, Smith 10*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	lbw b Tribe	50
AV Avery	c Starkie b Greasley	19
+PA Gibb	c Barrick b Tribe	27
R Horsfall	b Tyson	26
*DJ Insole	b Tribe	4
FH Vigar	b Tyson	0
WT Greensmith	c and b Tribe	10
R Smith	c Starkie b Tyson	35
JA Bailey	st Andrew b Tribe	3
KC Preston	not out	0
RV Lynch	b Clarke	1
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 78 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-82, 3-131, 4-133, 5-135, 6-135, 7-183, 8-183, 9-186, 10-187 (78 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyson	26	12	38	3	-	-
Clarke	6	1	16	1	-	-
Starkie	13	2	27	0	-	-
Greasley	8	3	19	1	-	-
Tribe	25	4	75	5	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*D Brookes	lbw b Bailey	28
E Davis	c Horsfall b Preston	5
L Livingston	lbw b Lynch	62
DW Barrick	lbw b Lynch	32
F Jakeman	lbw b Lynch	12
DG Greasley	b Preston	0
GE Tribe	lbw b Preston	0
FH Tyson	c Gibb b Preston	14
S Starkie	b Lynch	10
RW Clarke	c Greensmith b Bailey	6
+KV Andrew	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 72.1 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-86, 3-114, 4-132, 5-133, 6-133, 7-155, 8-167, 9-180, 10-180 (72.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	23	5	47	4	-	-
Smith	8	2	27	0	-	-
Bailey	12.1	4	31	2	-	-
Lynch	29	10	64	4	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Greasley	4
AV Avery	not out	6
+PA Gibb	not out	0
R Horsfall	did not bat
*DJ Insole	did not bat
FH Vigar	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
JA Bailey	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
RV Lynch	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 5 overs)	10
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Dodds)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Greasley	2	1	2	1	-	-
Jakeman	3	0	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AV Avery (1) passed 14000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> D Brookes (1) passed 21500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> L Livingston (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> RV Lynch achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> KC Preston reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings
--> RV Lynch achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Northamptonshire first innings

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