County Championship, 1953
Essex v Leicestershire
Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester
15,16,17 July 1953 (3-day match)
Result: Match drawn
Points:
Toss:
Umpires: F Chester and FS Lee
Close of play:
Day 1:
Day 2:
Essex 1st innings
TC Dodds c Firth b Spencer 18
AV Avery c Firth b Goodwin 3
+PA Gibb c Firth b Goodwin 14
R Horsfall c Firth b Goodwin 26
WT Greensmith c Smithson b Munden 34
FH Vigar c Jackson b Goodwin 64
LA Savill lbw b Walsh 7
FH Rist c Firth b Goodwin 10
R Smith c Spence b Goodwin 4
AB Lavers b Walsh 40
KC Preston not out 0
Extras (b 3, lb 6, nb 1) 10
Total (all out, 85.2 overs) 230
FoW: 1-2, 2-27, 3-59, 4-64, 5-117,
6-130, 7-154, 8-166, 9-230, 10-230.
Bowling O M R W
Goodwin 20 1 86 6
Spencer 19 5 67 1
Jackson 11 2 24 0
Munden 20 12 16 1
Walsh 15.2 3 27 2
Leicestershire 1st innings
G Lester b Preston 15
MR Hallam b Preston 51
M Tompkin c Vigar b Smith 66
VE Jackson b Smith 25
GA Smithson c Savill b Smith 17
VS Munden c Avery b Greensmith 31
JE Walsh c & b Greensmith 32
LA Spence st Gibb b Greensmith 40
+J Firth lbw b Greensmith 8
CT Spencer b Smith 13
TJ Goodwin not out 14
Extras (lb 7, nb 3) 10
Total (all out, 129.2 overs) 322
FoW: 1-28, 2-90, 3-127, 4-178, 5-185,
6-241, 7-252, 8-262, 9-293, 10-322.
Bowling O M R W
Preston 36 9 73 2
Smith 54 12 151 4
Greensmith 21.2 6 60 4
Lavers 18 4 28 0
Essex 2nd innings
TC Dodds c Firth b Goodwin 30
AV Avery c Firth b Walsh 39
+PA Gibb c Munden b Spencer 1
R Horsfall st Firth b Walsh 103
WT Greensmith b Walsh 2
FH Vigar not out 48
LA Savill lbw b Walsh 0
FH Rist lbw b Walsh 2
R Smith c Lester b Walsh 4
AB Lavers not out 42
Extras (nb 3) 3
Total (8 wickets declared, 87 overs) 274
DNB: KC Preston.
FoW: 1-41, 2-48, 3-124, 4-132, 5-199, 6-199, 7-201, 8-209.
Bowling O M R W
Goodwin 16 3 59 1
Spencer 15 2 63 1
Jackson 16 9 26 0
Munden 12 3 38 0
Walsh 28 4 85 6
Leicestershire 2nd innings (target: 183 runs)
G Lester not out 18
MR Hallam b Smith 10
M Tompkin b Preston 3
VE Jackson c Avery b Smith 14
GA Smithson run out 8
VS Munden c Preston b Smith 3
JE Walsh run out 8
LA Spence not out 4
Extras (b 4, lb 2, w 1) 7
Total (6 wickets, 40 overs) 75
DNB: +J Firth, CT Spencer, TJ Goodwin.
FoW: 1-16, 2-21, 3-23, 4-43, 5-47, 6-48.
Bowling O M R W
Preston 9 1 26 1
Smith 11 4 33 3
Greensmith 11 9 3 0
Dodds 9 7 6 0
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