f20069	Essex v Commonwealth XI
	Other First-Class matches in England 1953
Venue	Gidea Park Sports Ground, Romford on 24th, 25th, 26th June 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 108 runs
Umpires	P Corrall, H Elliott
Close of play day 1	Commonwealth XI (1) 48/4 (Weekes 17*, Grieves 2*)
Close of play day 2	Commonwealth XI (2) 31/1 (Ramchand 19*, Walcott 11*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GHS West	b Worrell	5
+PA Gibb	c Weekes b Ramchand	36
KR Rickards	c Weekes b Marshall	12
R Horsfall	lbw b Marshall	2
RE Evans	c Walcott b Pettiford	33
WT Greensmith	c Stephenson b Pettiford	81
LA Savill	lbw b Valentine	2
*R Smith	b Pettiford	33
LHR Ralph	lbw b Pettiford	12
KC Preston	b Valentine	7
P Cousens	not out	0
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 124.1 overs)	235
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-50, 3-52, 4-62, 5-137, 6-144, 7-215, 8-216, 9-235, 10-235 (124.1 ov)

Commonwealth XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Alley	31	4	71	0	-	-
Worrell	22	8	26	1	-	-
Marshall	11	4	10	2	-	-
Ramchand	12	4	36	1	-	-
Pettiford	28	7	57	4	-	-
Valentine	20.1	9	23	2	-	-

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Commonwealth XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*FMM Worrell	c Preston b Smith	11
RE Marshall	lbw b Smith	7
WE Alley	c Gibb b Preston	4
ED Weekes	c Gibb b Ralph	40
CL Walcott	b Smith	3
KJ Grieves	b Smith	2
DJ Foreman	b Preston	7
GS Ramchand	st Gibb b Smith	1
J Pettiford	c Horsfall b Preston	0
+HW Stephenson	b Preston	2
AL Valentine	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 3 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 38.2 overs)	84
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-26, 3-26, 4-32, 5-48, 6-68, 7-71, 8-73, 9-84, 10-84 (38.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	19.2	7	36	4	-	-
Smith	18	4	37	5	-	-
Ralph	1	0	4	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GHS West	b Worrell	11
+PA Gibb	run out	38
KR Rickards	c Foreman b Pettiford	13
RE Evans	lbw b Pettiford	3
WT Greensmith	c Walcott b Pettiford	38
LA Savill	b Alley	14
R Horsfall	b Worrell	82
*R Smith	b Worrell	14
LHR Ralph	lbw b Worrell	29
KC Preston	not out	5
P Cousens	not out	0
Extras	(9 b, 10 lb, 1 nb)	20
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 105 overs)	267
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-53, 3-61, 4-90, 5-112, 6-172, 7-209, 8-253, 9-262

Commonwealth XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Alley	15	2	49	1	-	-
Worrell	16	5	26	4	-	-
Marshall	3	1	5	0	-	-
Ramchand	11	4	26	0	-	-
Pettiford	26	6	94	3	-	-
Valentine	27	16	31	0	-	-
Walcott	4	0	13	0	-	-
Grieves	3	1	3	0	-	-

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Commonwealth XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RE Marshall	b Smith	1
GS Ramchand	c Gibb b Preston	26
CL Walcott	c Gibb b Greensmith	115
ED Weekes	b Smith	4
WE Alley	c Horsfall b Smith	11
*FMM Worrell	b Ralph	7
KJ Grieves	lbw b Ralph	0
DJ Foreman	c Evans b Preston	68
J Pettiford	st Gibb b Cousens	19
+HW Stephenson	not out	45
AL Valentine	b Preston	1
Extras	(8 b, 5 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 78.4 overs)	310
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-60, 3-67, 4-101, 5-118, 6-118, 7-197, 8-242, 9-302, 10-310 (78.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	19.4	2	63	3	-	-
Smith	22	6	73	3	-	-
Ralph	13	3	62	2	-	-
Greensmith	13	1	61	1	-	-
Cousens	11	1	38	1	-	-

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Notes
--> LHR Ralph made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GHS West made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> WT Greensmith (1) passed his previous highest score of 79 in First-Class matches
--> CL Walcott (2) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 98
--> DJ Foreman (2) passed his previous highest score of 54 in First-Class matches
--> KR Rickards made his debut for Essex in First-Class matches
--> WE Alley made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> AL Valentine reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings

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