f23404 cc11719	Warwickshire v Essex
	County Championship 1960
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 10th, 11th, 12th August 1960 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Warwickshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 71 runs
Points	Warwickshire 0; Essex 14 (Batting 2)
Umpires	TJ Bartley, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	Warwickshire (1) 17/0 (Horner 9*, Khalid Ibadulla 8*)
Close of play day 2	Warwickshire (1) 120/5 (Hitchcock 38*, AC Smith 2*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c Fletcher b Wheatley	43
GJ Smith	lbw b Khalid Ibadulla	49
+B Taylor	c Fletcher b Carter	63
*DJ Insole	b Wheatley	56
TE Bailey	c AC Smith b Wheatley	46
J Milner	c Carter b Bannister	31
WT Greensmith	c Carter b Bannister	2
LHR Ralph	c Khalid Ibadulla b Bannister	4
JF Taylor	lbw b Khalid Ibadulla	10
KC Preston	not out	2
A Hurd	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	5
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 119.2 overs)	311
Fall of wickets:
1-85, 2-93, 3-183, 4-233, 5-276, 6-278, 7-282, 8-309, 9-311 (119.2 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bannister	28	7	59	3	-	-
Wheatley	28	5	92	3	-	-
Carter	26	12	59	1	-	-
Khalid Ibadulla	31.2	11	61	2	-	-
Bridge	6	0	35	0	-	-

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NF Horner	c Ralph b Bailey	20
Khalid Ibadulla	c JF Taylor b Ralph	9
WJP Stewart	lbw b Ralph	26
*MJK Smith	c Smith b Preston	10
RE Hitchcock	c JF Taylor b Ralph	40
BE Fletcher	c JF Taylor b Bailey	13
+AC Smith	c and b Ralph	42
JD Bannister	c Smith b Ralph	0
WB Bridge	not out	16
RG Carter	c Barker b Preston	1
OS Wheatley	c Insole b Ralph	1
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 73.5 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-32, 3-56, 4-88, 5-109, 6-127, 7-127, 8-174, 9-177, 10-183 (73.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	24	8	44	2	-	-
Ralph	36.5	7	108	6	-	-
Preston	13	2	26	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Barker	c AC Smith b Wheatley	32
GJ Smith	c Carter b Bannister	8
+B Taylor	c sub b Wheatley	35
LHR Ralph	b Bannister	12
*DJ Insole	not out	7
J Milner	not out	0
TE Bailey	did not bat
WT Greensmith	did not bat
JF Taylor	did not bat
KC Preston	did not bat
A Hurd	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 21 overs)	95
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-66, 3-79, 4-91

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wheatley	11	2	53	2	-	-
Bannister	10	1	41	2	-	-

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Warwickshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NF Horner	lbw b Preston	52
Khalid Ibadulla	b Bailey	1
WJP Stewart	c Insole b Ralph	12
*MJK Smith	c Ralph b Bailey	1
RE Hitchcock	c Smith b Ralph	49
BE Fletcher	b Ralph	0
+AC Smith	c Bailey b Preston	6
JD Bannister	not out	16
WB Bridge	b Bailey	1
RG Carter	c Barker b Bailey	0
OS Wheatley	b Bailey	2
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 44.4 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-26, 3-27, 4-106, 5-106, 6-126, 7-131, 8-138, 9-138, 10-152 (44.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	15.4	7	38	5	-	-
Ralph	11	0	52	3	-	-
Preston	9	1	35	2	-	-
Hurd	3	1	6	0	-	-
Greensmith	6	3	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> B Taylor (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 8
--> AC Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 38 in County Championship matches
--> GJ Smith (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> KC Preston reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Warwickshire second innings
--> LHR Ralph reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Warwickshire second innings

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