f19217 cc9489	Essex v Leicestershire
	County Championship 1951
Venue	Gidea Park Sports Ground, Romford on 30th June, 2nd, 3rd July 1951 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 0; Leicestershire 4
Umpires	HL Palmer, E Robinson
Close of play day 1	Leicestershire (1) 319/8 (Firth 18*, Smithson 25*)
Close of play day 2	Leicestershire (2) 101/3 (Tompkin 47*, Jackson 10*)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	b Preston	6
VS Munden	b Bailey	50
M Tompkin	c Gibb b Bailey	59
*CH Palmer	b TPB Smith	82
VE Jackson	lbw b Preston	6
GA Smithson	c Insole b R Smith	25
GL Berry	c Gibb b TPB Smith	31
DG Harron	st Gibb b TPB Smith	9
+J Firth	not out	20
KD Smith	c Gibb b Bailey	29
J Sperry	c Gibb b TPB Smith	4
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 129.1 overs)	330
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-112, 3-115, 4-123, 5-159, 6-259, 7-268, 8-275, 9-325, 10-330 (129.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	31	4	70	3	-	-
Preston	26	5	81	2	-	-
R Smith	21	5	52	1	-	-
TPB Smith	35.1	10	68	4	-	-
Greensmith	16	3	50	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c Munden b Jackson	41
AV Avery	b Lester	10
+PA Gibb	st Firth b Lester	16
R Horsfall	c Smith b Lester	14
*DJ Insole	not out	94
TE Bailey	run out	10
R Smith	lbw b Jackson	4
FH Vigar	b Lester	58
WT Greensmith	c Smithson b Jackson	3
TPB Smith	c Jackson b Lester	5
KC Preston	c Jackson b Lester	0
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 99 overs)	262
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-61, 3-72, 4-87, 5-108, 6-119, 7-240, 8-251, 9-262, 10-262 (99 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	13	2	29	0	-	-
Palmer	13	6	23	0	-	-
Jackson	34	7	75	3	-	-
Lester	35	6	115	6	-	-
Munden	4	1	13	0	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Lester	b Preston	19
VS Munden	c Dodds b Bailey	4
M Tompkin	c Dodds b R Smith	87
*CH Palmer	c Bailey b R Smith	15
VE Jackson	c Insole b TPB Smith	60
GA Smithson	c Horsfall b R Smith	0
GL Berry	lbw b R Smith	25
KD Smith	not out	14
DG Harron	lbw b R Smith	0
+J Firth	not out	1
J Sperry	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 60 overs)	232
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-27, 3-74, 4-185, 5-185, 6-208, 7-228, 8-228

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	5	0	22	1	-	-
Preston	9	0	49	1	-	-
TPB Smith	20	1	80	1	-	-
Greensmith	5	0	16	0	-	-
R Smith	21	2	58	5	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Sperry	0
AV Avery	lbw b Sperry	5
+PA Gibb	b Jackson	15
R Horsfall	c Firth b Munden	51
*DJ Insole	c Smith b Munden	16
TE Bailey	c Harron b Jackson	4
R Smith	b Munden	32
FH Vigar	c Lester b Jackson	40
WT Greensmith	not out	26
TPB Smith	c Firth b Jackson	12
KC Preston	not out	0
Extras	(11 b, 8 lb)	19
Total	(9 wickets, 76 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-9, 3-34, 4-91, 5-106, 6-134, 7-162, 8-190, 9-220

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sperry	7	2	13	2	-	-
Palmer	4	2	4	0	-	-
Lester	21	6	78	0	-	-
Jackson	25	9	81	4	-	-
Munden	19	12	25	3	-	-

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Notes
--> KD Smith made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> KD Smith made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> M Tompkin (1) passed 9000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 40
--> GA Smithson (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> AV Avery (1) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> DJ Insole (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 6
--> DJ Insole (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 28
--> FH Vigar (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 28
--> TE Bailey reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> VE Jackson reached 450 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> VE Jackson reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> R Smith reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Leicestershire second innings

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