f21277 cc10595	Essex v Worcestershire
	County Championship 1956
Venue	Gidea Park Sports Ground, Romford on 19th, 21st, 22nd May 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex 4; Worcestershire 0
Umpires	E Cooke, JG Langridge
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 75/2 (Barker 30*, Insole 0*)
Close of play day 2	Worcestershire (2) 125/5 (Broadbent 7*, Jenkins 4*)

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PE Richardson	b Ralph	31
D Kenyon	b Ralph	17
G Dews	c Barker b R Smith	32
RG Broadbent	c Taylor b Ralph	12
DW Richardson	b Preston	9
MJ Horton	b Ralph	5
RO Jenkins	c Insole b Ralph	33
+R Booth	b Preston	33
R Berry	b Ralph	0
JA Flavell	b Ralph	8
LJ Coldwell	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 85.5 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-48, 3-90, 4-100, 5-111, 6-115, 7-170, 8-170, 9-183, 10-189 (85.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	24	7	39	2	-	-
R Smith	15	3	47	1	-	-
Ralph	31.5	6	77	7	-	-
Insole	4	2	2	0	-	-
Greensmith	7	2	9	0	-	-
Dodds	4	0	6	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	c DW Richardson b Flavell	4
G Barker	c DW Richardson b Flavell	48
+B Taylor	b Jenkins	32
*DJ Insole	c Booth b Coldwell	7
LA Savill	c DW Richardson b Flavell	3
MJ Bear	c and b Berry	13
GJ Smith	lbw b Coldwell	68
WT Greensmith	c PE Richardson b Flavell	44
R Smith	b Coldwell	8
LHR Ralph	lbw b Coldwell	8
KC Preston	not out	0
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb)	2
Total	(all out, 91.1 overs)	237
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-73, 3-90, 4-95, 5-98, 6-126, 7-211, 8-223, 9-237, 10-237 (91.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flavell	29.1	4	79	4	-	-
Coldwell	28	9	76	4	-	-
Horton	7	1	30	0	-	-
Jenkins	14	3	31	1	-	-
Berry	13	9	19	1	-	-

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Worcestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PE Richardson	b Greensmith	50
D Kenyon	run out	11
G Dews	run out	30
RG Broadbent	c Ralph b Preston	44
DW Richardson	c Taylor b Greensmith	0
MJ Horton	b Greensmith	17
RO Jenkins	c Taylor b Preston	54
+R Booth	lbw b Ralph	24
LJ Coldwell	c Insole b Greensmith	2
JA Flavell	st Taylor b Greensmith	8
R Berry	not out	0
Extras	(10 b, 3 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 105.5 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-87, 3-92, 4-93, 5-111, 6-213, 7-216, 8-231, 9-253, 10-253 (105.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	29	6	60	2	-	-
R Smith	17	6	46	0	-	-
Ralph	23.5	7	53	1	-	-
Insole	6	1	12	0	-	-
Greensmith	24	2	61	5	-	-
Dodds	6	2	8	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC Dodds	b Flavell	10
G Barker	c DW Richardson b Coldwell	18
+B Taylor	b Berry	45
*DJ Insole	b Coldwell	0
LA Savill	c Flavell b Jenkins	39
R Smith	c Dews b Jenkins	5
LHR Ralph	c Booth b Berry	6
MJ Bear	lbw b Jenkins	7
GJ Smith	not out	5
WT Greensmith	c Booth b Jenkins	1
KC Preston	not out	8
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(9 wickets, 59 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-32, 3-32, 4-95, 5-102, 6-109, 7-129, 8-134, 9-136

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flavell	8	1	39	1	-	-
Coldwell	11	4	33	2	-	-
Horton	6	5	1	0	-	-
Jenkins	22	6	53	4	-	-
Berry	12	5	18	2	-	-

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Notes
--> PE Richardson (1) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 9
--> GJ Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in First-Class matches
--> GJ Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in County Championship matches
--> RG Broadbent (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> LHR Ralph achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Worcestershire first innings (previous best was 5-64)
--> LHR Ralph reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> LHR Ralph achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches in the Worcestershire first innings (previous best was 5-64)
--> R Berry reached 300 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings

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